Nick Hodges

My next stop was in Japan, and boy was it busy. I did four press interviews, a meeting with Japanese community members, two presentations, and live Delphi Hour, all in two days.

The main event was the Developer Camp. It was a one day seminar for CodeGear customers, this time with a focus on Delphi. I gave the Delphi Product Address as well as a technical talk on Using Delphi and Blackfish with ASP.NET. (That talk may be a little strange to listen to — I speak more slowly than normal for the benefit of the simultaneous translators. Or maybe that’s better, I don’t know. The event was attended by about 250 or so folks. It was a very nicely run event, and I was impressed to learn that the Japanese office puts on such an event once a quarter. Very cool.

That night I also did The Delphi Hour, live from Tokyo. The event was translated sequentially into English, or Japanese, as the case may be….). Fujii-san took some pictures, and the replay can be heard here. The event was highlighted by Tagawa Yooichi, one of our compiler developers, getting up and answering a question or two. That was very nice.

The trip to Japan was really fun. I hadn’t been back there since I transferred away from the USS Midway and Carrier Airwing Five in early 1990. (Japan holds a lot of great memories for me, as I met my lovely, wonderful wife there.) The Japanese team for CodeGear is a strong one, and very hospitable. I ate a bunch of great food — I had forgotten how much I liked real Japanese food. They did a great job making my visit productive and educational.

And that ends my trip — it was fun, busy, and tiring. And now if I can just stop waking up at 03:00am, I’ll be fine.

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