i discover trippin tv a few weeks ago
a new english social website based in taiwan with lots of features
one of these features that caught my attention was the blogwatch: blog reviews
they had reviewed several blogs and were pretty harsh on most
funny at times but harsh
it's all in good fun and altho' i know their reviews are pretty irrelevant as one blogs as he/she wishes to blog, i still wondered when it would my turn
i was looking forward to reading their dissection of my blog and the shots they'd take
well, the wait is over
i've been reviewed...
How many Asian people have you met in Taiwan who have stellar English and have turned out to be born in Taiwan, but spent their formative years growing up in a western country and now... low and behold they've come back to roost in Taiwan again. The answer is "Kabillions". These "Bananas" (yellow on the outside and white on the inside) are a breed slightly apart from the full-on ABC and totally different than the Taiwan local who has lived in Miaoli all his life. Some might argue they are the best of both worlds.. some might claim they are a just a bi polar, confused bunch of individuals. I call this group of people "Rexpats" (returning as expat... duh!).
Andres is a Rexpat and his blog... "andres in taiwan " is pretty damn good.
Before I launch full force into this review I need to remind our readers that while TrippinTV is a cool and hip online social network we are not necessarily only for young 20 somethings who think that partying at Mint every weekend and putting up half naked pictures of yourself drunk on your MySpace profile is the be all end all of the Internet. Its only one fun part of the Internet... and please if you are one of those people.. don't stop posting those pics! ;)
andres in taiwan immediately strikes me as a great blog for one obvious trait... BALANCE... he's got a great balance of pics and text... a great balance of personal life and mildly interesting Taiwan stuff.. and it looks like he's got a decent balance of online and off line social life... as the best bloggers always do. Andre's does a good job of showing his family life and new born child in an interesting and familial way.
So here's the basic good and bad lists.
The good:
1. Andres is a prolific photographer. His pictures are decent and a very good size on his blog... ie you don't need to click any thumbnail images to have a clue what his pics are of.
2. He keeps his text short and sweet. No lengthy (BORING) diatribes here.
3. His site has a very clean and basic interface that appeals to many.
4. He blogs with a good degree of regularity (about once every couple of days).
The bad?.. mostly personal minor quibbles of my own...
1. he's got his own grammatical/punctuation style (but thats only bad if you are a grammar natzi which i'm not)
2. Not enough VIDEO... but again thats just our thing here.
3. He's got a Xacti and I'm jealous. I've been dieing to play with one... although I really want an RCA Small Wonder
4. I'm not sure about his dreintaiwan.blogspot.com/ url.. dre is probably his nickname..? it makes me think of Dr Dre and I'm personally generally allergic to rap.
5. andre in taiwan ... no capitals. ... why oh why? (OK .. I'm a part-time grammar Natzi as long as it isn't mine!)
All in all I'd say and andre in taiwan is a really pleasant diversion style blog that you might go and read if you want at little peak into the balanced life of a taiwan Rexpat.
well, that went well
i'm a bit disappointed they didn't rip it apart some more but at the same time i'm glad they liked
hey, at least someone out there approves
still, a site with the name "trippin" has beef about grammar and spelling?
it's like an obese person calling someone fat
what a trip
9 comments:
trippin is lame.
I have to agree. Blogs are extensions of ourselves. Everyone blogs for different reasons.
I've stopped by there once or twice but I honestly don't think much of a site that gets their kicks from cutting down other people.
--Carrie
also, the "daily links" that some bloggers provide appear to be largely politically or activism based. i hardly see your blog listed in those links Carrie. it's a shame that blogging has become about changing the world instead of enjoying it.
they are kinda lame.
they remind me of a bad stand-up comedian who will do anything for a cheap laugh... but at the same time, it's really not that serious.
mj... yeah, i hear ya. plus those links seen to be only repeatedly covering the same blogs over and over again.
Andres, Taiwan is a rather small market. so, unlike other countries where you could cut down thousands of blogs and never have to worry about an in-person confrontation with a particular blogger, the chances that you will run into whomever you piss off is very high here. Trip must have figured that out by now.
mj, never thought of it like that but it would be bad if there were actually physical repercussion and retaliation on the individuals involved in trippin. i understand what you mean tho' and could see it happening.
Judging by the nasty comments (on the blogs we've panned)... I imagine a few of the Taiwan blogosphere might be psycho enough to do me physical harm. But I'm hoping that most people are rational enough to not care a whit what we think.
Can you imagine if we started doing serious restaurant reviews or even movie reviews?!?! Gasp... I really wouldn't want Quentin Tarentino coming after me if we said one of his creations was crap!
Tim
www.trippintv.com
tim... as i said, i know it's all in good fun and really, it's just not that serious. i might not like some of the content in trippin, but overall, i think you guys are doing a good job and got some nice stuff going on. just keeping doing your thing. cheers, good luck!
(and it would never happen because quentin doesn't do crap. m. night shaymalan on the other hand.....)
andres.. have you actually ever watched "Destiny turns on the Radio"?
ha ha.. Sean Conner said it best.. "If you make 5 movies one of them is bound to be crap"
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