Review

Learning Chinese with help of Iphone/iPod Touch

Posted under China, Review, tips on Wednesday, 15 July 2009 by Joop Dorresteijn
A quick post about learning Chinese Mandarin with help of my iPod Touch, because I think it's a remarkable useful device for learning phrases and - in the case of Chinese - also for learning to write characters using the touch screen. All and all, very efficient for those idle moments of the day to...
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Learn to read and pronounce Korean Hangul in 2 days

Posted under Internet, Korea, Review, asides on Friday, 12 September 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
You don't need a black belt in Taekwondo to master the Korean language, actually... reading Hangul (Korean writing) is surprisingly easy! That's the main point I am trying to make in this post. While the Korean characters seem complex at first, they are easy to read within one week. Skip the...
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EU Parlement in Brussels (pictures)

Posted under Review on Saturday, 5 July 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Visited the European Parliament Espace Léopold in Brussels today; The complex is not the official seat of Parliament, which is the Immeuble Louise Weiss in Strasbourg, France, but as most of the other institutions of the European Union are in Brussels, Parliament built the Brussels complex in...
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Search engine Empas.com is ready for a comeback in Korea

Posted under Internet, Korea, Review on Friday, 30 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Empas.com is a South Korean web portal dating back as far as 1998. They became big with their cocky slogan: “If Yahoo can’t find it, Empas can.” Empas ranks five out of five on our list of (most visited) Korean web companies, However, Empas has lost ground against competitors as Naver...
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Daum: boring, but innovative in user generated content

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Internet, Korea, Review on Wednesday, 28 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Daum communications is huge, they are the biggest operator of Korean websites and they also operate in China with 365ren.com, and in the U.S. with the acquired Lycos portal. The word 'Daum' is Korean for 'next', but at first sight, they might come over as another boring web portal aiming for...
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Search engine Naver is best in localized results, example for others?

Posted under Entrepreneurship, Internet, Korea, Review on Tuesday, 27 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
We see increasing amounts of search engines popping up on the internet, they are using advanced algorithms to come up with better results. Not in Korea, at least not at Naver. Employees analyze, index and produces content for their search engine by hand. Even though this labor intensity, they count...
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Social community Cyworld a trendsetter in E-commerce?

Posted under Internet, Korea, Review on Monday, 26 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
Cyworld is a social networking site, not big, and attempts to go abroad have failed in both Europe and Japan. Currently, they don't even have an English interface. However, Cyworld got my attention because of their business model, and the generated revenue they receive from it. While the...
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Moving from Imovie ‘06 to ‘08 was a surprise

Posted under Review on Saturday, 10 May 2008 by Joop Dorresteijn
I have always been a fan of the quick and easy movie suite for mac called Imovie I had finally had the chance to play with the latest version ~Imovie '08 during the weekend. At first, Imovie 08 was a bit of a disappointment to me. I expected a program with a timeline (who's idea was it to...
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