Tag: Writing
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A Portrait of Blogger As Filipino
Joey Alarilla wrote a piece about the “Filipino and the Blogosphere” in his regular column at CNET Asia. According to Duncan Riley, “Some of the worlds best as yet undiscovered bloggers reside in the Philippines.” What then makes the Filipino Blogger Competitive in this International Industry? I have cited a few items here: Good Command…
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Ala Paredes on Blogging and Technology
Several months ago I interviewed Ala Paredes for the Mobile Philippines‘ “Fashionably Geek” section. Here is an excerpt from this article which was written by our assistant editor Eva Gubat (link withheld!) as I interviewed her at the Hotel Philippine Plaza. Note that this article was written a few days before she migrated to Australia,…
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Hitting the “1,000 readers a day” mark!
I’m finally hitting the monumental 1,000+ unique readers per day mark. In the olden days, ancient bloggers used to commemorate this breakthrough by sacrificing a vestal virgin to the AdSense god. With the advent of civilized practices and the humane society, all we do now is post about it. One thousand unique readers isn’t a…
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Blog Tip: Sometimes it is good to spell wrong
A few months ago I had written about the Motorola KRZR on my mobile phone blog. That thread dominated my top post lists for more than 60 days. A few weeks later, I get a comment from MobileBurn’s Brad Kellet saying that I had spelled KRZR wrong – I checked my post and tadah –…
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10 Sure-fire “In Your Face Headlines” That *Might* Work
Inspired by Copyblogger’s Top 10 Tips and his follow up Seven More Tips to create sure fire headlines, here are ten in-your face headlines that may spell the difference between your next product crash or sales boom! Use at your own risk.
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Speedlinking 12 November 2006
Sorsi’s cleaning lady doesn’t like to be watched. Look what she did to investigate this phenomenon. Elber has moved to his own domain and has become more niched in his focus – photography.
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Prices of Moleskine in the Philippines
Before the personal digital assistant, there was the notebook and the organizer. But there also emerged the moleskine, which was dubbed as the writing enthusiast’s journal. It’s sorta like the Macintosh of the journal universe. Haha! In any case, a lot of aspiring, feeling, and would be writers have been searching far and wide for…
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“A Bugged Life” Blog Blueprint
I had dinner with INQ7’s Editor in Chief JV Rufino last week because I needed a bit of insight on information architecture. He was essentially the only person who I felt could help me with some issues about IA. There is a big similarity between being an editor of a magazine and being an editor…
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When the sensuous get desensitized
I’ve been reviewing gadgets for the past three years. In sum total I’ve written about a hundred plus reviews ansd columns and how to’s and such. It makes some people wonder if ever I get desensitized when I see a new toy. Short answer is yes, in fact. With mobile phones, in fact. The last…
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Blog Tip: Write about pop culture
If you’re in the mood to widen your personal blog’s audience, you may want to try a trick I’ve been doing not only for this blog but also for my technology sites. The tip is to try to connect your blog topics with popular culture references. For instance, blog traffic here had increased when I…
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