Yup, I'll be at your service. While I've been digesting lots and lots of information on what's going on and my brain is right now explode with so many thoughts. And I know these are GOOD ones.
One problem I'm struggling with right now is I don't know where to begin. So can YOU GUYS maybe come and pop the soda can?
Some candidates are: ("here" here means "in Korea")
I realized that I've been getting a huge traffic to this blog since the CNN broadcast. I've also been learning that this blog is not in its most user-friendly format: if you're a first-timer to this blog, chances are you'll probably get lost, not knowing where to begin.
So, I've decided to become my own editor for the day. I picked out some articles which I thought might be most interseting to you.
Luckily, I haven't written too many posts on this blog yet, making it not too difficult to pick out the articles.
So, here is the list. You probably want to read them in the order listed below. Have fun!
And, oh yeah. If you want to contact me, please don't hesitate to email me at
CNN is featuring a whole series called "Eye on South Korea". You'll purely love it! It's basically everything I've been trying to say at TechnoKimchi: what's it's like to have a digital generation like in Korea.
You can watch the video clip of my interview HERE.
At first, I thought it was really incredible that a little boy like me could be featured on such prestigious media like CNN. And it was possible because of this blog: THEY FOUND ME THROUGH TECHNOKIMCHI!
It's just so weird. Tons of people have been contacting me since the broadcast. Lots of people actually searched for the term "technokimchi" to land at this blog. What a day!
Below are some pictures taken from the set. I'll go over more on CNN: Eye on South Korea in the coming days! Until then, hurrah!
I watched Joost on my notebook on the bus in Seoul and on highway today!
You think I'm kidding, right? No, I'm not. On the way back home from Seoul, I actually watched some Reuters and MTV episodes on Joost.
That's how good Wibro connection seems to be. Good enough for digesting the Joost stream, meaning good enough for most of the applications I know of.
Want a proof? Here it is:
I recorded this with my cellphone and the quality makes me sick. But, come on, this is probably one of the coolest things you could ever do.
More experiments to come. Let's see what happens when ubiquitous meets Web 2.0 :)
p.s. I put a link to this post on the Joost forum and am waiting to see what guys over there have to say. Hopefully this would bring some excitement to them as well.
Luckily, it didn't take me too long to recover from the OTL moment. An hour after the incident, my Wibro modem finally arrived!
I opened the box and took some pictures as I carefully examined what I was getting. I'm done installing it and it works quite fine even at home. (Wibro is known to work better outside than inside).
Sitting at my desk, the connection speed is not that great compared to my home LAN line. However, still totally fine with me and I'm looking forward to tomorrow when I'll be taking my notebook around and test various applications out in the park!
KT Wibro modem is arriving tomorrow after some account problem I had to clear. I'm preparing some projects to display what it's like to have "ubiquitous" access :)
There are currently three major 3.5G services offered in Korea. HSDPA by SK Telecom, iPlug by KTF, and Wibro by Korea Telecom. (KTF is a mobile carrier company of KT and stands for Korea Telecom Freetel). With 3.5G services, you can basically have broadband connections anywhere in Seoul and some other cities, whether you're out in the street, riding bus or subway, even playing out at a park. Are we talking "ubiquitous" here? I say "Heck, yeah!"
Today I just ordered a KT Wibro modem. I could've chosen other services, but for my personal use, the KT service seemed to be most fit. I'm jumping into a promotion package where I get to try out the service for free for 3 months and pay just $20 for unlimited traffic thereafter. The modem's getting delivered in about 2 days and I'll be on, baby.
I'm waiting with much anticipation and excitement. When I get it, I'll be able to blog on subway, chat in the Seoul City Hall Square, or even watch YouTube's most viewed video of the day while taking No.2 at a public restroom. Ok, that, I went too far ;) I've read some reviews on KT WiBro and it seems to be awesome.
For more information on KT Wibro in Seoul, check out this article.
In April, about the time Sydney newspapers were lambasting Australia's household broadband speeds, Oh Se-hoon, the mayor of Seoul, was sitting on a moving bus and using a laptop. Se-hoon could have been downloading TV shows, playing online games or chatting with friends, because he was enjoying speeds of three megabits a second using WiBro, a new wireless broadband service from South Korean telco Korea Telecom.
On the same day, KT announced that WiBro - which delivers high speeds even to those travelling at 120kmh - would be rolled out throughout Seoul.
The story illustrates Seoul's top spot among the world's digital cities. Stephen Quinn, associate professor in communication studies at Deakin University, visited Seoul in April. "You still see people walking about reading print newspapers, using origami to fold broadsheets to the size of a paperback novel. But you also see people surfing the internet on tiny laptops while on the subway, which travels about half a kilometre underground."
So, wait for my own review of the service. It'll probably be EXCLUSIVE!! ;)
