{"id":5329,"date":"2009-08-22T18:43:03","date_gmt":"2009-08-22T09:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=5329"},"modified":"2009-08-22T18:43:03","modified_gmt":"2009-08-22T09:43:03","slug":"event-wrap-up-400-geeks-applaud-web-innovators-at-wish2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/event-wrap-up-400-geeks-applaud-web-innovators-at-wish2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Wrap-up: 400+ Geeks Applaud Web Innovators At WISH2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\"WISH2009
\nMore than 400 Internet users joined the event on Friday evening in Tokyo.\u00a0\u00a0 Tokyo-based blog marketing agency Agile Media Network (AMN)[J]<\/a> held Japan’s first conference having a number of tech start-ups in comprehensive perspective, titled WISH2009 (W<\/span>eb I<\/span>nnovation SH<\/span>are)[J]<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 More than a dozen of innovators had opportunities to present their works, and Japanese tech media journalists and GREE<\/a>‘s CEO Yoshikazu Tanaka(@tanakayoshikazu<\/a>) were invited to serve as award judges.
\nHere are wrap-ups of the event and award winning results.\u00a0\u00a0 Each presentation is almost five-minute long and given in Japanese language.
\nAward winning presenters:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Company \/ Service \/ Desc.<\/th>\nVideo (Presented by AMN)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
<\/strong>Grand Prix Winner & <\/strong>AMN Award Winner:<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

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JokerRacer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Akky Akimoto wrote this in-depth story<\/a> about the service here on Asiajin.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

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\nPresentation by CEO Yoski Akamatsu[J]<\/a> (@yoski<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Nikkei BP Award Winner:<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a><\/a><\/strong>
\nDressphile Online Closet[J]<\/a><\/strong>
\nFor city dwellers having no affordable space at home to keep unseasonable clothes, you may ask Dressphile on the web to pick up unnecessary pieces and to keep each piece of them in the company’s storage for an approximate monthly cost of USD3.<\/td>\n		\n

<\/object>Presentation by CEO Hiroshi Nishi[J]<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Impress Award Winner:<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>
\n\"Cerevo's<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/a>Cerevo[J]<\/a><\/strong>
\nCerevo provides a double-sided solution for people wanting to send and share pictures online by not only developing a new photo management site but also manufacturing an originally-designed digital camera.<\/td>\n		\n

<\/object>
\nPresentation by Takuma Iwasa[J]<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

IT Media Award Winner:<\/strong>
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Lang-8[J]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Hiroumi Mitani wrote this in-depth story<\/a> about the service here on Asiajin.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

<\/object>
\nPresentation by Youyou Ki<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

CNET Japan Award Winner:<\/strong>
\n\"Logo<\/a><\/p>\n

ActionPad[J]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Gen Taguchi is well-known since he introduces the world’s innovative web services every day on his website.\u00a0\u00a0 He is also a system engineer and developed an easy-to-use web-based “to-do” management system requiring no user account registration.
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n

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<\/object>
\nPresentation by Gen Taguchi
\na.k.a. 100shiki.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Gizmodo Japan Award Winner:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Xtel[J]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A team of 10 laboratories of Keio University SFC jointly developed a number of digitized contents and media derived from our daily utilities, and also invented a platform allowing them to develop ubiquitous products in a more efficient way. (E\/J intro PDF<\/a> to the project)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

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\nPresentation by Yuichiro Katsumoto[E\/J]<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/strong>
\n <\/strong>
\nOther participating presenters:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Company \/ Service \/ Desc.<\/th>\nVideo (Presented by AMN)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\n

\"KokubanIn's<\/a><\/p>\n

Kokuban.in<\/strong><\/a>[J]<\/a><\/strong>
\n(blackboard in)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kokuban.in is an illustration-sharing SNS allowing you to draw a picture on the virtual blackboard with your mouse.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

<\/object>
\nPresentation by Yoshinori Munehara<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\"Logo<\/a><\/p>\n

30 Minutes[J]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

30min. (pronounced as \u201cSan-Zero Minutes\u201d in Japanese) develops a location based town guide portal and allows users to see a listing of shops located near where you are, based on the database of information aggregated from blogs that people write.\u00a0\u00a0 Its iPhone app is available from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n<\/td>\n

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<\/object>
\nPresentation by Motoaki Tanigo[J]<\/a> (@tanigox<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

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UserLocal[J]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\n

User Local[J]<\/a> (led by Masao Ito[J]<\/a>, he founded Japan\u2019s most popular bulletin board site for job hunting students[J]<\/a>, and handed it over to Japan\u2019s e-commerce giant Rakuten.<\/a> He got a degree from Waseda University Graduate School<\/a>)\u00a0\u00a0 This tech start-up incubated<\/a> from Waseda University developed several services focusing on web access statistics and analysis. (Read other Asiajin stories<\/a> tagged with this company)<\/p>\n

Wataru Yamaki wrote this in-depth story<\/a> about the company here on Asiajin.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\n<\/object>
\nPresentation by Masao Ito (@itomasa<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\"yonda4.com\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Yonda4.com[J]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Asiajin\u2019s founder Akky Akimoto also entried this work titled Yondayo!, which allows you to publicize a list of books you\u2019ve read by posting a Twitter message and to share its review with other avid readers.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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<\/object>
\nPresentation by Akky Akimoto[J]<\/a> (@akky<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

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\n<\/a>
\nSonyBank[J]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Sony’s subsidiary in online banking service introduces a service titled “Lifetime Online Passbook”, which was launched in March 2008. \u00a0 It aggregates billing details of credit card transactions etc., and shows you them on a web-based calender.\u00a0 Probably it will make you easier to manage your personal expense and family budget.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

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\nPresentation by Toru Kawarazaka and his colleague Mr. Shimohara<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

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Nissan Carwings[J]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The world-class motor company introduces an RSS-enabled car navigation system allowing driving users to collect information from third party’s websites such as expressway info portal (kosoku.jp[J]<\/a>), station-by-station basis gas price comparison site (gogo.gs[J]<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\nPresenter’s name unconfirmed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\n<\/a>
\nSan San[J]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The company provides consultation services in CRM(customer relationship management) and SFA(salesforce automation) business segments, specifically by focusing on delivering solutions to arrange information collected by business cards being exchanged among Japanese businessmen everyday.\u00a0 (Read other Asiajin stories<\/a> tagged with this company)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

<\/object>
\nPresentation by Naotake Hibiya (@naotake_hibiya<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\"Conit's<\/a><\/p>\n

Conit[J]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A Shibuya-based tech start-up and iPhone\/iPod touch app developer has introduced its brand new line-up following Samurai Chess<\/a>, Melody Bell<\/a> and Tapnext<\/a>.\u00a0 The company unveiled a new service providing an iPhone app content distribution platform on ASP basis, acting for iPhone app content providers.\u00a0\u00a0 With the service, the content providers need not to set up a content server to start subscription-based content distribution service requiring in-app payment transactions.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\nPresentation by Kentaro Hashimoto (@conit<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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