GNOME.asia 2014, I'm here.

時間過的真快，記得才分享去韓國參與GNOME.asia 2013的心得，想不到現在我要分享GNOME.asia 2014在北京的感動，每一次的心得分享，就是每一次的感動回味，為了喚起每一段精彩的回憶，我上網看大家在網路上分享的照片與心得，看著看著我做了一個決定，這一次我想從大家分享的照片，跟大家分享我回顧這些照片的感動，

Time runs fast.  It seemed not too long ago I just shared my thoughts and feelings about Gnome Asia 2013, and now I’m going to share about Gnome Asia 2014.  Every time I share my photos and feelings, I recalled many good moments.  This time I decide to use a different way -- to share my feelings via photos everyone shares.

先跟各位分享這一張由 Kat 拿著GNOME貼紙的照片作為分享的開始，看到這一張照片我想分享的是，可惜大家沒有看到這張GNOME貼紙背後的美女，當然還有旁邊綠色衣服的帥哥，這張照片也代表著，我們能夠這麼清楚的看到這些偉大的自由軟體計畫，但我們卻無法一一的認識和感謝這些幕後推手，這張照片雖然不能清楚的看到 Kat，但你仍然可以很清楚的感受到她是多麼偷悅的要將全世界最好的自由軟體計畫 GNOME 呈現在你的眼前。

Let’s start with this one: Kat held a sticker of Gnome logo.  What I want to say is that, this photo doesn’t show the beautiful girls behind the sticker clearly.  It means that, when we see all these great free software projects so clearly, we may miss all the great contributers behind these projects.  Though we can’t see Kat clearly in this photo, we can still feel the passion, and the best free software project GNOME, which she wanted to share with us.

這一次北京的朋友太有創意了，竟然可以將這麼具有歷史感的中華文化跟當代的自由軟體做一個如此完美的結合，不論是串場的鑼，還是紀念 T-shirt 上的設計，對聯上的英文書法提字，真的將中西方、傳統與科技，做了一個最完美的混搭與融合，這真的也是一種另類的文化創意上的 Happy Hacking。

This time the organizer in Beijing are so creative -- they perfectly bind ancient Chinese culture and current free software.  No matter the gong, the t-shirt, or the Chinese couplet with English on it, they are all mixed so perfectly.  This is another kind of happy hacking.

一樣是大合照，但是卻有不一樣的快樂與感動，左上角就是這一次大會能順利成功的幕後英雄，站在舞台上的這一刻，所有的辛苦都已過去，你們值得大家給你們最熱列的掌聲。

There are four group photos here, but each one has different meanings.  The upper left one is all the heroes behind the scene.  When you stand on the stage, all your efforts and dreams are realized, and you deserve the honor and applause.

看到了右上角這一張照片，應該是此行我最大的遺憾吧：(　我想我應該搭更早的飛機，參與會議前的Beginner's Guide培訓，這樣我就有機會獲得生平第一張自由軟體的證書：)

The upper right one is my biggest regret in this trip.  I should go to Beijing earlier so that I can attend the beginner’s guide training course, so that I could get my first certification of free software in my life.

終於有機會在右下角的大合照中擠進了一個小小位子，也因為這樣的大合照更讓人覺得個人的渺小，這時候的心裡反射出投影片的文字，謝謝，謝謝GNOME，謝謝自由軟體，讓我成為共創共享世界的一份子。

Finally, I show up in the lower right group photo.  This group photo made individual so small.  At that moment the two words on the slide were also in my mind: Thank you.  Thank you Gnome.  Thank you free software.

左下角的照片似乎笑容比前三張大合照更燦爛，我想這個原因就是，因為，前三張照片所經歷的一切，所以我們知道為何而開心，我們將一起再次邁向下一次的挑戰，長城我們來了！

The smiles in the lower left photo are so shining.  It should be because all the moments from the previous three photos, so we know why we’re happy.  We’ll be together to face the next challence.  Here we are, the Great Wall!

INDONESIA? GNOME.asia 2015?

YES，如果我有投票權的話，我一定會投 INDONESIA 一票，很期待一年之後我可以再次分享參與 GNOME.asia 的感動。

YES, if I have the right to vote, I’ll certainly vote for Indonesia.  I wish I can attend and share the deepest touch in my mind next year, in Indonesia.

GNOME ＆ Footprint, Korea ＆ Impression

This is my second time to attend GNOME Asia Summit.  I'm happy to see and talk with so many GNOME users from all over the world.  Special thanks to Karen Sandler and Allan Day from GNOME Foundation, they made me understand more about the present and the future of GNOME.

When I knew that GNOME Asia Summit started to call for paper, there were two different voices in my mind.  First, I had a great time in the GNOME Asia Summit 2012 in Hong Kong, so I expected to attend it again.  On the other hand, this is a great summit of free and open source software, but I'm not a developer.  Linus Torvalds once said, "Talk is cheap.  Show me the code."  I had never contributed a single line of code to any free and open source software, how can I stand on the stage and give a speech to all of the GNOME users?

Thanks to Max, he encouraged me at the moment when I was about to give up.  Finally I decided to submit my paper.  I was so excited when I knew that my paper was accepted.  I then understand that, the world of free and open source software is very open.  I don't need to be a developer to share something to you.

Since this is my second time to attend GNOME Asia Summit, I met many friends who I knew last year, especially Anish.  Before going to Korea, he came to Taiwan for a few days, and I was honored to take him to walk around Taipei.  We talked much about free and open source software, and our experiences attending GNOME's events.  When we went to Korea, it was Anish's turn to take me walk around Souel.  We had a great time.

No doubt, the 2700 seconds in my session made me very nervous, and it was a very good experience to me too.  

In Taiwan we don't have many chances to face so many free and open source software users and developers to give a speech, not to mention to speak in English.  At first I wondered how many people would understand my bad English.  However, what impressed me was that, many people were interested in what I shared, and we had a deep discussion after the session.  I'm especially impressed with Bin Li and Tong Hui from Beijing, who were still discussing with Max about the questions I mentioned in my speech, after they went back to the hotel.

Before going to Korea, I expected to visit some schools in Souel, and would like to know how they use free and open source software in their campus.  It was a pity that we didn't get it.  I don't know how many people will see my article.  If you are reading my article, and you are also interested in promoting free and open source software in campuses, I hope that you can come to Taiwan to see how we do it.  Please feel free to contact with me. I hope that I can have more things to share next year in GNOME Asia Summit.

這是我第二次參與GNOME.Asia Summit的盛會，很高興因為這一場盛會讓我可以和來自各地的 GNOME user 交流，特別是可以直接與 GNOME Foundation 的 Karen Sandler 以及 Allan Day 對談，也因此可以更了解 GNOME 的現在與未來。

回想起當時我一知道 GNOME.Asia Summit 開始 call for paper 時，我心裡出現了兩個矛盾的聲音，一個是因為去年在香港我第一次參加了 GNOME.Asia Summit 2012的美好回憶，讓我很期待今年可以再參與，但我心裡的另一個聲音則是，這是一個自由軟體的盛會，我並不是一個技術人，記得 Linus Torvalds 曾說過“Talk is cheap. Show me the code. ”，以這個標準來看，我一點貢獻也沒有，我更沒有資格可以站在台上與大家分享什麼。就在這個放棄的聲音超過了想參加的想法時，很感謝 Max 的適時鼓勵，最後我還是決定投稿，很幸運的我的分享主題通過了審查，心裡面真的是既興奮又感動，原來在自由軟體的世界裡非技術人也可以有上台分享的機會。

由於這是第二次參與 GNOME.Asia Summit 的活動，因此雖然是第一次到韓國，但是因為有不少的朋友去年就見過面，所以今年再見面時就格外的親切，特別是 Anish ，這一次他從印度飛往韓國前還特別先到台灣停留了幾天，而我也當了 Anish 的一日導遊，帶他到台北到處逛逛，因此就有更多的時間交流彼此使用自由軟體及參與 Gnome 活動的心得，有趣的是到了韓國 Anish 成了我的導遊。

亳無疑問，此行最令人緊張的一刻就是上台分享的這2700秒，對我而言這是一個非常難得的經驗，因為在台灣很難得有機會可以面對這麼多來自其他國家的自由軟體同好，並且是用我最不熟悉的英語演講，原本以為我的破英語應該沒有多少人聽的懂，想不到我分享後，既然還有不少的夥伴對我分享的主題有興趣，並且在會後還一起深入討論，特別是來自北京的 Bin Li 和 Tong Hui 連回到飯店都還連同 Max 在研究我提出來的問題，真是太感動了。

這一次來韓國之前我很期待可以到韓國的學校參訪與交流，並希望能進一步學習韓國校園是如何推動自由軟體，但可惜最後還是沒有安排上，我想這應該是我這一次來韓國覺得最可惜的地方，不知道會不會有國外的朋友看到我的這一篇文章，如果你正在看這一篇文章，而且也跟我一樣對校園自由軟體的推動有興趣，如果有機會到台灣，你也希望可以到台灣校園看看，非常歡迎各位可以跟我聯絡，我一定會盡力安排相關的交流活動，更期待 GNOME.Asia Summit 2014 可以再與大家相聚。