Going to Taiwan for Computex Taipei 2010
May 27th, 2010 by Michael Kwan
Enter Geek Heaven?
As you may or may not already know, Computex is one of the biggest computer trade shows in the world and that only makes sense: Taiwan is home to many of the major electronic component manufacturers! I went in 2008, but missed Computex 2009 due to a lack of budget. Thankfully, that turned around for 2010.
I’m expecting that many of my initial observations of Taipei will still ring true, but now I’m braced for the army of scooters and the lack of English-speaking people. It helps that we’ll be meeting up with Twitter buddies @joshuadenney and @rosehwang there, especially since the latter can speak the local language.
Drink from a Urinal?
It’s still undecided whether we will be revisiting Modern Toilet for a meal, but I do intend in getting in a little more of the tourist fare this time around. Again, having Rose at our disposal is an absolute godsend. We do plan on visiting the Shilin Night Market, since it should be better than the Richmond Night Market we have in the Vancouver area.
Oh, and I guess I’ll be getting some work done at Computex too. I’ll be visiting with some different companies, wandering around to the different product booths, and even going on a couple of factory tours to see how my beloved gadgets are created.
See You There!
If you happen to be out Taipei way in the next week or two and want to meet up, let either me or Stephen know! It’s always fun to meet with our international fans… so to speak. Also, if you know of any good tourist traps tourist attractions we should visit, let us know too.
UPDATE: Check out my Computex preview article on Futurelooks.
Tags: computex, taiwan, tourism
Filed under Travel.
*sigh* One day I make my way to Taiwan. For now it’s planning to go to PAX.
Hi there, hit me up and we can talk about technology in Taiwan!
Hope to meet u in Taipei…
Are you going to Computex as well? Otherwise we could get together for a meal some time while we’re there.
Yep, I’m an American living and working here in Taiwan. Shoot me an email and we can arrange to meet up.
Cheers!
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