{"id":7285,"date":"2009-07-01T11:47:37","date_gmt":"2009-07-01T15:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=7285"},"modified":"2009-07-01T11:47:37","modified_gmt":"2009-07-01T15:47:37","slug":"a-night-out-with-fukuoka-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/01\/a-night-out-with-fukuoka-it\/","title":{"rendered":"A Night Out with Fukuoka IT"},"content":{"rendered":"

Professional translator Joel Dechant (CIR Kagoshima-ken, 2001-04)<\/strong> is now guest blogging for Fukuoka Now<\/em><\/p>\n

\"FUK-IT-MTG\"<\/p>\n

In my search for a local freelancer community, a friend of mine introduced me to a group called Fukuoka IT<\/a>.\u00a0 I\u2019ll be the first to admit that I am no codejammer, but I am interested in web tools and IT as they relate to the field of translation. Not to mention, I am always game for meeting new people, so I got in touch with Mark Cowan, a self-confessed Java lover and the fearless leader of Fukuoka IT.<\/p>\n

Mark, a native Canadian and long-time Fukuoka resident, started the Fukuoka IT Google group<\/a> 2 years ago as a way for foreign IT specialists in the Fukuoka area to get together and\u00a0 share ideas. In the beginning meetings were often comprised of Mark and one or two other brave souls, but he persisted. Membership grew by word of mouth and eventually the group decided to expand its network by inviting Japanese techies into the fray. With mailing list membership now at 50, the Fukuoka IT group saw a record 18 members turn up for June\u2019s meeting held at the Chuo Civic Center. Each month, members set a different topic and conduct presentations or engage in coding competitions. The aim is to share ideas and build professional networks.<\/p>\n

Continue reading \u2018A Night Out with Fukuoka\u00a0IT\u2019<\/a><\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/a><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Professional translator Joel Dechant (CIR Kagoshima-ken, 2001-04) is now guest blogging for Fukuoka Now In my search for a local freelancer community, a friend of mine introduced me to a group called Fukuoka IT.\u00a0 I\u2019ll be the first to admit that I am no codejammer, but I am interested in web tools and IT as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[1380,107,108],"class_list":["post-7285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-blogs","tag-fukuoka","tag-fukuoka-now"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t