Hi Steemit family! I am a software engineer, language enthusiast, musician, minimalist and free software advocate living in Tokyo, Japan! (日本語は下).

tl;dr:

• Fullstack software developer, especially modern JS, moving into AI/ML
• Language enthusiast. I know English and Japanese and am studying Korean
• Musician, I played the piano
• From Australia, but in Tokyo, one of the most exciting and fast moving cities in the world
• Minimalist. I live with only the essentials, and take joy in optimizing my life
• Blogger, mainly about software and life in Japan
• ...and much more!

Steemitの皆様へ、

まずは軽く自己紹介を。
エンジニアのロッキーです。
オーストラリア人で現在は東京に住んでいます。
フリーソフトウェアを支持していて、その他に言語が好きです。

もう少し詳しく紹介すると、

• フルスタックエンジニア。
  特にモダーンが得意、今後はAI/機械学習も注力しています。
• 言語の勉強が好き。
  英語・日本語のバイリンガル。そして韓国語も勉強中！
• 出身はオーストラリア、現在は東京在住。
  東京は世界の一番面白い街の一つで、ここでの生活について投稿していきます。
• ミニマリスト。
  必要なものだけでくれして行きたいです。できるだけ生活を効率的にするのが好きです。
• ブロガー。
  ソフトウェア、日本での生活について。
• ピアニスト。

。。。他にも色々！

よろしくお願いします。

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Not tl;dr

Travel, and Life in Japan

I live in Azabu Juuban (麻布十番) in Tokyo, Japan! Tokyo is super exciting place to live. Life is fast, there is something happening every day, and the opportunities are endless. Living here is great, and I'll be posting a lot about the sites, sounds and smells of Tokyo - the real Tokyo, too, not just what you see on advertisements and in magazines. The software and startup scene is huge as well, which I'm excited to be involved in.

I do hope to experience other countries and cultures in the future as well, and I'd love to hear your recommendations about where to go next! Asia is incredible, but I'd love to head west next, at least for a bit.

Programming and Free Software

I spent a lot of time programming. My main contributions are to Vue.js. I also often blog about software development, especially about TDD and best practising for developing websites, as well as giving several presentations about the topic and various events.

I'm also interested in machine learning, and have been going through Andrew Ng's reputable machine learning series. I am aiming to make software development accessible and free - computers are part of everyone's lives, and everyone should be able to use them to improve their quality of life.

Furthermore, as walled ecosystems like Apple and Google become more and more dominant, the openness and free nature of the internet grows less and less. This draws me to free software and open source - decentralised software with no vendor lock in. This also means I'm a big advocate of the blockchain steemit is built on. Creators should own and profit from the hard work they put into creating high quality content.

Language and Culture

I have been living in Japan for about 18 months, and studying for nearly 10 years! I am especially interested in Japanese literature, as well as translation. I translated Yoko Ono's short story The Tear Vendor (涙売り） and Saiichi Maruya's That which the Showa Era discovered（昭和が発見したもの）for the JLPP International Translation Competition, and several of Murakami Haruki's short stories from Drive My Car (ドライブ・マイーカー). I have read several of Higashino Keigo's recently novels, among other authors. Let me know if you have any recommendations! I also do freelance translation both privately and via Gengo.

Music, Minimalism and the Rest

Piano is something I've always enjoyed and try to keep up as much as possible. During my increasingly busy life, it can be hard to get away and enjoy down time. I'm mostly interested in classical, especially Chopin. Lately I am practising Nocturne Op 9 No 1 and Waltz Op 42 No 2. His music is complex and full of emotion, yet simple and elegant. This brings me to...

Minimalism. In a world oversaturated with advertising, new products and applications with the promise of improving our lives, I'm increasing believing less is more. Simple is best. Time is the most valuable resource we have, and I work hard to optimize mine, but spending less time doing things that don't contribute to my personal growth or improvement. More on this soon. I'll be posting little tips now and then, about how I try to optimize my life, and would love to hear how you optimize yours!

I am looking forward to joining the community, contributing to and reading high quality content!