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Coffee Bean’s African Sunrise tea offering and the Wisdom of Crowds

Have you ever wondered how the “hive mind” works? Science fiction writers have brought forth the concept of a certain intelligence that exist within crowds into such forms as The Borg from Star Trek, The Zerg from Starcraft, and The Reavers from Mass Effect. You’ve probably come across the concept of public opinion, viral marketing, […]

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One .. or a few personal stories I have for you readers

I’ve never done it – an omnibus post about a huge corporate entity – but I think it’s about time I send this one out of draft. It’s been sitting here for weeks. The reason mostly was because I had burned my fingers from the Fearless Cooking Challenge, went to Singapore for Nokia Connection and […]

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A Short Essay on the Family Dogs, Whilst Injecting Mothers Day in Non-Sequitur Nonchalance

Today, my parents celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary. We had lunch at the Bellevue in Alabang. I did the math and since I’m turning 28 this year, being the eldest means that I came into the picture five years into their married life. Apparently in those five years my parents thrived with a lot of […]

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My 2007 in Photos (Part III)

A moment with Lourd de Veyra on Rock Ed Radio. Here’s a tidbit. Blog and Soul is patterned after Gang Badoy’s Rock Ed Philippines… In fact, you can go as far as saying that Blog and Soul supports Rock Ed’s advocacy which is the spirit of volunteer work.

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SEMCON 2007 follow up and presentation slides

Talk about following up your SEM strategy – it’s been almost a week since I updated. Right after the two day conference, I headed out to Fort Ilocandia for a business conference with EPSON. Though wireless connection was available during the two day show, SmartBRO prohibited me from accessing the Philippine blogoshpere. So better late […]