Wikimania 2007

Finally Wikimania 2007 is over last Sunday. Although I could only join the event for 1.5 days due to my new job and my sudden family issues, and I could only stay in the control room during the program going on, it's still a great event!

終於2007年維基媒體年會在上星期日結束了。雖然因為開始了新工作以及臨時的家庭因素我只能參加一天半的會議，而且就算參加了也還是只能待在控制室幫忙，不過還是覺得這是一個很棒的會議！

I will post my blog articles in bilingual in the future because the Chinese / English visitors are half and half, stay tuned...

未來我會以中英文雙語來寫部落格文章，畢竟來看我部落格的人使用中文和英文的人各佔一半了...

I'm still here

Yep, I'm still here.

Some of you might wonder why I changed my user profile on blogger to say "I was a senior software engineer of Ulead Systems Inc.". I changed that sentence to past form in January because I left Ulead in December 28, 2006.

Don't get me wrong. I still love Ulead a lot. I left because I think it's time for me to seek for another career. Ulead now is been merged into InterVideo Digital Tech. However, its products, the developing teams and the Ulead brand are still there. You will still see products to be released under the Ulead brand.

InterVideo now has became a subsidiary of Corel's Digital Media Group, so when they release any new products from Ulead and InterVideo, you will also see the name of Corel DMG to be mentioned.

I will still be active in the InterVideo Ulead User-to-User Forum. If you have any questions on InterVideo or Ulead products, please do not post them here but post them to the user forum.

I will now put more efforts on the annual event of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimania. If you wish to discuss on that, you could leave a message in my Wikimania talk page.

Taipei chosen to host Wikimania 2007

After weeks preparing the Wikimania City Bidding Contest, the jury had announced that Taipei is been chosen to host Wikimania 2007 in September 25 (Monday). As a Wikipedian and a member of the Taipei bidding team, I'm very happy with the result. But we did not happy for too long because we have realized that now there are more responsibilities to be put on us (mostly the pressure is from ourselves). Now it's not just a bid or contest, it's a real thing to host a international conference. I think we need more blessings and wisdom for the preparation of Wikimania 2007.

Last Thursday night I made the bidding banner by using the newly announced Ulead PhotoImpact 12. Well, it's not difficult to make it. Just a little editing and then the bidding banner is done. Nice looking and sweet. :) I've been used to use Ulead products to make my life to have more fun (and sometimes to do some serious things). Now I'm considering to make some video for Wikimania by using MediaStudio. BTW, the most difficult thing is not how you use the tool. Most of the time it's how you can get the idea to edit the video. And now I would definitely need some idea to make that video. Fortunately I still have 11 months for the video so I can take my time for the idea. :)

I know some people in other bidding team do not like the decision the jury had made. But take it seriously, if the jury chose your city to host Wikimania, we people in the other end of the earth will also have the issues that you have. BTW, I think maybe those people do not understand this because sometimes people just cannot see things in a much neutral point...

All I can say is that we Taipei team will try our best for Wikimania 2007 and we are looking forward that you can join us together to work on Wikimania in Taipei. At least, we are all sharing the same vision of Wikimedia Foundation and we share our knowledge to benefit the human beings via Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia.

People who work on non-profit Wikimedia projects are volunteers and devote themselves to share knowledge in their leisure time. It does not conflict with my job in Ulead, if you have doubts on that. :)

Viva Taipei!! Go for it!!