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Acts of kindness go a long way
Last week I was in Kuala Lumpur and I had several chance encounters with strangers that reopened my eyes to a truism: Acts of kindness go a long way. (I just realized, I’d never had so many of these encounters in my travels before… Hmmm… Maybe I’m becoming more comfortable being in foreign places now.) [...]
A search for RP’s smartest driver
Whatever state the economy is in, it can’t be denied that more and more vehicles are plying the highways, avenues, streets and even dirt roads of the country. In Davao City alone, we see a burgeoning number of private cars and PUVs that are starting to clog the city’s streets (the number of which has [...]
Off to Hong Kong again
Ever since I became active in the blogosphere, especially in the advocacy efforts of the Mindanao Bloggers Community, I’ve been getting invited to conferences, seminars, workshops and similar events. Most of them relate to Internet and cyber-media / journalism issues. There were the speaking engagements in local conferences, then came opportunities to contribute to larger-scale [...]
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 — [...]
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 creating [...]
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 more photos [...]
