Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category
February 9th, 2008
I'm going way off-topic on this one. My friend Janette tagged me on what issues are most important to me in the 2010 Presidential elections. Constantly watching the coverage of the US Presidential nominations has certainly opened my eyes to what types of things people look for in ...
February 7th, 2008
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The Optical Media Board (OMB) slapped CD-R King with a P1.5 million penalty for failing to produce permits for some of its optical media disc importations.
CD-R King is a registered company allowed by the OMB to import blank, rewritable optical discs. Valenzuela (of OMB) said that the OMB is also ...
October 3rd, 2007
Conan O'Brien had a segment on his show called "Conan Hates My Homeland" where he goes through names of countries alphabetically and insults them one by one. I admit, Conan O'Brien, no matter how crass and senseless he is, is my favorite late night talk show host. Anyway, ...
September 15th, 2007
I read an interesting post by Bob Martin in his Live in the Philippines blog. In the article titled "I know better than they do!", Bob recounts his experience with a fellow American who was planning on living in the Philippines. As they were driving around town (General ...
August 2nd, 2007
It's not too late for our local online newspapers to discover the beauty of RSS implementation. For the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI), the nation's most popular website, the saying "It's lonely at the top" couldn't be more fitting, because, out of all the major newspapers, it is the only ...
June 22nd, 2007
I've been given a hard time practically all my adult life for sleeping late at night. Thanks mostly to my forward-thinking relatives who believe that waking early is the key to success in life and staying up late is the root of all evil. I think that's just ...
November 6th, 2006
I'm not a practicing Catholic. I don't go to church except when I'm forced to or when it's Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. So really, there's no place for me to give a righteous reaction to the current media/Internet circus surrounding Bryanboy. He's getting exactly what ...
October 16th, 2006
Marc Macalua recently wrote about Google Setting Up Shop in the Philippines. Like everyone else, I'm excited! This is major. I actually know about this already, thanks to Marc and a certain telling post at the SEO Philippines discussion group (hehe).
October 12th, 2006
It's limited, but hey, it's a start.
Looks like J. Angelo's PayPal for the Philippines movement is seeing fruition. Filipinos can now purchase wares on the Internet via PayPal but is limited to only $100 unless a credit card is verified. However, receiving funds is still impossible which most ...
October 11th, 2006
Back at Techcrunch, Michael Arrington confirms that Google has acquired YouTube.
My thoughts:
There was word that although YouTube has dominated the online video sharing market, its founders Chad Hurley and Steven Chen aren't making serious money out of it and are actually living on credit. YouTube's only future is to ...
