Archive for the ‘Edong's Dreams’ Category
Thursday, March 16th, 2006
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 story was, they were heading for a cellsite for some repairs, checked with a contact whether the roads were still passable despite ...
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Monday, March 13th, 2006
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. ...
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Friday, March 10th, 2006
I asked my friend based in Batanes if they had Smart WiFi.
He replied: Yes, we've been using Smart WiFi. There are at least 40 subscribers in Basco to date.
Smart WiFi has reached the northern-most islands of the Philippines.
I: How is the Internet service? Any downtimes?
He: Speed is ...
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Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
I had a discussion with a Filipina consultant based in Washington D.C. and my colleague who’s doing a case on m-commerce for microfinance. Our discussion revolved around developments in m-commerce in the Philippines and its replicability in other countries such as Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
As I’ve said before, when it ...
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Thursday, January 19th, 2006
In yesterday's 3G article, I asked: "What will Filipinos do with 3G?"
Today, I start dreaming and looking for people to share their 3G dreams for the Philippines:
Sure, video conference calls are nice. I’m sure there are a lot of applications for video conference calls in the Philippines. (Telemedicine, communications ...
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Friday, January 6th, 2006
Despite all the flak that Smart WiFi is getting from disappointed customers, I'm jumping the gun and getting a Smart WiFi subscription.
Two Three things:
1.) where's the promo?
2.) why am I doing it?
3.) a theory on Smart WiFi feedback
Where's the promo?
I expected to do a cash out of only ...
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Wednesday, December 28th, 2005
There's a good discussion on Pinoy.Tech.Blog about Globe to Globe at P0.10 per second
Here's my 1 centavo's worth of insights:
Hi guys,
nice discussion here. cool lang tayo ha ;-) .
I don't see the promo resulting in network congestion. In fact, the promo promotes responsible use of the network: "make ...
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Friday, December 23rd, 2005
I have a good friend, EL. She told me she was buying a new cellphone. Thus I shared to EL one of my eccentricities: I name my gadgets.
Brosia is my Smart Phone. Her full name is Brosia Almighty. She got her name after I dropped her at an MRT station ...
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Tuesday, December 13th, 2005
The Web 2.0 discussion in Pinoy.Tech.Blog reminds me of a conversation I had 11,000 meters above the earth...
On my way back from Sydney, I had a nice chat with my airplane seatmate whom I’ll call AJ in this article.
AJ happened told me about her experience with a cellphone Global ...
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Monday, December 12th, 2005
In Sydney, they don't have people in small huts at the entrance of a parking lot to give and collect a parking ticket. They have a parking meter that issues parking tickets. The ticket must be placed on the dashboard of the car while parked.
Here, my brother buys a ...
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Monday, December 12th, 2005
On Pinoy.Tech.Blog, I write about the iTunes Music Cards
While I was in Sydney, I spotted some iTunes Music Cards. I consider them something like gift certificates. It's a well-designed ... uhm ... piece of cardboard ;-)
I continue to relate the idea of the iTunes music card to a G-Cash gift ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2005
And then there’s this thesis which made use of a hamster running in a wheel to charge a cellphone.
A 16-year-old scholar in England just knew the three to four hours his hamster Simon spent each night in his exercise wheel had to be good for something other than keeping his ...
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Monday, October 17th, 2005
I loved the interaction I had with the South African locals when I would blurt out broken phrases of their language. It never failed to bring a smile to their faces. They appreciate that I am trying to communicate through their language, and not force them to communicate in English. ...
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2005
Continuation of interview by Max Limpag ...
Where do you think Philippine blogs are heading?
I think Phlippine blogs will more and more be the connection of the millions of Filipinos around the world. I think that blogs are taking away some of the viewership of the most popular Philippine website: inq7.net ...
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