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Workshop on Sustaining & Growing Open Source Communities at GNOME Asia Summit 2025

Posted on 2025-12-18 by Sammy Fung — No Comments ↓

Open source communities face significant difficulties as they grow, including—but not limited to—aging contributors, financial challenges, and overall sustainability issues. I proposed a workshop on sustaining and growing open source communities for the GNOME Asia Summit 2025 in Tokyo, and Continue reading Workshop on Sustaining & Growing Open Source Communities at GNOME Asia Summit 2025→

PyCon HK – The Story (10th anniversary)

Posted on 2024-11-16 by Sammy Fung

On the 10th anniversary of PyCon HK, I deliver a keynote in a 5-minute video to share the short story of PyCon HK. I took 10+ hours to prepare this 5-minute presentation, and my script was changed several times: adding Continue reading PyCon HK – The Story (10th anniversary)→

Open Source Movement: Empowering Career & Communities

Posted on 2024-10-02 by Sammy Fung

Early in 2024, I received an invitation to share “open source” with students at HKU SPACE Stanley Ho Community College, therefore I prepared a topic about how the open source movement empowers people’s careers and communities. And then I also Continue reading Open Source Movement: Empowering Career & Communities→

Hong Kong Airport Reverts to Whiteboards, Information Management Thinking Remains Outdated

Posted on 2024-07-09 by Sammy Fung

On June 23, 2024, the flight information system at Hong Kong International Airport experienced a malfunction. The airport had to temporarily resort to using whiteboards to manually provide flight information. Passengers and the general public could only learn about the Continue reading Hong Kong Airport Reverts to Whiteboards, Information Management Thinking Remains Outdated→

Exploring Global Tech Opportunities – My experience in tech communities

Posted on 2023-12-12 by Sammy Fung

I gave a sharing at the AWS Developer Year-end Meetup on Dec 12 about my experience in organising tech community, over 50 participants attended the meetup. AWS invites us at Open Source Hong Kong to share our experience and learning Continue reading Exploring Global Tech Opportunities – My experience in tech communities→