Archive for November, 2005
Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
I've been on travel. I missed two blogging days, despite a very fast Internet connection at my brother's home here in Sydney.
I made sure to upload some photos while I'm here. So scuttle to Edongskey's Photos (http://edongskey.com/photos) to see some newly uploaded photos - some new, many old.
ka ...
Posted in Photography | 6 Comments »
Thursday, November 24th, 2005
I've been using Chikka messenger a lot this year. I normally don't use it when I'm in Manila. I don't bother.
But when I'm travelling, Chikka keeps me connected with textmates back at home.
I use Chikka's JavaLite. It's an online browser-run version or Chikka messenger. That way, I don't ...
Posted in Mobile | 38 Comments »
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
I've heard about downloading videos online. I personally haven't tried it. I've never had a broad enough Internet connection to accommodate such a task.
The most that I've downloaded were short films, around 12 mins max for my Smartphone, Brosia. I used these pocket movies to entertain some Aeta kids when ...
Posted in TechTips | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
Singapore is such an Internet connected country. Pagdating pa lang sa Changi airport, they have so many Internet kiosks with free Internet access. Most of these kiosks allow users 15 minutes of Internet at a time. Want more, just log back in.
There were times that we neeeeeded to get ...
Posted in Wireless | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 21st, 2005
Maya and I were in Singapore back in August. We had some time to spend in the Singapore Library at the city center. It's a very new building, earth-friendly and very well-equipped. Let me tell you about their eKiosks...
The Singapore Library has these information kiosks available to the public. ...
Posted in Gadgets | No Comments »
Friday, November 18th, 2005
I have this oft told series of three four stories about Pinoy IT professionals in Singapore...
Part I:
We had dinner with friends - college orgmate and a cousin of mine. They found out that they were working in the same IT company in Singapore. They've been working in IT companies for ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, ICT Industry | 19 Comments »
Thursday, November 17th, 2005
On Pinoy.Tech.Blog, I share an exchange I had with a gentleman from Geneva regarding mobile services on a global scale.
Currently, I can think of three mobile services that generally work globally across different countries and different mobile networks: IDD calls, International SMS and International MMS.
But aside from these, ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, Mobile, m-Commerce | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
I finally got iPAP Photo Album Publisher to work.
Thanks Markku for the tech support! Great work you have here.
Take a look at my first album: South Africa in a Nutshell. There's more to come.
ka edong
papa ratsky
Posted in Blogging, Photography | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 15th, 2005
I'm thinking out loud, trying to figure out whether my Google cheque is in fact making its way to me ....
My Google Adsense revenue reached US$100 around a month ago (Oct 13).
I reviewed the Payment Guide and found out that Google waits for the end of the month (Oct ...
Posted in Blogging | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 14th, 2005
There's a Biometrics time-in/time-out machine at NBI Carriedo. It's something out of a Science Fair, what with the crude but clever way the machine was packaged.
The machine has a couple of components:
First, it has a computer monitor that displays a list of people who recently timed-in/out.
Second, there is a ...
Posted in Gadgets, e-Governance | 1 Comment »
Friday, November 11th, 2005
I have two stories on Pinoy.Tech.Blog about how I've experienced PLDT interacting with their customers through IVRS (Interactive Voice Response System).
Read about the IVRS recording my voice and validating my cellphone number and how Toni Rose Gayda of Eat Bulaga called me to do some telemarketing.
In these stories, ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams | No Comments »
Friday, November 11th, 2005
Well, just an idea ...
Yesterday, I wrote about the conversion of Internet shops into call centers.
There are thousands of Internet shops around the country. Almost every urban/semi-urban area in the Philippines has it's own Internet shop all the way down to the barangay level.
Imagine if so many Internet ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, ICT Industry, ICT4D | 4 Comments »
Thursday, November 10th, 2005
My brother, Elmer, has been giving me leads on Tech articles. This is one of them.
There's a service provider at Center Mall in Philicoa (did I get the Mall name right?). The service is: conversion of an Internet shop into a call center.
Images flashed in my mind:
Ah! Internet ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, ICT Industry | 33 Comments »
Wednesday, November 9th, 2005
What is telemedicine? Taking medicing through the telephone? Making telebabad with a doctor?
Telemedicine is a generic term for conducting medical processes/procedures remotely. This means that the doctor and the patient are not face to face when the medical procedure is conducted.
For example, a doctor in the city can provide ...
Posted in ICT4D | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 8th, 2005
Writing about medical transcriptions yesterday reminded me about Dr. George. Dr. George is an online medical advise website primarily serving the US market. It’s a question answer website where visitors post their medical question and a professional medical opinion is posted online as a response.
The thing is, the patients ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, ICT Industry | 14 Comments »
Monday, November 7th, 2005
I spoke to a friend who’s into medical transcriptions. Some info I gathered from him:
• Turn-over is quick.. He says that sometimes they would train a medical transcriptionist (MT) for two months and they they’d leave for another company.
• He advises that MT companies should find a way to hold ...
Posted in ICT Industry | 10 Comments »
Friday, November 4th, 2005
I first saw it featured in Digital Tour.
This time, I saw it at the BPI booth, a tool of a Globe representative for those upgrading their Globe SIM for the BPI Express Mobile service.
The SIM Card reader has two slots, one for the old SIM, one for the ...
Posted in Gadgets | 6 Comments »
Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
Visit Pinoy Travel Blog, the latest travel group blog in town and the *only* one, as far I'm concerned ;-) . I'm one of the bloggers over there.
I'll be keeping my personal and international travel blogs in Biyahe! while the nice Pinoy Blogs will be mainly located in Pinoy ...
Posted in Blogging | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005
On Pinoy.Tech.Blog:
The “mobisodes” (mobile episodes) are downloaded via the Internet (desktop or mobilephone Internet) and then played on the cellphone.
Read full story here ...
ka edong
Posted in etc. | No Comments »
