In this talk, Tatsuya Shiozawa, Founder and CEO of COCOTONE, Inc., shares his personal experiences and the practical steps he has taken over ten years of starting and sustaining a community for audio programmers.
From self-publishing the technical book JUCE JAPAN—including researching trademarks and negotiating permissions with rights holders—to hosting meetups and study sessions, speaking as a guest at events, and sponsoring conferences and gatherings in the music field, he sets the technical topics aside to share the "reality of community activity" from a practitioner's point of view.
This is the story of "my case": the joys and the quiet frustrations of keeping things going, and both the successes and the challenges along the way—for anyone who has ever thought about getting involved in a community.
