Browsing all posts tagged "Mindanao Bloggers Summit"
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 [...]
2009 Philippine Blog Awards
I have just nominated two of my own blogs in the 2009 Philippine Blog Awards: Davao Delicious, under the Food & Beverages category; and Ang Dabawenyo, under the Mindanao Destination Blog special awards category. In this year’s PBA, a set of four special awards will be given to Mindanao blogs (and another set for Visayas [...]
MBS2: a clear success!
When we appointed Avel Manansala of General Santos City and his group to be the organizers of the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit, it was done without reservation. And true enough, the event was a resounding success! It was even much better than MBS1 in terms of impact and participation. The theme this year was “Mindanaowon, [...]
MBS2 next week!
I can’t wait for the 25th of October — the day of the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit (MBS2) in General Santos City! MBS2 follows the highly successful 1st summit last 27 October 2007 held in Davao City. This year, the bloggers group led by Avel Manansala is spearheading the event’s organizing efforts. By all accounts, [...]
WordPress t-shirts
See this? I still have three of these WordPress t-shirts, left over from the 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit. My colleagues in The Usual Suspects are going to whip up another online contest to raffle off these collectibles. Watch out for it! I’ll announce it right here soon. Thing is, they’re all women’s tees, size small, [...]
MBS1 opening speech
During the recently-concluded 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit, I was asked several times for a copy of my welcome remarks, so I thought I’d share it with everyone here. (I would’ve posted this earlier, but I had to take a day off after the Summit — while it was exhilaratingly successful, the day after, I suddenly [...]
MBS1 today!
1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit Davao City, Philippines
Of anonymous bloggers
It was a very productive — albeit momentarily heated — meeting we had last night, a group of bloggers and an NGO representative together in a workshop at Fwendz Diner. (Btw, try their chimichanga!) It was for the MBS1 Pre-Summit Workshop, where we tackled this concern: the role of bloggers in fostering understanding & peace [...]
Basics of writing critiques
This isn’t new — in fact, I’ve known about this since high school when I attended a journalism workshop. I’m talking about the fundamental guidelines on writing critiques or reviews: “K-K-K”. Or, kick-kiss-kick kiss-kick-kiss. In other words, something positive, then negative, then positive again. Let’s suppose you’re blogging about another blog. Start off with what [...]
I’m joining the Mindanao Bloggers Summit!
Well of course I’m joining the MBS1 — I’m with the organizing team! We call ourselves The Usual Suspects: Andrew, Dom, Jun, Marc, Migs, Ria & yours truly. And the Summit’s chairman and initiator is Hon. Peter T. Laviña. I’d like to take this chance to thank the sponsors, without whom we wouldn’t go very [...]
