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Posted by Blogie on 13 Apr 2008
What’s on the horizon for Davao’s IT industry? We’re seeing more software development companies being put up (by locals and by immigrants), and we’re seeing newfangled products and services being offered locally.
This post is only about a couple of teasers. The real deal will follow as soon as I have more details to blog about.
Posted by Blogie on 25 Oct 2007
Donald Lim, president of Yehey!, delivered an insightful talk on “new media” during one of the breakout sessions of the 6th Mindanao ICT Congress last 24 October 2007. While the presentation revolved around Yehey.com offerings, what Lim said about emerging new media rings true across the world.
What is new media?
Blogs are a part of it. In fact, they are a good example why it’s called “new media”. Up until several years ago, having your own website was costly and often required technical skills. Today, powerful and user-friendly blogging platforms (such as WordPress.com and Blogger) are freely available to anyone who cares to publish himself online. Not only has this resulted in an explosion of content (Technorati estimates that there are currently more than 75 million blogs), but aso in the perceptible weakening of the reach of traditional media. •••Read on»
Posted by Blogie on 4 Aug 2007
Recently I was told that a company I’d written about, Damosa Land (Davao’s first IT park developer), had my blog post in question printed out and disseminated among their staff. I’m not sure if it was as a matter of a directive by management or just the initiative of some employees, but the fact remains that I’d made an impression.
This is exactly the kind of result that I was batting for when I took up blogging. While I had similar feedback when I had just my “offline” column at Sun•Star Davao, this was more immediate. And it wasn’t just my post that mattered, but the attendant comments as well seem to have lent validity to my words. Or at least more weight in the eyes of Damosa Land.
I intend to continue advocating positive change in the IT industry, and I have WordPress to thank for this new-found voice!
Posted by Blogie on 24 Jun 2007
Updated: 27 June 2007
From the 29th of June 2007, Google Philippines Country Consultant, Aileen Apolo, will be in Davao City for a series of seminars. The Google Davao Roadshow will be for the benefit of owners of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), as well as college students and faculty members. Aileen will also meet up with Davao-based bloggers and SEO practitioners. •••Read on»
Posted by Blogie on 22 Mar 2007
After Aileen Apolo’s presentation to Davao’s SMEs on Google AdWords & Google Apps last Tuesday at DTI, I finally gave the latter a test run. So I’ve come to the conclusion that Google Apps is a web presence creator. It has, among other things, community-building tools for allowing all of your organization’s members to collaborate online.
Posted by Blogie on 20 Mar 2007
Yesterday Aileen Apolo, country consultant of Google Philippines met up with SEO professionals in Davao. (This was her second meet-up with them, the first being in November last year.) Aileen’s talk focused on Google AdWords. Simply put, it is an online service by which advertisers can promote and market their products / services via Google’s ubiquitous Internet presence.
