Entries Tagged as 'Work'

Smart takes down Addict Mobile portal; lesson to PR officers: monitor blogs

November 9th, 2005 · 4 Comments

I discussed in my Cell.Talk column yesterday in Sun.Star Cebu the issue of pornographic images in Addict Mobile’s portal. I was surprised why the images were still up even days after PinoyTechBlog reported on it. It shows that the company does not monitor blogs.
I’m reprinting my column below. Yesterday, the central newsroom received an e-mail [...]

Tags: Highlights · Internet · Mobile · Work

Manolo Quezon: Blogging is the salvation of print media

October 5th, 2005 · No Comments

Manuel L. Quezon III is among the country’s top political bloggers. He describes himself as a “prototypical pajama blogger” working and blogging from home. During the House of Representatives’ vote on the committee reports dismissing the impeachment complaints against Arroyo, Manolo covered the proceedings from late afternoon until 4:00 a.m. when he collapsed in exhaustion. [...]

Tags: Blogs · Journalism · Work

Newsroom babies

October 4th, 2005 · No Comments

I brought Lennon to work last Sunday. He wouldn’t let go of his mother just as we were leaving for work so we had to bring him with us. His older brother, who says he cannot sleep without him at his side and vice versa, agreed when we explained we couldn’t take him with us [...]

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Sassy Lawyer: Blogging is a learning experience

October 4th, 2005 · No Comments

Lawyer Connie Veneracion is more known by her online persona - The Sassy Lawyer. She runs The Sassy Lawyer’s Journal, PinoyCook and, with Abe Olandres, Pinoyblog. Veneracion recently started writing for Manila Standard Today as a print columnist - a rare transition these days when movements are the other way around - from print to [...]

Tags: Blogs · Journalism · Work

Ka Edong: Blogging has become another way for Filipinos to connect

October 1st, 2005 · 1 Comment

Edwin Soriano runs Technobiography, last year’s Most Informative Blog awardee of the Philippine Blog Awards. His site is among the best online source for Philippine telecoms news and reviews. Ka Edong has recently transferred Technobiography to his own web server – technobiography.edongskey.com. Below are transcripts of my e-mail interview with him for my “See it, [...]

Tags: Blogs · Journalism · Work

No wonder the traffic lights went crazy

October 1st, 2005 · No Comments

Seven employees of the Cebu City Traffic Operations Management (Citom) were fired on Thursday on suspicion that they sabotaged the city’s traffic system.
The traffic lights in the city went crazy last week, Sun.Star Cebu reports. The “traffic lights changed simultaneously. For example, vehicles at all four ends of an intersection would get a go signal [...]

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