2008/10/15 02:39

Open Web Asia '08: Behind the Scenes

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So, I just got back from Open Web Asia '08. In few words, it was just fantastic, amazing, unbelievable, exciting, and purely awesome. There was lots of excitement everywhere. People were just happy to talk about the Web in Asia and what they think they should do next and stuff. It was just full of hope, possibilities, and forward-looking perspectives.

Again, I just got back and it's like 2:30 in the morning right now and I'm pretty much dying to go to sleep now. So I'll probably have to the real blogging stuff tomorrow when I'm less exhausted and more awake. But as a gift, I'm posting up some pictures I took today. The first picture was taken while I was on the way to the conference and crossing the Han river. The second was taken during the panel. The last 3 are from the networking dinner party afterwards. Pictures were taken with my cellphone camera, so the quality is so so at best.

Thank you very much for you all you interests and efforts to put a conference like this together. To my knowledge, this is the first truly "pan-Asian" Web conference in years and it seemed like everyone's been waiting for this for a LONG time.

But, till the next post, good night :)

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TAGConference, Korea, open web asia, Seoul
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2008/09/24 13:22

I'm speaking at X Media Lab Seoul tomorrow!

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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.

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TAG3D, digital generation, Korea, Media, Seoul, Social, Virtual, visual, x media lab, XML
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2007/08/29 01:19

Obviously Seoul again!

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Business 2.0 lists up top 12 wired cities that are suited best for business. Obviously, Seoul is one of them. What caught my attention, though, is that 6 out of the 12 cities are Asian cities: Bangalore, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo. This is what I exactly spotted while over in Singapore. Some serious things are happening over in this half of the world! I'm not sure if all the U.S. cities were dropped out on purpose or the Business 2.0 folks really couldn't find a single U.S. city fit for this.

Some interesting description on Seoul:
Wondering what your cell phone will be like in three years? Head to Seoul, home of electronics giants Samsung and LG and the world's proving grounds for cutting-edge wireless technologies.

Well, I've been writing so much in Korean that I thought maybe taking a 20-min break to write something in English might refresh my hands and thoughts. Ok, back to work!

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TAGAsia, Bangalore, broadband, Hong Kong, Korea, Mobile, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, WIBRO
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2007/08/10 01:17

First Wibro experiment: watching Joost on the bus and on highway

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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.

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TAG3.5G, broadband, Korea, KT, Seoul, Web, Web 2.0, WIBRO
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