Anyone heading out to YAPC::Asia?

[Anthony Lucas]

Thanks for the info Jesse.

On the hallway and pub track front, do you think it will be worth trying to linkup with some Japanese pm members (Tokyo, Shibuya etc.) before heading over? 



On Thursday, 2 August 2012 at 02:24, Jesse Vincent wrote:

> I've been to...all but one? YAPC::Asias to date. Often, slides are in
> English, even when the talks aren't. There's usually a fair bit of
> content in English, but not necessarily in every slot.
> 
> As a westerner, I wouldn't go to YAPC::Asia for the sessions. The
> hallway track is quite good. And the pub track is stellar.
> 
> 
> 
> > I'm not aware of any translators, but I was assuming that English would be
> > the common tongue for Asia as well (although I'm sure there will be a
> > strong Japanese presence).
> > 
> > They have not accepted many talks so far, but if you click on each talk,
> > the language of the talk, and availability of subtitles are listed.
> > http://yapcasia.org/2012/talk
> > 
> > I was hoping that Larry Wall and a few other's presence this year will help
> > to encourage more international participation.
> > 
> > 
> > Regards, Anthony L
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 1 August 2012 23:30, ?????????? Guido Barosio <gbarosio at gmail.com (mailto:gbarosio at gmail.com)> wrote:
> > 
> > > I thought about it but I couldn't spot any translators availability in
> > > their website. Are you aware of any efforts on this direction? I went
> > > to a PostgreSQL meeting in Japan years ago with no translators and it
> > > was a complete waste of time!
> > > 
> > > gb.-
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Anthony Lucas <anthonyjlucas at gmail.com (mailto:anthonyjlucas at gmail.com)>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Just wondering if anyone is planning on heading out to YAPC Asia this
> > > > September?
> > > > I've decided that I'm heading out for it.
> > > > 
> > > > It would be great to see some London or EU pm'ers out there.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Regards, Anthony L
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Guido Barosio
> > > TEDxResistencia, 2012
> > > http://www.tedxresistencia.org/
> > > http://www.ted.com/tedx
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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