Nicholas Wang
I also, want to make the world a better place ;)

Celebrate the opening of a new co-working space in posh Shirokanedai! My friend Aki Sakamoto is keen on modeling it after the BootHK co-working space in HK, opening the site for startup community gatherings. So, go check it out!

On November 22 at noon you should:

VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!

http://globalstartupbattle.com/vote/

Somebody's going to Singapore. You be the one to send them!

c'mon people, it only happens once every 100 years!

party!!!

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1. Remembrance day service will be on Sunday 13th and the two minute silence will be at 11:00 on 11/11 anyway giving a whole 9 minutes and 11 seconds to prepare for 11:11:11.
2. Yes Skyrim is going to be released on that day, whoopee.
3. The time and...

Dear Coders and Friends.
The November meeting of Hong Kong Codeaholics is arranged!

We have;

Jeffery To - "An Introduction to Web Performance Best Practices"
Yan King Yin - "Prolog and it's relation to logic and AI"
Stewart Mackenzie - "Lifting Scala's functional and object styles to concurrent...

Update 3 (1 Nov 6.40pm):

Happy to announce that Compass Offices has agreed to come on board as a Gold sponsor for the evening. Thanks to everyone on the Compass team for your continued support of the HK tech community.

compassoffices.com

UPDATE 2 (31 Oct 2.15pm):

Hey all -

Super excited to announce that SecondMarket Asia has signed on as our...

Mark your diary wine lovers, Winebuzz.hk together with Vinitaly and Itchefs, is bringing you the ultimate pre-Hong Kong Wine & Spirits Fair event. For one night only, you can taste over 100 Italian wines that will be showcased in Hong Kong before the HK Wine & Spirits Fair.

Enjoy food cooked by Italian Michelin starred chefs with special...

http://sus2011.startupshk.com/

Following up from our very successful first event last year at Cyberport, this year promises to be even bigger as we welcome our very special guests Geeks on a Plane from Silicon Valley.

Dave McClure and a plane full of tech startup founders, investors and geeks that travel the world spreading knowledge and learning...

This Plancast page is for all cities on the GOAP East Asia tour: Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, & Hong Kong / Shenzhen.

What is GeeksOnaPlane (#GOAP)? It’s 50 entrepreneurs, VCs & execs touring some of the hottest tech cities worldwide. We travel by planes, trains, and automobiles to the most exciting international startup scenes with the...

BootHK has been open a year now! Come out and see the new layout and spend an evening hanging out with folks in the startup community.

*Update* - Cost is $100, including drink/ $50, student with only food included.

Starting this month the last Monday of each month will be a Startup Monday Pitch Night and Mixer with this first one being at Hyde in Central.

General networking will take place around 5 startup pitches with input/insight from the StartupsHK founders - if you want to...

The CEO of ASAP Transaction Processing, Ajmal Samuel, will talk about the new trends in accepting payment. Many of us have complained and suffered from the inefficiency of applying for payment gateways in Hong Kong. Novapay is a startup out to solve this problem.

This talk will be relevant to anyone who accepts or intends to accept payment in...

Southeast Asia's major technology startup conference.

first one of the season coming up!

Tokyo Garden party is a series of casual summer networking sessions at Tokyo's worst kept secret, the rooftop beer gardens. Open to those living in Tokyo or just here on business. Creatives and corporates welcome from any and every industry. Come and relax, mingle, kick start a new project.
...

OK, looks like we're moving our venue from Hobgoblin to an Izakaya Frankie recommends :)

Meeting up at Hachiko in Shibuya first and move to Shimokitazawa together.

3/11 the quake hit us, but we are strong, our spirit is strong!

The life blood of Japan is it's people, it's creative power, passion and know how. Japan needs you.

It's time to rebuild:

Harder

Bigger

...

Gowalla spot: http://gowal.la/s/3Bca

The Hong Kong satellite event of Echelon 2011 Startup Launchpad, a precursor to the main event to be held in Singapore in June, will be held in Hong Kong on Thursday, 5 May 2011. Join us to find out about the hottest new startups from Hong Kong and the rest of Asia as well as listen to feedback of each pitched business by investors and serial...

It's no secret that the people we encounter during the Airbnb journey are what make the experience so special, so come meet your fellow hosts and travelers in Hong Kong! Swap tips and share stories over a few glasses of wine on us. There will even be a surprise Airbnb staffer from HQ in the house to answer any questions.

今回は「生活基盤としてのソーシャルメディアの未来」とテーマとし、このたびの東北関東大震災において重要な情報伝達手段として利用されたTwitter...

The fragility of the cherry blossoms reminds us of the fragility of life, the annual beauty of the cherry blossoms reminds us that a there is always renewal and rebirth from the hardest times. Let's remain in solidarity with the people of Tohoku.

This is a bring-your-own-everything (food, drink, tarp to sit on) gathering. We will be...