I said in an earlier post that activists should consider taking the protest against President Arroyo to online social networks and using Google bombing. The Young Radicals blog has started the campaign, calling anti-Arroyo online forces to link “pekeng pangulo” to her home page at Kgma.org. The blog is also calling for the Google bombing [...]

Please excuse me while I puke. Netopia, according to this Inq7.net article, is “urging” the government to create a censorship body to monitor the local Internet infrastructure. An official of the Internet cafe chain says the body “will operate similarly to the Movies Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) and provide guidelines for the compliance [...]

I was scanning the classified ads section of Sun.Star Cebu last night when I found this advertisement (see photo below) offering to pay people to play World of Warcraft. The company is looking for ‘professional gamers.’ This would be a great job, just a step or two below being a professional blogger. I wonder if [...]

Journalism consultant Paul Conley describes three groups of journalists based on their awareness on blogging. The first group, which he describes as the “bright and ambitious,” has a good understanding of web logs and ‘at least a passing understanding of the fundamental shifts in media.’ The second group, Conley writes, ‘consists of people who don’t [...]

Sun.Star Cebu’s Bisaya tabloid Superbalita is celebrating its anniversary. Part of the activities is the search for Miss Sun.Star Superbalita 2005. The Superbalita staff wanted a blog for the pageant so I created the Miss SuperB! blog, using WordPress, last night. I used the Vader style of the K2 theme. Superbalita wants all blog entries [...]

A few months after starting its blog, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism is set to produce podcasts. According to this INQ7.net story, the podcasts “are to be delivered in a radio show model, complete with speakers, guests, background music and sound clips.” This is great news. With blogging, PCIJ broke free from its previous [...]