386199 Thu Mar 29 09:12:04 -0700 2007 3 33 Food Media and News 0 2431908 I just discovered this little piece in the online edition of New York Magazine describing the "pleasures of cruising the Chowhound boards" http://nymag.com/daily/food/2006/11/rediscovering_chinatown.html Yes, it praises one of my posts, but I'm sure I would have noticed it anyway. Some of the little articles -- it's a lot like a food blog -- are of great interest to Chowhounds. For example, intrigued by a Chowhound post describing a Fujianese oyster pancake, they sent a Chinese-speaking photographer to scout out restaurants in Flushing, Queens as well as Manhattan serving this pancake, and photograph different pancakes and other dishes too. Then they published the photos, along with the addresses of the restaurants where you can get them. http://nymag.com/daily/food/2006/10/a_photoguided_tour_of_mysterio.html Thu Mar 29 09:12:04 -0700 2007 11362 Brian S 1 2432469 Congratulations Brian S! After being mentioned in the mainstream press and even having a link to your Chowhound post, “Eating In Chinatown – A Beginner’s Guide to Chinatown,” you are now the second most famous Chowhound after the “Big Dog.” Thu Mar 29 11:17:00 -0700 2007 2431908 11282 lwong 2 2433249 Others have been mentioned in newspapers, etc... and you would be too if a newspaper reporter saw your excellent posts analyzing the economics of the Chinese restaurant industry... posts like this: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/377671#2374321 Thu Mar 29 14:25:55 -0700 2007 2432469 11362 Brian S 3 2437490 No need to be modest Brian S. Enjoy your fame and acknowledgement of your many fine posts. It’s too bad that you couldn’t be remunerated for your many posts (in the hundreds if not thousands). You realize that now that CNET/Chowhound.com is a commercial business, CNET/Chowhound.com is being provided with free media content (yours and everyone else’s posts) whereas most media companies who use the business model of commercial ads must pay for their media content to draw viewers. Of course, writing professionally with periodic pressure deadlines is not 100% fun and those paying positions are also not very easy to obtain, and it is certainly different from casually making posts to Chowhound according to personal whim as most of us do. There’s no perfect work situation. Probably the best work situation still is to win a large lottery first and than find a position. (LOL) Fri Mar 30 19:56:23 -0700 2007 2433249 11282 lwong