<div dir="ltr">I agree with Profs. Larsen and Epstein, sometimes the obscure stuff is of the most interesting. Actually I like the way the discussion is now. What doesn't interest me is merely passed over.<div><br></div>
<div>Robert Neff</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Frank Hoffmann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hoffmann@koreanstudies.com" target="_blank">hoffmann@koreanstudies.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">So, you are saying we can just open a Facebook account and see Facebook<br>
creating a 'backup' of our office or home computer's and cell phone's<br>
data on their servers, and then sell that to whoever they want? Well …<br>
……..<br>
<br>
Anyone knows from related fields such as Chinese or Japanese studies if<br>
there is anything like this -- any platform, any software (OTHER than<br>
Spybook)?<br>
Looking for a technical and logistical solution for quick,<br>
uncomplicated exchanges, not to hand over my house keys or install<br>
remote recording devices in my office. That would have been a<br>
misunderstanding of the question.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Frank<br>
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On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:42:32 -0600, Kirk Larsen wrote:<br>
> While expressing no opinion on the merits or drawbacks of<br>
> Facebook/Google, I will second Stephen Epstein's observation that I<br>
> have often found some of the "obscure," detail-oriented questions and<br>
> the ensuing replies on this listserv to be among the most<br>
> interesting.<br>
><br>
> Just my two bits.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
><br>
> Kirk Larsen<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:13 PM, Stephen Epstein<br>
> <<a href="mailto:Stephen.Epstein@vuw.ac.nz">Stephen.Epstein@vuw.ac.nz</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Hi all,<br>
>><br>
>> As a former co-owner of the list, I was always of the opinion that<br>
>> these sorts of detail questions are appropriate here. Often in the<br>
>> past they have generated some of our most interesting discussions.<br>
>> That said, digital communication platforms have evolved<br>
>> significantly in the last few years, and there are increasing<br>
>> possibilities for creating a separation on such issues. Those who<br>
>> have a Facebook account may prefer to use the Koreanists group for<br>
>> these queries. Though still smaller than the KS list, it does have<br>
>> close to 600 members at this point and can readily accommodate what<br>
>> Frank suggests, I think.<br>
>><br>
>> Best, Stephen<br>
>> ________________________________________<br>
>> From: Koreanstudies [<a href="mailto:koreanstudies-bounces@koreanstudies.com">koreanstudies-bounces@koreanstudies.com</a>] on<br>
>> behalf of Frank Hoffmann [<a href="mailto:hoffmann@koreanstudies.com">hoffmann@koreanstudies.com</a>]<br>
>> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 12:33 AM<br>
>> To: <a href="mailto:koreanstudies@koreanstudies.com">koreanstudies@koreanstudies.com</a><br>
>> Subject: [KS] "InfoShare" / "Korea InfoPool": any suggestions?<br>
>><br>
>> Dear All:<br>
>><br>
>> This is just a very loose idea -- and I wonder what your take is on<br>
>> this, and what more specific ideas you may have (in case this seems<br>
>> something that may be wanted)?<br>
>><br>
>> Originally, when Rob Provine started an email discussion list in 1994,<br>
>> an important function was to exchange all kind of informations<br>
>> regarding publications, research, conferences, positions. That is still<br>
>> the same today.<br>
>><br>
>> What I myself am sometimes missing -- and here I am not too sure if<br>
>> that is or is not shared by others -- is some sort of micro information<br>
>> exchange, or whatever you want to call it. Sometimes I wonder about<br>
>> smaller detail questions, issues that I would not want to post and<br>
>> "bother" 1,700+ scholars with, or that I might feel are questions whose<br>
>> answers I should certainly know the answer to by now but still do not.<br>
>> A typical example that came up today: some old newspaper article very<br>
>> briefly lists a person's education and then his current whereabouts,<br>
>> and there it reads something like: "[city name]서 自管" -- and I now<br>
>> wonder if this means person X runs his "own business" in [city name].<br>
>> Or, a few days ago I was wondering about another very tiny detail: how<br>
>> would you transcribe "[person's name]氏" -- would you put a dash in<br>
>> between the name an ssi, better write it in two words? These kind of<br>
>> questions are clearly not questions one would want to really bother a<br>
>> whole list with, nor any personal friends. When you look for<br>
>> information of how to fix your computer or your car, you just search<br>
>> the Web and find some posting in some forum for sure that has the<br>
>> answer. Korean studies is obviously not such a big field, and the<br>
>> "forum" format would likely not work, because nobody would go there<br>
>> unless he/she has a question.<br>
>><br>
>> Anyone has suggestions and ideas?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Best<br>
>> Frank<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --------------------------------------<br>
>> Frank Hoffmann<br>
>> <a href="http://koreanstudies.com" target="_blank">http://koreanstudies.com</a><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Kirk W. Larsen<br>
> Department of History<br>
> Director, Academic Programs and Research<br>
> David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies<br>
> 2151 JFSB<br>
> BYU<br>
> Provo, UT 84602-6707<br>
> (801) 422-3445<br>
><br>
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Frank Hoffmann<br>
<a href="http://koreanstudies.com" target="_blank">http://koreanstudies.com</a></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>