{"id":3504,"date":"2013-10-16T14:57:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T04:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/?p=3504"},"modified":"2013-10-11T15:42:16","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T05:42:16","slug":"hong-kong-openstack-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/16\/hong-kong-openstack-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong (OpenStack Summit)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ll be in Hong Kong for the upcoming OpenStack Summit<\/a> Nov 5-8. I’d be thrilled to talk database things with others present, especially around Trove DBaaS (DataBase as a Service) and high availability MySQL for OpenStack deployments.<\/p>\n

I was last in Hong Kong in 2010 when I worked for Rackspace. The closest office to me was in Hong Kong so that’s where I did my HR onboarding training. I remember telling friends on the Sunday night before leaving for Hong Kong that I may be able to make dinner later in the week purely depending on if somebody got back to me on if I was going to Hong Kong that week. I was, and I went. I took some photos while there.<\/p>\n

Walking from the hotel where we were staying to the Rackspace office could be done pretty much entirely through buildings without going outside. There were bits of art around too, which is just kind of awesome – I’m always in favour of random art.
\n\"Statues<\/a><\/p>\n

The photo below was the view from my hotel room. The OpenStack summit is just by the airport rather than in the middle of town, so the views will be decidedly different to this, but still probably quite spectacular if you’re around the right place (I plan to take camera gear, so shout if you want to journey too)
\n\"Hotel<\/a><\/p>\n

There are some pretty awesome markets around Hong Kong offering just about everything you’d want, including a lot just out on the street.
\n\"Java<\/a>
\n\"Hong<\/a><\/p>\n

Nightime was pretty awesome, having people from around the world journey out into the night was great.
\n\"Rackers<\/a><\/p>\n

I was there during the World Cup, and the streets were wonderfully decorated. I’m particularly proud of this photo as it was handheld, at night, after beer.
\n\"Hong<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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