• Blogging, New Media

    Posted on 4 August 2007

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    The efficacy of blogging

    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 [...]

  • Associations, Technopreneurship

    Posted on 15 May 2007

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    Participating in industry

    With the elections over, it’s pretty much back to business as usual. Davao’s I.T. industry players are gearing up for this year’s major events. In particular, the Mindanao ICT Congress (I mistakenly termed it “MICT Summit” in previous articles) is starting to gain some ground.
    Finally, the MICT Congress franchise owner and this year’s host organization [...]

  • E-commerce, IT Investment

    Posted on 3 May 2007

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    SM’s I.T. park

    It’s been written about in the news (and in some blogs) already that SM City Davao is planning to invest in an I.T. park project. In fact, the Davao City Sangguniang Panlungsod, through the authorship of Councilor Peter Laviña, has drafted a resolution to support this endeavor. The city dads wish to endorse the SM [...]

  • IT Investment, Industry Issues

    Posted on 24 April 2007

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    ‘Invest in Davao because…’

    The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) has apparently directed Damosa Land to ‘keep lease rates down’ in order to attract more locators. Damosa I.T. Park director Ed Villaver revealed this interesting fact during this month’s Techno Kapehan. He said this was to be his company’s counterpart to the incentives PEZA will provide investors. It’s rather [...]