December 2007
8 posts
An open letter to Asia's web industry people -... →
Given the number of private emails I’m getting through this blog, I know this blog is being followed by quite a few bloggers/web professionals in Asia. So hereby I’m attaching an open letter to all Asian web professionals. This open letter is about my longtime wish that there will be a pan-Asian web conference, where web professionals in China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong...
Meconomy from Danny Kim →
Taewoo Danny Kim dropped by our office the other day. Danny is, among many hats he’s wearing now, the author of Technokimchi blog (in English) and the classic “Taewoo’s log” (in Korean). Now he’s ready to add another item to his “Authored by Danny” list - a book. The book’s title will be “Meconomy” - what a catchy name. On the book,...
Navercam gives "green box" a whole different... →
The reason why Windows is called Windows is because Microsoft wanted the OS to be the window to all your computing life. Now, Naver apparently wants its search box to be the window to all your online life. Pictured below is the new web-cam called “Navercam” from Naver. The Navercam can be used for video calls on Naver’s VoIP service “Naverphone”. Naver says the...
Japanese people are creative - it's just that... →
(Disclaimer: This post doesn’t have anything to do with technology or web 2.0) Gen Kanai wrote an interesting piece titled “Why Apple is not Japanese”. Well, first of all, I don’t think Japanese people are not creative - had they not been creative, probably some things that we take for granted today, instant Ramen for starters, wouldn’t have existed at all. But having...
Meeting with Cherise Fong of CNN →
I met with Cherise Fong of CNN, who visited Korea to do a follow-up on CNN’s previous coverage on Korean IT titled “Eye on South Korea”. I took her to Samsung’s Anycall Studio in Shinchon, where Samsung displayed the latest phones. I took a picture of her with Samsung’s sleek 10 megapixel camera phone and printed it out right on the spot, using the Pictbridge printer...
A Japan-based CEO says Japan's web and mobile... →
This morning I met with CEO Park of Japan’s Ascent Networks, who is based in Tokyo but visited Seoul temporarily. Ascent Networks has bunch of high-calibre people and runs several neat Web 2.0 services in Japan. Mr Park has been in Japan for quite a while and understands Japanese web industry thoroughly. Park said that Japan’s startup actions currently look very active, with many...
Congrats to Mystrands team →
Mystrands today announced they “expanded war chest to $55M to go beyond music”. Good for them. I was aware of the company from last year when they visited Samsung. We ended up working with Gracenote, mostly because Mystrand at the time didn’t seem to be fully ready to provide good solution. In fact, the other day, I met coupel Mystrands guys who happened to be at Seoul - Leon...
Did you know this blog? →
I thought this blog had some blog juice - until I stumbled upon this blog called Popseoul. The Popseoul blog is, to quote their About page, “the brainchild of 2 friends with a passion for Korean entertainment and style.” The Popseoul blog has tons of up-to-date content about Korean entertainment. For those who follow entertainment - I’m not included in the group, by the way -...