This month the award goes to Hong Kai Wu (tad) from XOOPS Taiwan for his work on various Tad-modules and his contributions to X School System !! Hong Kai Wu is also author of the "Easy Creation of Websites with XOOPS"
Where are you from, and where do you live now?
I am form Taiwan and live in Tainan County ('south Taiwan').
How long have you been programming?
When I became a teacher, my school was located in the mountains and I had only 3 students. So...I had a lot of time to learn other skills. I started to learn PHP by myself during that time. So all together I have been programming about nine years.
What is your expertise?
I am a elementary school teacher in the daytime, but now I work at the Educational Network Center of Education Department of Tainan County Government. At night I am teaching a XOOPS class in Tainan Community College.
What got you to XOOPS?
We needed a CMS software for School System in 2005. So I tested most of the major CMS systems at that time. We needed a system that can work in Chinese language and XOOPS was one of the few that offered this.
What do you like the most about XOOPS?
Double-Byte Character Support!
Why did you decide to develop School System ?
Because that is one of my work projects. In fact, the School System has two programmer - me and JRH. I developed the modules for school website like Tad News (News Module), Tad Cbox (Chat Widget like cbox for XOOPS Site), Tad Gallery and Tad Player...etc, and JRH has developed modules for students information that contained student profile, score...etc.
How is it now popular in Taiwan?
I am not totally sure about it. Maybe about four hundred or five hundred schools in several counties are using our School System.
What is your major achievement in programming that you're most proud of?
The fact that many people in Taiwan now use the modules that I've developed. I'm also proud that I could create a XOOPS module in a very short time.
What are your hobbies, when you're not coding?
I like to read comics and novels when I'm not coding.
You favorite dish and drink?
My favorite dish is "sashimi" and black tea.
Your favorite movies and music?
Yes, I like movies, I watch at least two movies a week with my family. It can relax me.
If you would have a chance for a 30 seconds commercial with a message to the world, what would you say?
If it's true, I would be dumbfounded.
If you could choose a place and time to live, what would it be and why?
I never think about that. Because there are too many places I would love to go.
Who is the person that you would like to meet and why?
No one special.
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