Free Tickets to Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Hey, free tickets, but it’s limited.

Video of Qantas 747 emergency landing in Manila

I found this on YouTube. One of the passengers took this video moments before the Qantas made an emergency landing in Manila. A huge explosion left a gaping hole in this jumbo plane, which depressurized the cabin and forced the pilots to land in Manila.

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The word is out…

If you’re a Wordpress user, programmer or whatnot, then you should go to Wordcamp Philippines (you need to register and post something like this in your blog to be invited). If you’re interested, register here.

Ain’t no David Pogue

No offense to David, but since we’re in the multimedia age, we might as well used the tools available to tell a story, right? (Just don’t mind the hand. I really don’t know but it keeps moving as I talk ;-))
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INQUIRER.net VDO: Pro-technology for kids

Intel Clubhouses set up in the Philippines have allowed kids to learn about technology. Watch this video done by Lawrence Casiraya of INQUIRER.net.
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INQUIRER.net: Call center group reorganizes to respond to industry forces

Here’s the story I wrote about the local call center industry, and the video I took.
Excerpt:
MANILA, Philippines — The Call Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) is reorganizing itself to respond to pressures coming from the local inflation, currency exchange fluctuation, and the continuing pressure to become profitable amid increasing competition, an executive said Wednesday.
This [...]

Future of journalism discussed

I found discussions about the future of journalism and the changes in the newroom in this blog intriguing. Thanks to fellow journalist Dana Batnag who has recently started blogging, I discovered this blog and subscribed to it.
Quickly, here’s a brief description of what it is:
ACFJ Alumni Online is the blog created by alumni of the [...]

Bloggers at Comelec

Bloggers and students were given a chance by Comelec to test the automated election systems last Saturday.
Excerpt from INQUIRER.net.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) invited bloggers and students last week to try out the automated systems that will be used in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections in August.
Initiated by members of Bloggers’ Kapihan [...]

Plurk’s down

“Plurk is getting new shoes today,” the Plurk website says, as it goes under maintenance. Before it was Twitter, now Plurk

Liveblogging from Google Docs