I spent a day in Argao recently and was pleasantly surprised to find several dependable and free Wi-Fi hotspots. I was surprised because in Cebu City, free Wi-Fi access isn’t as widespread as they say it is in places such as Davao City.
Many shops, at least the last time I went warbiking or going [...]
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Munisipyo Wi-Fi
February 25th, 2008 · 15 Comments
Tags: Free services · Government · Highlights · Internet · cebu news · productivity
Reporter’s notebook
February 17th, 2008 · 5 Comments
I finally got my Asus Eee PC last Wednesday. It has, since then, replaced my main writing gear: an MSI S260 laptop running on Ubuntu Linux.
Several reporters and editors in Sun.Star Cebu had wanted to purchase an Eee PC since the start of the year but we couldn’t get a supplier with enough stocks to [...]
Tags: Highlights · Internet · Journalism · Mobile · Newsroom tech · Open source · Work
Using WordPress as CMS of news, magazine sites redux
January 10th, 2008 · 20 Comments
My redesign of Cebu Living, an online magazine on Cebu, is now live. Check it out. It’s using a WordPress theme for news and magazine websites. The new theme still needs a lot of work but if you want to try it out, you can do an anonymous svn checkout: svn checkout http://svn2.assembla.com/svn/cebulivingmagazine. Just go [...]
Tags: Blog design · Highlights · Internet · Journalism · Open source · WebTech
DocSyncer updates service: You can now choose which folders to synchronize
December 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment
DocSyncer, a service that synchronizes Microsoft Office documents in your computer with your Google Docs account, has just updated its application to allow you to choose which folders should be synchronized.
When I first tested it (read the previous post), it immediately synchronized all compatible files in the desktop and the My Documents folder. It offered [...]
Tags: Free services · Internet · productivity
Synchronize Microsoft Office documents with Google Docs using DocSyncer
December 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments
I finally got an invitation to try out DocSyncer, a service that allows you to automatically synchronize Microsoft Office files in your PC—documents, presentations, and spreadsheets—with your Google Docs account.
DOCSYNCER. The service synchronizes your Microsoft Office documents with your Google Docs account. It’s still being tested and far from being a dependable day-to-day application. [...]
Tags: Free services · Highlights · Internet · productivity
Sony Ericsson unveils the K660: ‘engineered for mobile Internet’
December 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
Sony Ericsson has unveiled a phone that I’m sure will give second thoughts to those already set on upgrading units this Christmas. The company announced earlier this month the coming availability of the Sony Ericsson K660, a phone that the company said was engineered for the mobile Internet.
The phone will only be available early next [...]

