Liveblogging iBlog4

9:45 AM
Arrived at the iBlog4 venue with Ria and Winston (after losing our way for a little bit inside the huge UP campus). Settled in just when the first speaker was wrapping up her talk. Now it’s a live video feed via Justin.tv, with Brian Gorrell, talking about how to blog (duhh). More of tips, really.

9:50 AM
Brian Gorrell says try not to get sucked into your blog, that we should be able to walk away. Good point. I should listen.

Gorrell says freedom of speech is very important… and that his blog is a prime example of it. Hmmm… Perhaps. Now I hope someone will talk about responsible blogging.

We’ve been asked to disconnect wifi for a while. I guess they’re fixing the Internet connection… More later!

9:58AM
Now the audience has a chance to introduce their blogs. I grabbed the opportunity to talk about MindanaoBloggers.com. Nice idea by the organizers.

A merienda break is gonna be called soon…

10:32AM
We’re still on break. People are milling about. I just had my caffeine fix after greeting my good friend, Janette Toral, who’s one of the main organizers of this event.

10:36AM
OK, people are starting to trickle back in. The conference should be back on track in a few minutes or so…

Janette is continuously live-casting the event via Justin.tv. Go to http://www.justin.tv and search for Janette’s page to view the live webcast.

Next up is Karlo Licudine: “From Student to Problogger”. Should be interesting. His blogs are pinoyblogero.com, blogcomics.net (in collaboration with Andrew dela Serna), etc.

10:42AM
Karlo’s on the podium now. He’s a Computer Engineering student at Mapua Institute of Technology, and he says he will pursue his problogging career after graduation.

Karlo: “Problogging is where a blogger sets out to earn more money thru the use of blogs and to maximize and furher its money-making capabilities.” He proceeds to call Malu Fernandez’s quip ‘Blogging is a slacker’s job’ as a misguided perception. Hurray Karlo!

He’s now talking about problogging in society: that it’s not yet viewed as a “real job” in Philippine society. He cited his experience with his girlfriend, who asked him what he would tell her parents when they asked him about his job.

The pros of problogging: 1) prospects of earning big money; 2) earning money from home; 3) you are your own boss; 4) you have full control of everything; 5) no hassle of looking for a job. Very simplistic view of the benefits of problogging, IMHO. But there are nuggets of wisdom here. However, there are the cons, of course. Karlo mentions the unpredictability in the world of problogging; the difficulty of promoting your blog(s); high risk of failure, etc.

Karlo’s advice: patience. Good call. He’s wrapping up now.

I’m cutting this post and continue liveblogging in a new post.

Continue here…

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