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At mobalean we love to build innovative web services for Japan and the world. Our experience will help transform your ideas into successful online services.
At mobalean we love to build innovative web services for Japan and the world. Our experience will help transform your ideas into successful online services.
Mobalean is lead by Henri Servomaa, the original founder and mobile developer. At Mobalean we strive to develop services which are loved by our clients and users. By working in an agile manner, quickly adapting to changing requirements, we can deliver quickly and often.
Hailing from Finland, Henri has a long history with computers and the internet. With a background in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, he has worked in Japan as Software Developer and System Admin since 2001. In 2005, he joined a company to develop mobile sites for the Japanese market and has been involved in mobile ever since.
Cleve Lendon is a Canadian engineer who has been contracting for Mobalean. He came to Tokyo in 1994, and has lived here ever since. He has broad experience as a software developer, which includes development of mainframe software, Internet applications and mobile apps (Android and iOS). He is especially skilled at writing Java applications (vd. Simredo 4, Grafikilo 15). When not programming, Cleve enjoys improv acting and studying languages, such as Latin and Esperanto.
Our strength is crafting web services for both Japanese and international markets. We bring our technical and cultural experience to help you adapt your ideas into successful products.
We develop with Ruby on Rails and use the best agile practices and tools, such as test driven development and continuous integration to achieve quality.
We are the leading provider of technical expertise about the Japanese mobile web. Mobalean started when the smartphones were just appearing on the market. Our Keitai Web Technology Guide is a quick starting point for learning about the initial challenges of Japanese mobile development. Although the technology stacks have changed since the proliferation of iOS and Android, some of the idiosyncrasies remain. Most notably, the Japanese market is still very much dominated by the big three carriers: DoCoMo, au and Softbank. Developers can find more technical details in our Keitai-Dev Wiki.
Email address: info@mobalean.com
If you prefer to call us, feel free to do so under +81 (0)70-6251-7245
For users of Skype, please call mobalean
For many of our development projects, we use Ruby as our programming language. The language is not only interesting from a software development perspective, but also from a cultural one. Ruby was originally created by Yukihiro Matsumoto, and many of the core developers are also Japanese. Although this programming language began in Japan, it is now popular throughout the world.
Because many of the Japanese ruby developers are not so comfortable with English, there is a bit of a rift between the two communities. This divide between the international and Japanese Ruby communities came up several times during RubyKaigi. At the same time, both sides want to work to close this gap.
As a Canadian in Japan I feel I am in an excellent position to help bring these two communities together. I am both tapped into the English speaking Ruby community around the world through the internet, and the Japanese Ruby community by virtue of my location.
With this in mind, I created Tokyo Rubyist Meetup. This group will give Japanese Rubyists a chance to meet with non-Japanese Rubyists like my self. Within an hour of the announcement of the group over twitter, we already had 25 people sign up, so it seems there is a demand for such a group.
We are going to have our first meeting towards the end of this month (the exact date is to be decided). If you are interested in Ruby and living in Tokyo please join us.