I attended the OpenOffice.org, translation and Debian BOF (Birds of a Feather) sessions. It was nice seeing people whose names I recognized from the lists. For the OO.o and translation sessions, I think I was the only girl in the room. The Debian BOF had a few other girls, though. <laugh>

The popularity of Emacs among Japanese users surprised me. Apparently, Emacs support for Japanese was early enough and good enough to get most people to stick with it. I had a strangely easy time understanding the Emacs-related conversations. For example, some people were talking about the difference between C source code and Lisp source code and the fact that C source code isn't easy to jump to under Debian. Another time, we were talking about different mail clients and personal information managers. (Note to self: must check out MHC.) They asked me what I used Emacs for, and laughed when I said Emacs could be used for everything. They know what it's like. <grin> Whee!

I'm particularly glad I attended the informal Debian nomikai after the event. I met a lot of interesting people, and I learned much from them. They're such a wonderful group! Although there were times that I felt I didn't understand anything, these were quickly followed by times when I could catch enough of the conversation to understand their gist and even participate. They really helped me feel like part of the group. I'm looking forward to the next opportunity to meet them.

I have lots of GPG keys to sign, and I've given my GPG fingerprint to quite a number of people. Now for the next step of in the Debian new maintainer application!

Tomorrow is my go-around-Osaka day. I bought a ticket that'll let me go sightseeing, so I need to plot my route on the map first. Then I need to make sure I catch the Night Bus home. <grin> Looking forward to it...