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Here’s a story from Oracle Open World in SanFo. The opening day was all “political.”
Excerpt:
SAN FRANCISCO, California — The information age has brought more information to people, particular voters. But today’s information age has also brought rapid changes in political debates, said American political strategists Mary Matalin and James Carville.
Matalin and husband Carvile are both [...]
Interesting thoughts from journalism associate professor Jay Rosen of PressThink and New York University.
I found this helpful tips for kids and parents on how to ensure online safety. Kids are especially fond of social networks (more than their parents, heh). So it’s best that parents should also understand how social networks work.
Here’s an example:
Set reasonable expectations. Pulling the plug on your child’s favorite social site is like pulling [...]
Picked this up from Vox Populi:
Apart from the congested traffic during the daily rush hours, a normal sight along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City would be the colorful tricycles that quickly traverse down the streets against monstrous trucks, missing nearby vehicles by mere inches.
But the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has banned tricycles from the [...]
Certain technologies sometimes fail to deliver what they promise.
Let’s talk about the latest wireless Internet technologies that are now available in the Philippine market.
I don’t want to name products. But let’s just say there are two popular (and perhaps the only two services available now) services that boast broadband speeds without the need to connect [...]
First off, thanks Dr. Stephen Quinn for citing our experience here in the Philippines.
My prof in convergent journalism, Dr Quinn, wrote a story for the Sydney Morning Herald, titled the On the Beat with Citizen Reporters, where he details how technology has changed the way news is delivered, at least for some organizations.In today’s world [...]
Old media (the likes of Time Warner) has hit back on new media (read Google) for its continued violation of its copyright. The CNET article writes:
“The Googles of the world, they are the Custer of the modern world. We are the Sioux nation,” Time Warner Chief Executive Richard Parsons said, referring to the Civil War [...]
It was too good to last. Yes, Pandora, the Internet streaming service that allowed people to rediscover music is gone. I was introduced to Pandora by my officemate. In not so many words, she just said, “Go to Pandora.com. You’ll love it.”
I replied, “Pandora what?”
“Just go!” she snapped back.
So I opened my browser, and for the [...]
I have finally surrendered to the powers of Twitter.
To those unfamiliar with this new innovation in, er, communication and social networking, Twitter will test how well you are in one-liners. It is essentially blogging but you’re only allowed to tell everything in 140 characters (I think that’s the same limit as your regular text message).
Twitter [...]
In my case that’s close to 3 years now since I started. It is actually the same age as my second daughter’s. She’s turning 3 on April 15
Bloggers worldwide celebrated 10 years of blogging, while Catholic Filipinos celebrated Holy Week. But do check New York Times magazine’s timeline of blogging. It reveals that [...]
