[OpenID] "OpenID" selected as the 3rd runner up in the 2008 IT Buzz Words in Japan.

[Nat Sakimura]

Right. We have to do it.
I will try to write something up once my new year holiday ends... too much
family obligations right now ;-)

=nat

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Drummond Reed
<drummond.reed at cordance.net>wrote:

>  Congrats on this news, Nat. It's clear OpenID Japan is being highly
> successful in getting good buzz for OpenID in the Japanese market.
>
>
>
> In addition to Chris' questions, are there particular factors about the
> Japanese market that you think are involved? What would be required for this
> to catch on elsewhere?
>
>
>
> =Drummond
>
>
>   ------------------------------
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> *From:* general-bounces at openid.net [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Chris Messina
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 28, 2008 9:06 PM
> *To:* Nat Sakimura; david at sixapart.com
> *Cc:* OpenID List
> *Subject:* Re: [OpenID]"OpenID" selected as the 3rd runner up in the 2008
> IT Buzz Words in Japan.
>
>
>
> I'm wondering how we could repeat this success in the US and elsewhere.
>
>
>
> Nat, can you point to any specific outreach/advocacy that lead to this?
>
>
>
> Chris
>
> On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 6:41 PM, David Recordon <drecordon at sixapart.com>
> wrote:
>
> This is great news!  It's really amazing to see how OpenID continues to
> take off in Japan.
>
>
>
> --David
>
>
>
> On Dec 27, 2008, at 7:51 PM, Nat Sakimura wrote:
>
>
>
>  *On Dec. 22, Tokyo IT Newspaper published this year's buzz word ranking.
> (http://itnp.net/category_betsu/24/2167/)*
>
> The ranking is done in Sumo Ranking style and they are Ranked as "Yokozuna
> (Grand Champion)", "Ozeki (Champion, 2nd highest rank)", "Sekiwake (Junior
> Champion, 3rd highest rank)" etc.
>
> This year, Yokozuna was iPhone, which was no surprise since it was the
> first year in Japan. Ozeki was Google Street View, which is no surprise
> either.
>
> What surprised me though was the 3rd highest rank, Sekiwake, which turned
> out to be OpenID. It ranked higher than NetBooks (eePCs etc.) or Google
> Chrome, etc.
>
> Anyhow, it is good to hear something that is assuring of our marketing
> activity.
>
> For more details, see
> http://www.sakimura.org/en/modules/wordpress/index.php?p=68
>
>
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