Archive for November, 2006
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
There was this huge touchscreen traveller's guide at the Honkong International Airport.
A voice called to me "Hello! Nice to meet you! How can I help you?"
It was an Electronic Concierge of sorts providing information to passersby.
We have something similar to this in Ayala Malls, but in a smaller scale.
This ...
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Monday, November 27th, 2006
I wrote a book for an e-Primers project with my former office, Digital Philippines Foundation in partnership with UNDP-APDIP.
A few weeks ago, I received an email informing me that my book entitled "Nets, Webs and Information Infrastructure" is on wikibooks.org.
Wikibooks is a platform for the collaborative development of free ...
Posted in ICT4D | No Comments »
Friday, November 24th, 2006
Oh, so that's how it's supposed to work.
I've always passed by Internet kiosks like this in Shangri-La Mall, EDSA. But they're always either not working or asking for a password.
This kiosk in Filling-station, John Hay provides Internet access to any user, without any login required. It gets the connection via ...
Posted in Techies, Wireless | No Comments »
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
China has 431 million users, making it the largest cellphone market in the world.
The number of cellphone users increased by a monthly average of 5.5 million during the first seven months of 2006.
The average cellphone user spends about 6 yuan per month on music including for different types of ring ...
Posted in Stats & Facts | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
Way cool, Bo Sanchez is!
Back in June, I was looking for Filipino Daily Reflections that I could read when I start my day at work.
Arnold sent me a weekly podcast of reflections at Grace Place:
We're recording the weekly Sunday inspirational messages and posting it as a podcast. Most messages are ...
Posted in Blogging, Tech World | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
I was in China for a recent business trip.
I uploaded photos of Pudong Shanghai and Chengdu, China.
Check them out ...
ka edong
Shanghai moon
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
Got myself a Smart WiFly account. (Frankly, another service brandname that sucks). For an additional P100/month on top of my current Smart WiFi (Smart Bro) Account, I get an unlimited Airborne Access account.
The low-down:
A good deal for me who has access to Airborne Access hotspots in Mandaluyong, Baguio, Makati etc.
I've ...
Posted in Wi-Fi | 6 Comments »
Sunday, November 19th, 2006
Hello everybody who missed me, all two of you! :D
My body, mind and heart have been to so many places, I no longer know where they are.
This was not my first hiatus. So does that mean I had many hiati? Or hiatuses?
But hey, here I am again on cyberspace, making ...
Posted in Blogging | 2 Comments »
