Cyberbaguioboy

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 [...]

It really took five minutes to upgrade to the newer version of Wordpress (v. 2.5.1). The dashboard looks beautiful and easy to use, and it responds quickly (works faster).  Nice. You can manually upgrade to the newer version or opt for an automatic upgrade. Of course, I chose the latter.
What prompted me to upgrade? Well, let’s just say the earlier version was compromised.
So after getting some [...]

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 [...]

Tim O’Reilly has recently invited people to consider a proposed code of conduct for bloggers. This was prompted after his talk with Kathy Sierra who had received threatening and disturbing anonymous comments in her blog.
Eventually, this call for bloggers to adopt a code of conduct was picked up by the media and bloggers, including Blog [...]

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 [...]

Interesting thoughts from Poynter Institute and from Maria Trombly’s blog from the Society of Professional Journalists.
Excerpt:
Dan Kubiske, chair of the SPJ’s International Journalism Committee, suggested that I blog about my experiences running a bureau out here in Shanghai, so this is it.
Some background — I came to China three years ago, to run the China [...]

Is the boob tube the noob tube? Joey Alarilla asks in his @Play blog. To add to this discussion, I offer you my own, well, thoughts.
1. I hate advertisements slammed down my throat. Remember the boxing fight between, oh you know who. I recall waiting for hours to find out who won the fight when [...]

Author and former journalist Dr. Stephen Quinn was in Manila to attend a forum. Last Sunday, he spent a few hours with his students from the Ateneo Center for Journalism (that includes me) talking about about the Philippines, journalism, online media, mobile phones, convergent journalism in Asia, and his love for red wine! (But I [...]