Episode 71: Hong Phuc Dang, founder of FOSSAsia, on how to build communities across boundaries

Guest Hong Phuc Dang Panelists Pia Mancini | Richard Littauer Show
Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! Our guest today is Hong Phuc
Dang, an awesome open source contributor and long-term member of
Sustain. She is also the Founder of FOSSASIA and works with
Zalando, a clothing manufacturer and store in Europe. We will learn
all about what Hong Phuc does at Zalando. Also, she tells us more
about what FOSSASIA is, how many people are in it, how many
countries are represented, tensions to deal with, and so much more.
And listen here to find out more information on the FOSSASIA Summit
2021, which is happening soon. Download this episode now to find
out much more! [00:01:29] Hong Phuc tells us what she does at
Zalando and how she works on open source with them. [00:02:52] We
learn what FOSSASIA is. [00:03:55] Hong Phuc explains how she found
the early reaction of the companies and the general kind of
business ecosystem about false principles. [00:07:12] Pia asks Hong
Phuc how internationalization compares with the type of projects
she is seeing in Asia and how the relationship is. [00:10:01]
Richard brings up FOSSASIA and how it has grown, and Hong Phuc
tells us how she got from where she was to where she is now, also
how many people are in FOSSASIA and how many countries are
represented. [00:13:40] Richard asks Hong Phuc if there any
tensions in FOSSASIA and if she has to deal with having people from
different countries that may not always like each other, working
together under the same umbrella. [00:16:07] Hong Phuc talks about
the English spoken as the main communication, but how meetings are
different in other countries. [00:16:56] Hong Phuc gives us her
opinion on insights on India Stack and what they’re building there.
[00:18:52] Richard is curious how FOSSASIA compares to Linux
Foundation or Open Forum Europe and if Hong Phuc has any interest
in setting policy for open source in governments in Asia or in
large organizations. [00:20:53] We learn a little more about the
FOSSASIA Summit 2021, when it is, what’s going to happen, and how
many speakers. [00:22:30] Find out where you can follow Hong Phuc
on the internet. Spotlight [00:23:12] Pia’s spotlight is a project
called Pi Guard. [00:23:56] Richard’s spotlight is Open Source
Café. [00:24:38] Hong’s spotlight is eventyay. Links Hong Phuc Dang
Twitter (https://twitter.com/hpdang?lang=en) Hong Phuc Dang
Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hongphucdang) FOSSASIA
(https://fossasia.org/) FOSSASIA Twitter
(https://twitter.com/fossasia?lang=en) FOSSASIA Linkedin
(https://is.linkedin.com/company/fossasia) FOSSASIA Instagram
(https://www.instagram.com/fossasia/?hl=en) FOSSASIA Summit 2021
(https://events.fossasia.org/) Zalando Tech Twitter
(https://twitter.com/ZalandoTech) Pi Guard
(https://pavursec.com/project/pi-guard/) Open Source Cafe
(https://medium.com/opensource-cafe) eventyay
(https://eventyay.com/) Credits Produced by Richard Littauer
(https://www.burntfen.com/) Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree
Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Show notes by DeAnn Bahr at
Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Special Guest:
Hong Phuc Dang.