Tokyo calling! Hello from PechaKucha Night HQ in Tokyo. The global
newsletter you subscribed to some time ago has just jumped into life,
so expect updates from us monthly from now on.
Lots of things have happened since we last 'spoke' - amazingly PechaKucha
Night is now running in over 170 cities around the globe. There were over
370 events last year - and there are 38 events in February alone, that's
one a day somewhere in the world.
Halifax's 1st PechaKucha Night is 19th Feb. Congratulations to everyone
involved - and to everyone who plans to attend!
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/halifax
JANUARY
January was another great month for PechaKucha Night. Considering everyone
was just getting over their hangovers and getting back to work there were
30 PechaKucha Nights. This compares to 9 events in January 2008. Maybe
PechaKucha Night is the only thing that is recession proof. PechaKucha
Night even made an appearance at the World Economic Forum this year in
their IdeaLab, as the presentation format for Young Global Leaders and
Tech Pioneers.
http://pecha-kucha.org/ remains the gateway to the main to site which
links you to all the PechaKucha resources, like city pages, global google
map, monthly schedules and the new daily blog.
PECHAKUCHA DAILY
PechaKucha Daily, is now well and truly daily. If you haven't checked it
out yet it is our daily blog of what is happening in the world of
PechaKucha with event reviews, articles on presenters, press and other
good stuff. Jean Snow is the main editor for the site and has been a
PechaKucha supporter since we started. Jean writes for many magazines and
blogs around the world. He lives and breathes design, pop culture, and
gaming in Tokyo sustained by an unhealthy addiction to magazines, cafes
and PechaKucha Night. He wrote a great article for TIME Magazine about
PechaKucha Night but you can also find his articles in Gizmodo,
Gridskipper, Kotaku, Superfuture, OK Fred, Metropolis, Azure, Wired,
PingMag, and The Japan Times.
http://daily.pecha-kucha.org/
PECHAKUCHA TWITTER
Yes, we are at it too - twittering away, giving event alerts and a few
other juicy tidbits. We are keeping it down to only a couple of tweets
daily so we are very safe to follow! Thanks to you twittering about
PechaKucha we are getting an amazing realtime view of how each event is
building, whether it's full, how good the speakers are - we can even bask
in the event afterglow with you all too.
This was an awesome tweet: RT @ematamoros: If you're not already at Austin
pechakucha, don't bother. Lines worse than Disneyland. about 1 hour ago
from twhirl
Go on follow us at:
http://twitter.com/pechakuchanight
THANK YOU AUTODESK
As you know, PechaKucha Night is for content and not for profit - we do
not charge for license agreements with each city. No money changes hands.
As the network has grown virally, it has put an increasing strain on our
architectural practice with increasing staff and web costs. Just as we
were about to reach breaking point our great friends at Autodesk have come
on board as our first global sponsor. Their support helps cover our
backend costs and along with Klein Dytham architecture keeps PechaKucha
Night free.
Thank you Autodesk!! Please pop over to their website as they sponsor
other great events like TED and the Venice Biennale.
http://www.autodesk.com/pk
We will sign off here and hope you all had a great Valentines Day. Give
your city some love and attend her next PechaKucha Night.
Best from Tokyo
Astrid Klein & Mark Dytham PechaKucha Night Founders
PechaKucha Night is devised and shared by Klein Dytham architecture
http://www.klein-dytham.com
PechaKucha Night is a TM Please get in touch if you want to use the format
or have any other questions or suggestions:
info@pecha-kucha.org 
