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

[Robert N]

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.

Robert Neff


On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Frank Hoffmann
<hoffmann at koreanstudies.com>wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
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> Frank Hoffmann
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