Six new DevRel techniques from Japan
summary
Japan shows six concrete DevRel tactics and how they work: MANGA becomes short illustrated docs that teach Docker and product flows and gets distributed at meetups; Tech Book Fest runs 400+ circles, draws ~10,000 attendees in one day, sells hundreds of new technical books and IBM Japan even hands out free copies; Advent Calendar spawns ~1,100 calendars and ~25,000 December blog posts linking authors; Mokumoku-kai is coworking for focus (now moved to Zoom/Remo); VTuber delivers tutorials via virtual avatars; PowerPoint Karaoke trains improvised presentations for developer advocates.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction to talk
- 1:24Understanding local developer markets
- 4:42Japan's unique developer ecosystem
- 6:57Using manga for tech education
- 9:50TechBook Fest for developers
- 13:02Advent calendar culture in tech
- 15:08Mokumokai silent work events
- 16:39Virtual characters in tech learning
- 18:27PowerPoint karaoke presentations
- 20:40Summary and key takeaways
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