Comments on: Blogging lecture in HK http://plaxoed.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/blogging-lecture-in-hk/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:28:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: markjen http://plaxoed.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/blogging-lecture-in-hk/#comment-10954 markjen Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:52:47 +0000 http://blog.plaxoed.com/2006/09/08/blogging-lecture-in-hk/#comment-10954 Hi Jason, thanks for the insightful comments :P The presentation slides don't really have much in them (slides are meant to be a companion to a presentation). You needed to be present to get anything out of it; I posted the slides here for those who were present and wanted a copy. If you actually do a little bit of reading, I think you'll find the answers to most of your questions. Here are some links for you though: <a href="http://blog.plaxoed.com/2005/02/19/search-engines-toolbars-and-more/" rel="nofollow">Why I think Yahoo is better than Google</a> <a href="http://blog.plaxoed.com/?p=27" rel="nofollow">I wasn't fired for posting sensitive information, it was a culture mismatch</a> I suppose you could argue about whether I deserve what I make, but hey, my salary is dictated by the free market. I get paid as much as a company thinks I'm worth :P Hi Jason, thanks for the insightful comments :P

The presentation slides don’t really have much in them (slides are meant to be a companion to a presentation). You needed to be present to get anything out of it; I posted the slides here for those who were present and wanted a copy.

If you actually do a little bit of reading, I think you’ll find the answers to most of your questions. Here are some links for you though:

Why I think Yahoo is better than Google

I wasn’t fired for posting sensitive information, it was a culture mismatch

I suppose you could argue about whether I deserve what I make, but hey, my salary is dictated by the free market. I get paid as much as a company thinks I’m worth :P

]]> By: jason peaceful http://plaxoed.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/blogging-lecture-in-hk/#comment-10953 jason peaceful Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:45:36 +0000 http://blog.plaxoed.com/2006/09/08/blogging-lecture-in-hk/#comment-10953 You idiot. There is nothing informational about your presentation. Its like making a presentation about using a browser. I cant belv they pay you. And what reason do you have to belv that yahoo is better than google? You state a fact with NO substantiation. You were stupid, and you got fired. Only an immature, irrational, stupid person would post sensitive information about his work on his blog. What were you thinking man? Lets just say that you have a lot of growing up to do, and your getting fired was completely warranted. I would fire a loud mouth, blogger-during-work employee too. You dont deserve what you make You idiot.

There is nothing informational about your presentation. Its like making a presentation about using a browser.

I cant belv they pay you.

And what reason do you have to belv that yahoo is better than google? You state a fact with NO substantiation.

You were stupid, and you got fired.

Only an immature, irrational, stupid person would post sensitive information about his work on his blog. What were you thinking man?

Lets just say that you have a lot of growing up to do, and your getting fired was completely warranted.

I would fire a loud mouth, blogger-during-work employee too.

You dont deserve what you make

]]> By: kel http://plaxoed.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/blogging-lecture-in-hk/#comment-10952 kel Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:47:33 +0000 http://blog.plaxoed.com/2006/09/08/blogging-lecture-in-hk/#comment-10952 Hello, Mark. Actually, I have read your blog for about half year. You blog content is attractive to me because I can know more about computer knowledge and your daily work. Yup, it is very interesting. The reason that I reply this topic is that I am also an undergraduate student in Hong Kong Baptist University. Surprise~~. I couldn't imagine that we had be so close in the area. Anyway, thanks for your coming. ^^ Hello, Mark. Actually, I have read your blog for about half year. You blog content is attractive to me because I can know more about computer knowledge and your daily work. Yup, it is very interesting. The reason that I reply this topic is that I am also an undergraduate student in Hong Kong Baptist University. Surprise~~. I couldn’t imagine that we had be so close in the area. Anyway, thanks for your coming. ^^

]]> By: markjen http://plaxoed.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/blogging-lecture-in-hk/#comment-10951 markjen Sat, 09 Sep 2006 03:53:36 +0000 http://blog.plaxoed.com/2006/09/08/blogging-lecture-in-hk/#comment-10951 Hi Judith, Thanks for the compliments, I'm glad you enjoyed my talk :) 1. Ah, I wasn't thinking about the special media/news situation in HK. Blogging might take off in HK eventually because it still allows people to reach a global audience; however, it might be a bit slower since traditional media forms seem to be much more accessible and functional in the HK environment. 2. Highly read bloggers are able to put ads on their blogs and make thousands of $US a month from the ads. Since oftentimes a blog is only a single person (or a small group of people) running a website, the expenses are low and most of the income is pure profit. This could become the rise of a new market for freelance journalism; it's effects are already being seen in some areas such as technology news and political news. Hi Judith,

Thanks for the compliments, I’m glad you enjoyed my talk :)

1. Ah, I wasn’t thinking about the special media/news situation in HK. Blogging might take off in HK eventually because it still allows people to reach a global audience; however, it might be a bit slower since traditional media forms seem to be much more accessible and functional in the HK environment.

2. Highly read bloggers are able to put ads on their blogs and make thousands of $US a month from the ads. Since oftentimes a blog is only a single person (or a small group of people) running a website, the expenses are low and most of the income is pure profit. This could become the rise of a new market for freelance journalism; it’s effects are already being seen in some areas such as technology news and political news.

]]> By: Judith Clarke http://plaxoed.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/blogging-lecture-in-hk/#comment-10950 Judith Clarke Sat, 09 Sep 2006 02:42:42 +0000 http://blog.plaxoed.com/2006/09/08/blogging-lecture-in-hk/#comment-10950 Dear Mark, I attended your talk at HKBU and enjoyed your lucid, articulate account of where blogs are going. This is very important stuff. My interest is as a journalist and journalism lecturer -- where is journalism going? As a 57-year-old I'm very familiar with the old news formats but very interested in the new ones and get a lot of info on my areas of interest through the web and blogs, though I don't keep a blog or a website of my own. Two things: 1. You're surprised that ppl here are not savvy about RSS feeds. HK is a very special situation -- a compact and very crowded city with a range of cheap and free newspapers as well as good TV and radio news with many different opinions expressed, so it's always been easy to get access to info and get published. Blogs are important in much of the rest of Asia as an underground means of communication, or are an area of struggle btw free speech and censorship, but you can express yourself freely in HK in Central or Kwun Tong and ppl will listen. In the US distance and lack of a good range of traditional news media mean there's a big gap that blogs can fill. Upshot: in HK blogs are more of a hobby than a serious outlet for expression, though of course this may change or I might be out of date on it! 2. At the end of your talk you mentioned that bloggers are naturally filtered by readers, so you end up with a group of bloggers who are widely read and respected. How do these ppl get paid? Are they the new journalists? Dear Mark, I attended your talk at HKBU and enjoyed your lucid, articulate account of where blogs are going. This is very important stuff. My interest is as a journalist and journalism lecturer — where is journalism going? As a 57-year-old I’m very familiar with the old news formats but very interested in the new ones and get a lot of info on my areas of interest through the web and blogs, though I don’t keep a blog or a website of my own. Two things: 1. You’re surprised that ppl here are not savvy about RSS feeds. HK is a very special situation — a compact and very crowded city with a range of cheap and free newspapers as well as good TV and radio news with many different opinions expressed, so it’s always been easy to get access to info and get published. Blogs are important in much of the rest of Asia as an underground means of communication, or are an area of struggle btw free speech and censorship, but you can express yourself freely in HK in Central or Kwun Tong and ppl will listen. In the US distance and lack of a good range of traditional news media mean there’s a big gap that blogs can fill. Upshot: in HK blogs are more of a hobby than a serious outlet for expression, though of course this may change or I might be out of date on it! 2. At the end of your talk you mentioned that bloggers are naturally filtered by readers, so you end up with a group of bloggers who are widely read and respected. How do these ppl get paid? Are they the new journalists?

]]> By: markjen http://plaxoed.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/blogging-lecture-in-hk/#comment-10949 markjen Fri, 08 Sep 2006 20:52:11 +0000 http://blog.plaxoed.com/2006/09/08/blogging-lecture-in-hk/#comment-10949 Thanks Savino. Good point about the censorship impact; I do believe that eventually the rise of blogging in the general population in China will cause the same sort of long tail effects we're seeing here in the US now (with niche communities forming around people's interests). I suppose that only time will tell :) Thanks Savino.

Good point about the censorship impact; I do believe that eventually the rise of blogging in the general population in China will cause the same sort of long tail effects we’re seeing here in the US now (with niche communities forming around people’s interests). I suppose that only time will tell :)

]]> By: savino http://plaxoed.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/blogging-lecture-in-hk/#comment-10948 savino Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:10:53 +0000 http://blog.plaxoed.com/2006/09/08/blogging-lecture-in-hk/#comment-10948 How is it possible to know what a blog is and not to know anything about RSS? It's very strange IMHO. However, I believe it's quite normal the blogosphere bias to be closer to celebrity blogging than to "everyman"'s, as I believe censorship's impact on the latter can be harder. The situation is well known. How was the feedback about this issue like? Congrats for your speech Mark, though ;) How is it possible to know what a blog is and not to know anything about RSS? It’s very strange IMHO.

However, I believe it’s quite normal the blogosphere bias to be closer to celebrity blogging than to “everyman”’s, as I believe censorship’s impact on the latter can be harder. The situation is well known. How was the feedback about this issue like?

Congrats for your speech Mark, though ;)

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