Archive for September, 2006
Friday, September 29th, 2006
Finally I pulled it off! I've always wanted to listen to audio books on my cellphone. But I haven't been able to find a good source of mp3 audio books .... Uhm, did I mention they have to be free?
On, Brosia, my smartphone , I have a 3-year-old 128 Mb ...
Posted in TechTips | 9 Comments »
Thursday, September 28th, 2006
And then there's this story of an mommy who helps her two elementary-level kids do their homework, and prays together with the kids before she puts them to bed every night.
What's awesome about this mom is that she does all these through the webcam!
Miko, our webcam Mommy, is an OFW ...
Posted in Techies | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
I got my phone bill the other day. Was surprised my GPRS bill run up to P120 whereas it used to stay below P30.
Turns out Smart has changed the way they charge for GPRS. It used to be something like P0.25 per Kb. Now it's P10 per 30minutes, flat rate.
Now ...
Posted in Mobile | 4 Comments »
Monday, September 25th, 2006
Just came back from the Philippine BlogCon 2006.
Nice to see friends like Chris, Abe, DarXkin, Markku. Also nice meeting people to match the faces behind the online names like Jun, Karla, Clair (the soon to be ex-employee. Finally we meet), Gloria. Nice chatting with you, Ade.
Am looking forward to downloading ...
Posted in Blogging | 15 Comments »
Friday, September 22nd, 2006
I got an e-mail from my brother who's in the UK. It was a "moviecard" that had a link a video greeting from my brother and his wifey overlooking the River Thames (?).
The service is free, available through a public kiosks throught the UK. Read about the myriad of services ...
Posted in Gadgets | No Comments »
Thursday, September 21st, 2006
Nothing to do while in the MRT or waiting for your date? Why not check your Gmail? ... on your mobile phone! :D
I've done this a couple of times since I heard about Gmail Mobile (http://m.gmail.com on your handheld mini-browser). I access it through Brosia, my smartphone, via GPRS.
Gmail Mobile ...
Posted in Mobile | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
I found a post from Nox about m-Commerce and microfinance in the Philippines. I couldn't tell which World Bank reference he's reading although it sounds familiar.
It reminded me of a paper which I've kept in my Inbox.
I posted the paper on Mobile Tulay:
In April 2006, I got an email from ...
Posted in m-Commerce | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
PLDT and Smart are aggressively marketing their Internet shop franchise packages at the malls.
The Internet shop franchise packages include:
PLDT myDSL Internetcafe+
Smart Bro computer station
Smart Click Internet & more
Netopia
(For a quick rundown, see Internet Cafe franchises on eOFW)
I like these developments in Internet shop franchising. I like it because there is ...
Posted in ICT Industry, ICT4D | 27 Comments »
Monday, September 18th, 2006
Last week, Technobiography had a temporary outage. My domain expired (by mistake). And while my domain was out, the usual squatter ads showed up. With ads that would make my lola faint!
Online friend, Jepoy, was quick to call my attention via Google Chat:
3:57 PM Jepoy: ka edski.. expired yung domain mo?
3:58 ...
Posted in etc. | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
I visited the Phiippine Government portal, Gov.ph, for some research for eOFW.edongskey.com.
I used to frequent the gov.ph portal in my work with Digital Philippines Foundation. At one point in 2004, I made an estimate of number of websites written in Filipino: less than 2,000 websites (See Philippine IT Statistics on ...
Posted in e-Governance | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
My Google Talk has been gathering dust. I haven't been using it for quite some time.
A few nights ago, I had a short chat with good ole' friend Chris (http://chrislagman.com/blog/) via Google Talk. Chris has a DSL connection at home, I have Smart WiFi. Our VOIP call had good audio ...
Posted in TechTips, VoIP | 5 Comments »
Monday, September 4th, 2006
So reads the title of an article on BusinessMirror. The Philippine Center of Entrepreneurship is inviting investors to setup Internet café businesses in the 90% of barangays in the Philippines (45,000 barangays) that are “waiting to be tapped for Internet-based businesses.”
This is one thrust of the TechnoNegosyo technology entrepreneurship expo ...
Posted in Edong's Dreams, ICT4D | 18 Comments »
Friday, September 1st, 2006
I have a need for a Spreadsheet Wiki. Let me describe it by an example.
I want to make a comparison table of Philippines Remittance Services on eOFW.
I want to have the convenience of adding bits of information to it online, not on my laptop.
I want the general public to be ...
Posted in Nets, Webs, Infostructure | 4 Comments »
