'Social'에 해당되는 글 3건
- 2008/09/24 I'm speaking at X Media Lab Seoul tomorrow! (1)
- 2008/09/23 Power of tools. Does it apply to Asian work culture?
- 2008/08/26 Open Web Asia '08 Is Here!!!
XML's 3D Internet Lab takes place in one of the world’s great centers of innovation in Digital Media – Seoul in Korea – to share, learn, and prosper together.
XML Seoul explores virtual worlds, the impact of 3D Internet, and the emerging entertainment, educational, enterpise and social possibilities.
Seoul is the perfect place to share innovations and success stories in these inter-related digital worlds: with Korean contemporary culture (“Hallyu”) still riding a crest of popularity, and world leadership in online worlds (“Cyworld”), as well as mobile services and applications.
-- from X Media Lab Seoul
Chang introduced X Media Lab (XML) on his blog few days ago. And recently, it's been determined that I actually give a keynote speech at the conference!
What will I be talking about? Obviously, I'll be talking about the Virtual/Visual/Social aspect of the 3D/Internet world in Korea! I'm still working on the presentation tomorrow, so if you guys want to come by, feel free to do so!
XML is an amazing conference that's been put together to explore the future directions of media. Where is it going? How is it going to affect culture, business, and the minds of the people? What does it mean to live online and offline?
Those questions will be asked and discussed and answered, starting from tomorrow. I'll follow up with updates on the conference.
Power of tools. Does it apply to Asian work culture?
How do I keep up with all the ever-changing information, news and knowledge, and tasks I need to finish? Most of them through online tools. I use a great number of web applications every day. Starting with Google products (gmail, calendar, reader, analytics, feedburner), I go into other amazing services like Springnote (which I mentioned in the last post) and RememberTheMilk. Tistory is a hosted blogging service which runs on top of Textcube (which I introduced here). TechnoKimchi blog itself runs on Tistory. Not to mention services like Meebo. My life often revolves around staying inside Firefox (sometimes inside Chrome and IE, too ^^) Of course, having ubiquitous networks in Korea is always a great help to me.
One interesting finding about the relationship between tools and productivity is that it doesn't seem to matter as much at workplaces in Asia. Productivity is always measured, but the measure doesn't necessarily mean we're really productive and efficient. They're just numbers. When I was working at Samsung, many of co-workers took 30-40 min long coffee or smoke breaks, not counting lunch breaks. This is a common scene around Korea and we're known to work more than anybody else!
Springnote, for example, is an amazing service. The reason I'm doing global marketing for Springnote is quite simple: I fell in love with the product and decided to become a voice for it myself. It's got some cool edges over other products, like being the only application combining personal note-taking with wikis to full-extent and 2 GB of free file storage. If you're a college student, hey, this is the place to be, right?
But the scene in Korea is a little bit different. Despite the efficiency and productivity presented by Springnote, when college students have group projects, I've witnessed that they would sometimes create a Cyworld Club (a community site) and manually keep up with each other's contact info, manage schedules (just in pure text formats) and share files as attachments. Given Cyworld clubs allow you to attach files only up to 5 MB each, which is too small for many files you need to share, they sign up for other file-hosting services, actually paying real money. And everything I just mentioned can be done in Springnote so easily and for free. (Of course, Springnote has been doing exceptionally well in Korea!)
So in Korea, you can't find a single "tool" service that's done well beside Springnote. At the same time, when it comes down communities and content, it's gone crazy. The best part of Korean news articles and blogs? Comments. Comments are so important in Korean society now that those comments are changing the laws and the way TV programs are structured.
This is very important as many Web companies from the West are trying to move into the Asian market. It doesn't work the same way. Web 2.0 is about social, right? Remember that Asia has always been about social for centuries, or even millennia.
Next time you design a Web service for Asia, add even more "social" flavor to it. Let people talk, participate, contribute, and "be da man". If you still can't get it, come to the Open Web Asia conference; the topic of the conference is "Social Web in Asia" :)
In the beginning Chang W. Kim created the idea. The idea was "hey, there's something big happening with the Web in Asia. Let's gather together and talk about it."
So those with interests started talking about it and planning for an event. The idea grew bigger and bigger even to be associated with one of the largest business conferences in Asia: World Knowledge Forum. It's Open Web Asia '08!
Open Web Asia '08 will be a very unique opporunity for you. There's no other "Asian Web" conference. But, you know, as I've been saying time after time on TechnoKimchi, we really gotta notice special things happening out here. And let's talk about it!
We got a great lineup of speakers and some fun/social events prepared as well. You can see more details about the conference on Web 2.0 Asia and on the homepage. For media purpose, you can also download the press release (PDF version) here. Just for your information, I'm scraping the basic info about the conference below. ("scraping" means copying and pasting in Korean :) )
I'm thoroughly convinced that you're gonna love this conference. Don't forget to visit the registration page if you're interested!
disclaimer: I'm one of the organizers for the event :)
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Gain insight into the current state and future potential of the Asian web.
October 14, 2008 | Sheraton Grande Walkerhill, Seoul, Korea
in association with the 9th World Knowledge Forum
Conference theme: The Social Web
Social
has been a game changing development of the internet industry and the
social web is an area where Asia has its own strength and vibrancy.
Asian countries have a distinct internet cultures and market players,
so informative and educational cross-country comparisons can be made.
What is Open Web Asia?
The first truly pan-Asia web technology event. A one day conference with carefully crafted speeches and panels featuring thought leaders and doers of Asia 2.0.
Why attend?
The gathering of thinkers and doers from Asia and beyond is a unique opportunity to learn about Asia's most astonishing web successes and best practices from online communities, e-commerce, mobile web ecosystems and more! This will also provide unique intelligence on approaching the booming Asian markets.
Not only that, plenty of networking opportunities offer the potential for valuable connections with both Asian and Western web industry movers and shakers.
Who should attend?
Technology executives, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists and anyone looking looking to learn from or with a stake in the development of the web industry in Asia.
Confirmed speakers
Confirmed speakers include some of the most experienced and knowledgeable people from the Asian
internet industry and a selection of business leaders and thinkers from outside the region.
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