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Meet-up with Smart’s CSR peeps
It was a very engaging dinner and get-together I had last night with Nick Wilwayco and her colleagues in Smart Communications. They were in town for a corporate social responsibility (CSR) project by Smart, and Nick took the opportunity to meet me and discuss a SmartBro issue I had raised earlier. She made good on [...]
The Day the Earth Stood Still
No, this won’t be another movie review. I won’t say how lousy the plot of the movie was, or how bland and predictable Keanu Reeves’ acting was. Or how annoying that kid was or how nearly extraneous his role was.
The Day the Earth Stood Still is a movie whose cause-and-effect proposition is weak — and [...]
Matt: one of 25 most influential people on the Web
In March 2007, PC World declared Matt Mullenweg as 16th out of the 50 most important people on the Web. And a few days ago, BusinessWeek released their own list of the most influential people on the Web: Matt is one of the top 25. This prestigious magazine has dubbed him “The Publisher” for [...]
I vote for the Batang Yagit
For this year’s Philippine Blog Awards – Bloggers’ Choice Award, I vote for BatangYagit.com with all my heart. The blogger behind this very interesting blog, Winston Almendras, is a very talented young man who has risen above his limitations to become an accomplished blogger and more.
BatangYagit.com is an interesting read because it journalizes Winston’s [...]
“Blogging from Home”
My good friend has done it again! I.T. consultant, events organizer, blogger, businesswoman, writer — Janette Toral has done much in contributing to the development of the local I.T. industry, as well as to Filipino entrepreneurship. This time, she has authored another book that is going to become a rich resource for a growing number [...]
Meet-up with Cebuano bloggers
I’m really happy to have gotten together with Cebuano bloggers last Sunday. Since I was going to be in Cebu for the weekend, I’d asked Winston to try and get in touch with some bloggers and invite them to an informal meet-up. There were about 15 or so of us at Bo’s Coffee on Osmeña, [...]
Bloggers party 06/08 – photos
I’ve finally gotten myself a digicam — a Canon PowerShot SX100 IS — from a friend who was willing to give it up for an extremely friendly price. So, here are some pictures I took of the bloggers party @ Toto’s Bar last Saturday.
For the life of me, I neglected to take [...]
Bravo, Maria Ressa!
I’m not a big fan of ABS-CBN, but I must commend the head of ABS-CBN News & Current Affairs, Ms. Maria Ressa, for a very poignant but true-ringing assessment of journalism in the Philippines today.
In response to allegations that ABS-CBN News is partial to the interests of the Lopez family on the one hand, [...]
Saved by Twitter
An American is jailed by Egyptian authorities for photographing a public demonstration. He uses Twitter to tell his friends about it and is released the following day.
Nursing board exam results site
The Nursing Board Examinations have just been conducted, and thousands upon tens of thousands of Filipino nursing students are now nervously looking forward to February 2008 when the exam results are released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). Plenty of websites and blogs cater to this need. When the nursing board exam results come out, [...]
