[KS] "InfoShare" / "Korea InfoPool": any suggestions?

[Frank Hoffmann]

So, you are saying we can just open a Facebook account and see Facebook 
creating a 'backup' of our office or home computer's and cell phone's 
data on their servers, and then sell that to whoever they want? Well …
…….. 

Anyone knows from related fields such as Chinese or Japanese studies if 
there is anything like this -- any platform, any software (OTHER than 
Spybook)? 
Looking for a technical and logistical solution for quick, 
uncomplicated exchanges, not to hand over my house keys or install 
remote recording devices in my office. That would have been a 
misunderstanding of the question.

Best,
Frank




On Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:42:32 -0600, Kirk Larsen wrote:
> While expressing no opinion on the merits or drawbacks of 
> Facebook/Google, I will second Stephen Epstein's observation that I 
> have often found some of the "obscure," detail-oriented questions and 
> the ensuing replies on this listserv to be among the most 
> interesting. 
> 
> Just my two bits.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Kirk Larsen 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:13 PM, Stephen Epstein 
> <Stephen.Epstein at vuw.ac.nz> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> As a former co-owner of the list, I was always of the opinion that 
>> these sorts of detail questions are appropriate here. Often in the 
>> past they have generated some of our most interesting discussions. 
>> That said, digital communication platforms have evolved 
>> significantly in the last few years, and there are increasing 
>> possibilities for creating a separation on such issues. Those who 
>> have a Facebook account may prefer to use  the Koreanists group for 
>> these queries. Though still smaller than the KS list, it does have 
>> close to 600 members at this point and can readily accommodate what 
>> Frank suggests, I think.
>> 
>> Best, Stephen
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Koreanstudies [koreanstudies-bounces at koreanstudies.com] on 
>> behalf of Frank Hoffmann [hoffmann at koreanstudies.com]
>> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 12:33 AM
>> To: koreanstudies at koreanstudies.com
>> Subject: [KS] "InfoShare" / "Korea InfoPool": any suggestions?
>> 
>> Dear All:
>> 
>> This is just a very loose idea -- and I wonder what your take is on
>> this, and what more specific ideas you may have (in case this seems
>> something that may be wanted)?
>> 
>> Originally, when Rob Provine started an email discussion list in 1994,
>> an important function was to exchange all kind of informations
>> regarding publications, research, conferences, positions. That is still
>> the same today.
>> 
>> What I myself am sometimes missing -- and here I am not too sure if
>> that is or is not shared by others -- is some sort of micro information
>> exchange, or whatever you want to call it. Sometimes I wonder about
>> smaller detail questions, issues that I would not want to post and
>> "bother" 1,700+ scholars with, or that I might feel are questions whose
>> answers I should certainly know the answer to by now but still do not.
>> A typical example that came up today: some old newspaper article very
>> briefly lists a person's education and then his current whereabouts,
>> and there it reads something like: "[city name]서 自管" -- and I now
>> wonder if this means person X runs his "own business" in [city name].
>> Or, a few days ago I was wondering about another very tiny detail: how
>> would you transcribe "[person's name]氏" -- would you put a dash in
>> between the name an ssi, better write it in two words? These kind of
>> questions are clearly not questions one would want to really bother a
>> whole list with, nor any personal friends. When you look for
>> information of how to fix your computer or your car, you just search
>> the Web and find some posting in some forum for sure that has the
>> answer. Korean studies is obviously not such a big field, and the
>> "forum" format would likely not work, because nobody would go there
>> unless he/she has a question.
>> 
>> Anyone has suggestions and ideas?
>> 
>> 
>> Best
>> Frank
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --------------------------------------
>> Frank Hoffmann
>> http://koreanstudies.com
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Kirk W. Larsen 
> Department of History
> Director, Academic Programs and Research
> David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies
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