Archive for May, 2008
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
I visited my friends Nannie and Mel at my former office, Foundation for IT Education and Development.
Nannie told me about a very interesting pilot project they conducted last year. They call it Education For All Thru Radio or EFAR .
In essence:
Teach Teachers through Radio
content experts give a "lesson" via a ...
Posted in e-Learning | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Teach a man to Phish and he'll probably get smarter and start to Whale! :-)
Funny how they come up with terms like these.
From Wikipedia, phishing is an attempt to criminally and fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity ...
Posted in TechTips | No Comments »
Saturday, May 24th, 2008
Got this through the mail. I am amazed at how technology has advanced so much. Simply Amazing! Simply Amusing!
Btw, Not for kids...
Guys...
I found a site to locate a selected mobile number... Especially of the important persons in your life or "SICK" co-workers... For whatever reason you ...
Posted in etc. | 1 Comment »
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
It's here!
It was written in the books .... well, in technology magazines and on the internet, really.
A few years ago, I read a feature in Time Magazine saying that mobile phone services will eventually become free. This will happen when advertising will be so effective on mobile phones that advertisers ...
Posted in Telecoms | 27 Comments »
Sunday, May 11th, 2008
I'm at Rockwell now, connected to the Internet via Wigo, a free WiFi service.
First time I tried out Wigo was in Dec31, 2007. I think back then they hadn't officially launched the service publicly yet.
I encountered some of the Wigo sales people in January 2008 and they didn't like it when ...
Posted in Wi-Fi | 2 Comments »
Saturday, May 10th, 2008
I got a raise! Raise the roof! :-)
Yesterday, I got my first glimpse of how much I could earn from my BlogBank ads. And am a happy puppy!
It gives me an additional income stream from my blog. What I like about it is it's based on page impressions of the ...
Posted in Blogging | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
This article on Manila Bulletin caught my attention.
The Hi-Phone is an iPhone clone (are we even surprised?). And it's also a Dual Active SIM Phone just like the My Phone.
Excerpt from Carlo S. Suerte Felipe's article on Bulletin:
The Effort to challenge the iPhone as the ultimate mobile device is, it ...
Posted in Gadgets | 5 Comments »
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
This software was referred to me by my colleague, Charles.
PrimoPDF is the web’s #1 free software for creating 100% industry-standard PDF files. Simple to use and free of annoying ads, converting files to PDF has never been easier!
Completely free PDF creator - Create PDF files from 300+ file types.
Make 100% ...
Posted in TechTips | No Comments »
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Last night, it took me almost an hour to search for an easy way to put watermarks on my tons of photos at http://photos.edongskey.com .
In particular, I was looking for an easy way to do a Bulk Watermark for photos. There are many softwares that can do this. But as ...
Posted in Photography, TechTips | 1 Comment »
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
BPI Recently launched Cardless Transactions! Now, anybody can make ATM deposits to any BPI account through selected BPI ATMs even without the ATM. The same goes with bills payment.
BPI Express Teller Cardless Deposit / Bills Payment
Now you don't have to rush to a BPI branch or spend your time waiting ...
Posted in e-commerce | 4 Comments »