How to find an English-speaking techie in Korea?
November 29, 2005 7:42 AM Subscribe
How can I find someone in Seoul, Korea, who speaks English and Korean and is reasonably tech-literate?
I need to track down someone bilingual and reasonably tech savvy in the Seoul area to help me trial some technology services over there and report their findings back to me. There doesn't seem to be - or at least I've never found - a good way on the Net to find people based on certain attributes (e.g. their location, their language skills). Does anyone have any ideas?
I need to track down someone bilingual and reasonably tech savvy in the Seoul area to help me trial some technology services over there and report their findings back to me. There doesn't seem to be - or at least I've never found - a good way on the Net to find people based on certain attributes (e.g. their location, their language skills). Does anyone have any ideas?
That would be stavrosthewonderchicken.
posted by matildaben at 7:56 AM on November 29, 2005
posted by matildaben at 7:56 AM on November 29, 2005
Response by poster: Thanks guys - I didn't think of searching peoples' profiles. I'll drop stwc an e-mail...
posted by runkelfinker at 8:29 AM on November 29, 2005
posted by runkelfinker at 8:29 AM on November 29, 2005
Best answer: Dave's ESL Cafe has boards you can post to, and has a section devoted to Korea.
posted by squirrel at 8:47 AM on November 29, 2005
posted by squirrel at 8:47 AM on November 29, 2005
Response by poster: Thanks as well squirrel...
Don't worry, my 'guys' is always meant gender-neutrally ('gals' doesn't fly in British English)...
posted by runkelfinker at 8:54 AM on November 29, 2005
Don't worry, my 'guys' is always meant gender-neutrally ('gals' doesn't fly in British English)...
posted by runkelfinker at 8:54 AM on November 29, 2005
If stav can't help you, I've got a friend that lives in Seoul, speaks korean, japanese, and english and lives+breathes technology.
posted by shoepal at 12:56 PM on November 29, 2005
posted by shoepal at 12:56 PM on November 29, 2005
Well, I don't live in Seoul (down in the south, in Jeollanam-do), and my Korean isn't good enough to call me bilingual (at least for that pair of languages), but I'm up for whatever if you need some help despite those shortcomings.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:02 AM on November 30, 2005
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:02 AM on November 30, 2005
Response by poster: Thanks Stavros, I've sent you an e-mail to your mefi account...
posted by runkelfinker at 6:08 AM on November 30, 2005
posted by runkelfinker at 6:08 AM on November 30, 2005
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posted by matteo at 7:48 AM on November 29, 2005