Is it possible to set up DConf Asia?

[鲜卑拓跋枫]

On Saturday, 30 June 2018 at 07:56:28 UTC, 鲜卑拓跋枫 wrote:
> On Friday, 29 June 2018 at 18:54:40 UTC, bauss wrote:
>> On Friday, 29 June 2018 at 17:04:46 UTC, 鲜卑拓跋枫 wrote:
>>> On Friday, 29 June 2018 at 11:54:48 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>>>> On Friday, 29 June 2018 at 11:32:13 UTC, Jonathan M Davis 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On Friday, June 29, 2018 10:50:52 Joakim via Digitalmars-d 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> I coincidentally just read this blog post, that summarizes 
>>>>>> a lot of my thoughts against conferences and meetups:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://marco.org/2018/01/17/end-of-conference-era
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe a good first step would be a mostly online DConf 
>>>>>> geared towards Asian timezones? I could help out with 
>>>>>> arranging those online talks.
>>>>>
>>>>> That article seems to pre-suppose that the only benefit 
>>>>> from conferences is the talks. A _lot_ of good comes from 
>>>>> having a bunch of the key developers in the same place for 
>>>>> a few days where they can talk in person.
>>>>
>>>> It "pre-supposes" nothing, points like yours are 
>>>> specifically addressed:
>>>>
>>>> "But all of that media can’t really replace the socializing, 
>>>> networking, and simply fun that happened as part of (or 
>>>> sometimes despite) the conference formula."
>>>>
>>>>> Some communities (e.g. the BSD community) even have 
>>>>> developer meetings connected to conferences where they 
>>>>> specifically put a bunch of developers in a room together 
>>>>> to discuss stuff. The talks are valuable, but in some ways, 
>>>>> those face-to-face interactions are worth far more than the 
>>>>> talks. So, while there's certainly value in finding ways to 
>>>>> get more talks online, I think that it would be a huge 
>>>>> mistake to try and push for online stuff to replace 
>>>>> physical conferences where developers actually interact 
>>>>> with each other in person.
>>>>
>>>> I don't, I think it would be a huge improvement. There are 
>>>> very few benefits to getting people together in person in 
>>>> our hyperconnected age, and while "key developers in the 
>>>> same place" may be one of those, that excludes almost 
>>>> everybody else at DConf.
>>>>
>>>> Honestly, getting everybody together in a room and having 
>>>> them stare straight ahead at a speaker is a blindingly 
>>>> stupid waste of time these days. The only advantage of 
>>>> everybody being together in a room is the heightened 
>>>> communication bandwidth, and then you all sit next to each 
>>>> other staring straight ahead silently. The conference format 
>>>> made sense when pretty much everybody attending didn't have 
>>>> high-speed internet and connected video displays decades 
>>>> ago, but they make no sense now, as that blog post notes.
>>>
>>> Actually the network speed in China is not satisfied in some 
>>> extent, and that of Korea and Japan are much better.
>>
>> What about Hong Kong?
>
> Actually Taiwan is preferred when compare with Hong Kong:).

Because IT industry is well developed in Taiwan.