Comments on: For Better or Worse, ‘Dynamic Korea’ Rides the Digital Wave

By: gordsellar

gordsellar — Fri, 29 Jul 2005 03:37:38 +0000

I haven’t read enough of Shelton’s posts to have a strong opinion either way, but I will note that new guest-posters or co-posters often seem to get a lot of crap flung at them. In the local ‘hood, it happened to bluejives at Asiapages for a long time, too.

One guy I work with said, “Ah, people are just kind of autistic. Any little change sets them off.” Sometimes I think he’s right.

By: Luke

Luke — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 08:29:08 +0000

Thorin writes:

“That?€™s the third or fourth time you?€™ve complimented your own writing. If it were so good, we?€™d be discussing what you wrote.”

Shelton responds:

“Huh?
I?€™m not in the mood to look it up right this second, but I don?€™t think I?€™ve praised my own writing much at all.”

Well I was bored and in the mood, and I also agreed with Thorin. So here are the times I found that Shelton praised his own writing in comments.

1. I have a different take on things and am a good enough writer that I can quickly Know The Audience here.

2. I have been writing for publication since I was at least a junior in high school, so say about 15 years. The picture on the left is the back of my head at my last newspaper gig. I have been writing and reading things on the Internet for at least 10 years, so I have a sense of what is acceptable and not acceptable in this medium.

3. And also ?€” yeah, I didn?€™t really participate here before I started posting, but I know I?€™m a pretty good writer, regardless of the comments about me ?€œsucking ass?€? so I knew I had the proper toolkit in my head to at least be given a shot.

4. Um?€?that?€™s called ?€œgood writing.?€™ (IMHO) wink. Or more to the point, more interesting writing than saying, ?€œMr. Kim was the victim of online fraud.?€?

This does get annoying.

Shelton, the criticism of your posts — and writing — is not going to change just because you think you are a good writer. Just as letting us know how much “experience” you have will not change our opinions.

I’m familiar with professional newspaper people that have written for 30 years that I think write like complete shit, while others, who have no formal training, can wow me with their analysis and style. And the funny thing is that they do it without telling me how good they can write.

I also have to second any comments about the IMHO and wink wink crap, especially in your fourth shameless self-promotion above. To begin with, I think you missed the guy’s point, then you take the opportunity to brag about a line you thought was some sort of gift to the world of journalism.

You’d be better off sitting back and letting your readers make those kind of comments, IMHO.

By: Curious (a.k.a. Sewing)

Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 05:35:49 +0000

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Curious (#23), I think that if someone were looking for a pic of a Korean hand holding a Samsung cell phone, then ?€œhandphone?€? might be the best choice for a word search.
True enough. Had I thought of it, I would even have suggested going all the way and searching in Naver for ??¸?“œ??°.

Judge Judy, KrZ: What the heck!? So now he’s supposed to stay out of the comments section (JJ) and not even friggin’ read it (KrZ)!? He wouldn’t have gotten very far here if he hadn’t read or responded to all the slagging of him that was being done on his first few articles. As for the initial comment by him, I imagine he was just trying to forestall an onslaught of criticism. He finally writes something that you guys cannot find fault with, so you have to criticizem him for his comments!?
Give the guy a friggin’ break already!!!

By: snow

snow — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:59:17 +0000

Are you guys sure it’s a white hand holding the cell phone? Looks pretty hairless to me. What do I know about hands? Well, not much, but a few years back, a large chaebol needed a ‘hand actor’ for one of their newspaper ads and so a studio looked at scores of hands for just the right one. For some reason, they didn’t like Korean ones, so thought they had to find a white one. I was lucky- I get the gig and was paid pretty well for it, too. The only thing was, it was tough to hold those hand poses for long periods while they photographed it dozens of times, but what made up for it, besides the paycheque, was having the hand fussed over by a cute make-up girl.

By: robertneff103

robertneff103 — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:21:53 +0000

Kushibo -
I liked the Paeksu comment - and I have found what you said alarmingly accurate. It is amazing the number of Paeksu who have phones and run up huge bills with them. I know a number of them.

As to Konglish - I can not get out of the habit - I say handphone all the time and I fear that when I go back to the States that I will have to sit down with my younger siblings and re-learn English.

By: Iceberg

Iceberg — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 20:23:57 +0000

Ouch!

By: KrZ

KrZ — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 20:04:50 +0000

Shelton, get out of the comments section!! Don’t even read it anymore, just flee. Write the article, submit it, and be done with it. You aren’t supposed to be here.

By: Shelton Bumgarner

Shelton Bumgarner — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:52:10 +0000

In the past, I have felt the need to respond to negative remarks about my posts as a way of showing I am listening. I will be more picky about which ones I reply to in the future.

I will stop being the first one to respond to my own posts unless something happens and I feel I have to.

When I post here, I know I’m writing for this blog, not Ahssa! You don’t have anything to worry about, Kushibo.

By: Budding Hipster

Budding Hipster — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:21:17 +0000

The pre-emptive comment also instigates debate not about the CONTENT of your post, but about its quality/appropriateness/Hole-worthiness. The former could be interesting; the latter is growing tiresome.

By: libertine

libertine — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:17:18 +0000

First, Shelton may I suggest not responding to every comment made by your detractors? In the words of Chuck D and Flava Flav, “damn the rest if they don’t like it”.