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Say Hello to My New Friend, "Eve"

Eve

It's been 4 years since I bought my old white MacBook (It's was my first Mac ever), and I thought it's finally time to move forward.

So I bought a new MacBookPro! 2011 February released, Intel Quad-core i7 2.0MHz, Refurbished model. I can't tell how much excited I am!

I was so excited and gave her a name. it's "Eve". took from the Pixar movie "Wall-E".

I'm looking forward to the journey I'll have with her for next few years. Let's make a history together Eve!

The Valley : How Silicon Valley Became A Startup Paradise

This is the video I took on May 2010, when I traveled around United States.

I visited as many startups as I can in Silicon Valley, and interviewed people who work there.

I'm very inspired by the people there, and the atmosphere of the startup industry. Thanks to all the people who gladly allowed my interview.

And I hope all of you enjoy this film.

Staring:

  • Jia Shen (Co-founder, RockYou) - @mekatek
  • Mickey Kim (Google. Now he changed his position to Head of Google TV Partnership Asia Pacific.) - @mickeyk
  • Robin Sloan (Media Partnerships, Twitter) - @robinsloan
  • John Yamasaki (Director of Community and Partnerships, Seesmic) - @jyamasaki

Memories of New York in Music

When I was traveling New York one and half month ago, I was intentionally listening Frank Sinatra's 'New York, New York' and Jay-Z's 'Empire State of Mind' through the whole days of traveling to keep the memories of New York in the music. But right after I got back, it was not that effective maybe because the excitement was still left.

However today, I was listening to shuffle playing of my iPhone, and accidentally listened to the 'New York, New York' after over a month. And at the moment the first melody started, the whole memories in New York have been just passed through my head like a flash. It was really an amazing experience. if you see the TV show Lost, there were scenes that the characters recalled their memories (not exactly memories though) and dropped a tear over. It was just like that. It was so emotionally intense so that I almost wept.

If you planning to travel around, I recommend to use my way to keep the memories.

Facing the Giants

This Monday, I watched the movie Facing the Giants. It just moved my heart. I weeped more than ever I watched a movie.

It can be classified as a christian movie. The director Alex Kendrick is a pastor of the Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, and he founded Sherwood Pictures.

I've looked him up. This movie Facing the Giants was released in 2006. After that, he made another movie Fireproof in 2008, and it made a huge hit. I haven't watched Fireproof yet, but I definitely will soon.

It is first time I watched a "fiction" movie which has a story of christianity. I've been wondering if it's possible to make a "fun" movie with a story of christians except the Bible stories like Passion of Christ, but it was. This movie Facing the Giants is the story of high school football team, and it even has a nice plot as a general movie. At the first part of the it I felt that the movie isn't as sophisticated as other Hollywood ones, but more I watched, I found myself diving into the story.

This movie also inspired me about my career. I have a vision to live as a christian film maker, and this movie and the director Alex Kendrick showed me one of the ways about it.

If you're a christian, you may feel what I felt and cry yourself out. Even if you're not a christian, I believe this movie will entertain you, and hope that you can be changed by the Gospel like the students in the movie.

Introducing Open Travel project

I'm quiting my job.

Some of you're jealous of me huh? Guess what, I'm traveling for a month after I quit!

No, I didn't win a lottery. It's just a big challenge for me. I'm preparing to start a new business with friends, which is pretty risky.
But I'm more excited and happier than ever. Because I'll do what I really want to do. Even If I fail, I'm sure it'll be a big help for me.

So I'm preparing my travel, and hoping it to be a turning point of my life by experiencing and learning many things to design my future.
And I decided to make it open to public, so that I can gather information from everyone on the internet, Specially the local people. And I like to call it Open Travel.

I'm traveling to United States, and will visit 4 areas. Bay Area, LA / Irvine, New York, and Chicago.

Please check out the website below to know more about my Open Travel project. And help me to get great informations about the areas I will travel.

Introducing KMixx : The New Hub for Korean Tech & Social Media News

Have you ever been wondering "Isn't there a tech blog written in English specified only for Korean tech news?"? If so, now you probably have got an answer.

KMixx is a new blog for Korean tech & social media news. My friend Richard Min started it, and many contributors are posting great articles. including the former Googler David Lee. Check out the About page.

And I'm also writing some articles as a guest contributor.

So if you're interested in Korean tech news, please subscribe it. It also has a Twitter account, of course. :)