Filtering Tricks for Gmail

If your Gmail inbox is getting a tad confusing, try organizing it using filters and variants of your email address. You can branch out your Gmail address to a variation of email addresses and hook them with filters when you receive emails. Say that your email address is starwarsfreak@gmail.com. Adding a plus sign (+) after… Continue reading Filtering Tricks for Gmail

Do We Need a Blog Meme?

Lately I’ve been tinkering around with the endless possibilities of the Technorati API. I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but I added a section in Ratified.org simply called “Meme“. In a nutshell, it’s a blog meme that tracks the current and most popular stories in the Philippine blogosphere. The story’s relevance is measured by its… Continue reading Do We Need a Blog Meme?

Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make a Web 2.0-Style Logo

This is the first of a series of Adobe Photoshop tutorials I’m going to offer on how to create a logo in “Web 2.0” style. What do I mean by Web 2.0-Style Logo? If you follow Web 2.0 closely, you’ll see similarities in the way logos are designed: Simple, glossed, gradient, bright-colored and often came… Continue reading Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make a Web 2.0-Style Logo

Vanity Mobile Numbers

I caught wind of a page on Multiply.com called Sundry Online that sells a plethora of products from cosmetics, bags, household items and sexual enhancers. It was the typical amateurish merchant website you would see on Multiply — sparkly logo, badly lighted pictures, words in ALL CAPS followed by exclamation marks (!!!) But what caught… Continue reading Vanity Mobile Numbers