Archives for the 'Edong's Dreams' Category
Brilliant Idea
Published on 18 Apr 2008 at 6:40 pm.
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Yesterday and Today, L and I have been working on an idea we hope to profit from.
But first, we create value.
Came up with a brilliant idea for a book
I wrote down a quick book concept, wrote down the summary and immediately identified some of the first next steps
I’ve accomplished a few of the […]
e-Pabasa mo
Published on 21 Mar 2008 at 1:10 pm.
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Yesterday, I experienced for the first time a full pabasa. It had the works. Santos all dressed up at an altar, Pasyon books with the verses that to be sang, a CD with a recorded accompaniment of the pabasa and of course the readers, family, friends, visitors and the food!
I was wondering, isn’t there a […]
Smart turns Araneta Center into a FREE WiFi hotzone
Published on 9 Jan 2008 at 10:37 pm.
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We’ve got FREE WiFi at the Araneta Center!
WiFi is available at Araneta Coliseum, Gateway mall, Shopwise (not available within the supermarket area) and Ali Mall (restaurant row only).
Reminds me of Free hotspots in Singapore Malls. Just sniff for WiFi and you’ll find a free and open hotspot.
Someday, the Philippines will have enough Internet wireless connectivity that […]
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Radio Browsing
Published on 7 Sep 2007 at 10:26 pm.
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Hi there this is Edong and I’m going to talk about radio browsing in this episode of Ka-Edong’s podcast.
Radio browsing; let me first have an intro about perception of the internet for people who have not used the internet. So let me describe this through a story.
I was assigned in Cuyo Palawan for one year. […]
Metropass: Smart joins the bandwagon with m-commerce enabled transport pass
Published on 29 Jul 2007 at 3:26 pm.
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Look what we’ve got.
Smart is coming out with a technology-enabled / mobile-commerce-enabled transportation pass at the MRT.
Evidence is a spiffy silver booth at the North Ave Station of the MRT labelled “Metropass” and sporting a Smart Money poster. I didn’t find any details about the Metropass service, though. I had a chat with a cashier in […]
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Google Bionic Implants
Published on 4 Apr 2007 at 12:23 pm.
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I’m at my relatives’ home where they have wireless broadband Internet. There are 4 computers in the home (a desktop, 2 of their laptops and my laptop).
In our conversations after meals, we’d find ourselves discussing stuff from TV shows or movies or news or weather while checking our emails online. Then spontaneously there would be […]
Educators can learn from DVD pirates
Published on 12 Feb 2007 at 1:17 pm.
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My brother, Elmer, was on the Inquirer front-page with a story on how to spread e-learning through the “tsinelas-net”.
Here’s an excerpt:
BAGUIO CITY—Educators can learn a thing or two from their friendly neighborhood DVD pirates, according to an information technology company (IT) based here.
With the shortage of classrooms, teachers could record and distribute their lectures on DVD […]
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OFW’s urged to invest in Internet Cafe’s in Barangays
Published on 4 Sep 2006 at 6:33 am.
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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 on September 14 and 15 […]
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On-line Callcenter Training Courses
Published on 24 Aug 2006 at 6:50 am.
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I had a chat with friend and colleague, Cody. It’s interesting how their company set-up a brilliant business-model for call center training.
In a nutshell:
Content: some purchased for a small fee from U.S. , some locally developed. Includes grammar, vocabulary, speech etc.
Media: On-line audio, video with automated evaluations (i.e. Tests)
Delivery method: Through Internet shops (100% computer-based […]
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On-line Relationships: Deal or No Deal?
Published on 16 Aug 2006 at 6:58 am.
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If you asked me in 2001 or earlier whether on-line relationships could thrive, I would probably reply that on-line relationships are superficial, artificial, un-real.
But gathering various stories the past years, I have come to the conclusion that on-line relationships can be genuine and could lead to long-term relationships.
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You’ve got kiddie mail!
Published on 14 Aug 2006 at 6:04 am.
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My 9-year-old pamangkin got his first e-mail address! It’s a school-issued e-mail address in Australia.
My message to my pamangkin:
Hello Andrei!
Wowowowowie! Your first e-mail address in your whole life!
I got my first email address when I was 22 years old!
How are you? Write me!
Tito Ed
Andrei’s reply:
i am good. how are you?. WWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
OOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKK
Andrei
It must be uber exciting. […]
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Spreadsheet collaboration via Google
Published on 4 Jul 2006 at 6:29 am.
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We played around with Google spreadsheet. Quite nifty as a real-time collaborative tool. While we were both online, my brother and I got on a shared spreadsheet and started manipulating it. The updates we both made were visible to the other party (he in Indonesia, me in never never land) almost instantaneously (maybe with 1-5 seconds delay).
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Why do I blog?
Published on 2 Jul 2006 at 6:13 am.
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I blog to remember … I blog so that I can forget …. I blog to …
iLoad - Load Vendo Machine
Published on 29 Jun 2006 at 6:18 am.
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Filed under Mobile, Edong's Dreams.
There’s a vendo machine at the Shaw Blvd MRT station that allows users to load any pre-paid cellphone.
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Sharing books via Bookcrossing
Published on 19 May 2006 at 6:16 am.
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The principle behind bookcrossing is:
After reading a book, instead of putting it in a shelf, share it to other people. Share it to strangers, even! Then, through a bookcrossing ID (BCID), readers can look-up who else has read that particular book before and any other journal entries related to that book.
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Pwede Card and Beyond
Published on 17 May 2006 at 6:36 am.
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Filed under Edong's Dreams, Telecoms.
PLDT and Smart came out with an all-in-one pre-paid card called “Pwede”. The card can be used for PLDT pay phones, Smart cellphone load and Vibe pre-paid Internet.
What’s interesting is how the card can be reloaded.
Smart WiFi in Barrio Napag-iwanan
Published on 23 Mar 2006 at 6:25 am.
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Had a chat with a friend. He was surfing and searching and found my article about Smart WiFi in Cuyo (Smart WiFi Wondering, July 26, 2005).
I’m excited about connecting remote areas of the Philippines with Smart WiFi. If, in the past, the requirements to bring internet access to an area were: electricity and telephone lines, now these are no longer prerequisites! Now we can bring internet access to Cuyo Palawan, where there are no telephone lines!
He shares this story about a quiet town in Tarlac that used to be at the farthest corner of nowhere.
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Telcos to the rescue: Communications amidst disasters
Published on 16 Mar 2006 at 6:38 am.
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There was a story on the Inquirer last Sunday about three field engineers of Smart Communications who turned into instant relief workers during the Leyte landslide rescue operations.
The Smart engineers immediately went to the site of the tragedy, and started offering free cellphone calls to disaster victims. …
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ATM-TV, ATM-flyers
Published on 13 Mar 2006 at 12:24 pm.
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I was about to use a BPI ATM, but there was a lady at the machine somewhat hesitant to use the ATM. She pressed some buttons on the ATM, turned to me and asked: “Ganyan ba talaga ‘yan?”
She was seeing the ATM screen acting like a TV flashing BPI advertisements.
Smart WiFi in Batanes
Published on 10 Mar 2006 at 6:15 am.
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I asked my friend based in Batanes if they had Smart WiFi.
