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About

Genji Fujimori is a Kintone developer advocate and a UX writer and localization specialist for a new product at Cybozu. Born in Anchorage, Alaska, and raised in California's San Francisco Bay Area, Genji is now based in Tokyo.

Work

  • Developer advocate for Kintone and UX writer and localization specialist for a new product at Cybozu
  • Focus areas: low-code web databases, developer experience and onboarding, technical writing, and Markdown-based documentation
  • IT admin and consultant for small businesses
  • Available to discuss low-code web databases and moving to Japan

Career

  • Studied Information Management and Technology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
  • Joined Cybozu as a new graduate in April 2019 and started learning Japanese.
  • Created developer content for Kintone and worked with the Kintone USA office for five years.
  • Migrated the Kintone developer community from Zendesk to Discourse.
  • Improved team efficiency through automation and documentation.
  • UX Writer (English) at Cybozu (October 2022-present)
    • Established English and Japanese content style guides.
    • Wrote UX copy.
  • Global Developer Relations Team at Cybozu (April 2019-present)
    • Translated Japanese technical documentation, including API documentation, JavaScript tutorials, and developer relations promotional materials, into English.
    • Sponsored and supported hackathon events.
    • Managed the English style guide.
    • Hosted technical workshops.

Interests

  • Hiking around Tokyo and beyond, and walking by the sea
  • Economics
  • Bubble tea

Personal projects

  • Tokyo Geek: a collection of notes about living in Japan.
  • Tokyo Hiker: a hiking resource for the Tokyo area.
  • Talks: Markdown-based presentation slides.

Technologies

  • Markdown
  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Vue.js

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