From 2f8fe5e75f37117cce9cd122112ea22d9914faa1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonas Smedegaard Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:37:43 +0100 Subject: Add draft report on Vietnam trip. --- vietnam/report.mdwn | 99 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+) create mode 100644 vietnam/report.mdwn (limited to 'vietnam') diff --git a/vietnam/report.mdwn b/vietnam/report.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4721988 --- /dev/null +++ b/vietnam/report.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +# Report from trip to Vietnam + +FIXME: this is a draft... + +Mid November, 2010, I visited Vietnam. Here is a report of that trip. + +## Background + +I was invited to give a talk at the FOSSASIA event in Hồ Chí Minh City, +and extended the trip to allow for potential spontanious events in the +area in the following weeks. I was excited to provide my talk on Debian +Pure Blends, a topic of interest for some years, but was at the same +time that I was there as replacement for - not together with, my +colleague Andreas Tille: I tend to focus on the theorethic/technical +parts of designing and maintaining Debian Pure Blends whereas Andreas is +great at getting practical things done and emphasizing usability and the +user experience. So we complement each other pretty much and I missed +him representing his own points of view. + +Debian kindly sponsored my travel expenses, and the local organizers +provided shelter, food and an always positive and enthusiastic +atmosphere both at the FOSSASIA conference itself and outside the venue +and privately afterwards. Thanks to all who helped make this the great +success that it was! + +## Arrival + +I took off from Copenhagen, Denmark, and went via FIXME London, UK and +FIXME Hongkong, China to Vietnam - FIXME hours in all. Smooth process +through all airports, and surprisingly good food aboard the flights. :-) + +Took some time at arrival to locate the young volunteers picking me up, +and a funny experience followed: At home few days before departure I +was noticed by email to bring a spare, non-SIM-locked GSM phone, and I +was now given a white envelope containing not only a map of inner city +and a few advertisement flyers, but also a SIM card for free use +throughout my stay. Brilliant idea which I haven't experienced before! +One of the volunteers cleverly wrote her own phone number on the +envelope - and that turned out to be a crucial move, because after a +brief hello a taxi was called for, I got in - and was surprisingly sent +off on my own! I had no cash, the driver didn't speak english, and as +feared he shock his head when I waived a VISA card at him. I loaded my +phone, looked in vein for official contact phone numbers inside the +envelope, and then called the phone number written on the envelope +explaining my confusion on not knowing where I was headed and not having +cash to pay. I handed the phone to the driver and they coordinated to +get me to the right hotel, who then paid the taxi driver with a friendly +laugh. + +## Conference + +house, building + +exhibition, talks + +program + +who where when + +my talk: listeners, expectations + +Women in Open Source - gender discussion + +other debian people giving talk about ... + +exchange of experience with debian man from asia and from australia? + +## Meeting people + +After the conference I followed two of the conference organizers, FIXME +Hong Phuc Hao and Mario Behling and visited their home+office at FIXME. +I stayed there for a week, helping them improve their local systems to +better handle future conferences - e.g. improve their clever move of +handing out a GSM SIM card for all speakers: setup an sms server to +collect contact info for each SIM and publish on a public web page. + +setting up a server: new purposes how to use + +University talk w/ Dave Crossland + +staying one day at 3D café for interessed people + +Ubuntu users + +## travelling home + +departure from ... + +arrival ... + +## summary + +lesson learned + +would travel again or not + +hints for other Debian people + +co2 footprint ;-) -- cgit v1.2.3