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  • Netvibes still better than Live.com ‘by a long shot’

    How could I have forgotter Netvibes? No wonder Live.com looked familiar, I’ve already signed up with a similar but far better service with Netvibes and completely forgot about it. When I logged in a few minutes ago, the page served my GMail messages, the RSS feeds I configured when I signed up and the sole…

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  • Court orders PCIJ to remove blog post

    Quezon City Regional Trial Court Presiding Judge Ralph S. Lee issued a temporary restraining order against the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ). The media group was ordered to remove a blog post on the credentials and background of Jonathan Tiongco, the “audio expert” presented by Sec. Michael Defensor to question the authenticity of the…

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  • Handing in the final paper, looking forward to tweaking my WordPress theme

    I submitted my final paper for my online journalism course with the Konrad Adenauer Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University this morning. It’s a good thing that I blog because I was able to use for the paper on the impact and future of online journalism some of the entries I wrote…

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  • The network is my computer

    Early this year I experimented with having all my essential work related data online. I wanted things I needed for my section, my copy desk job and columns centralized on free online accounts and accessible anywhere. I wanted to be able to work on things anywhere – office, home or an Internet cafe – if…

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  • Because it’s there and it’s so darned pretty

    I signed up for a WordPress.com blog the other day. Why open another blog? Three reasons: 1. Because it’s there and I always try to test web services or software as part of my work. I also needed the API key for Akismet, an anti-spam plugin I just installed; 2. I’ve long wanted a WordPress.com…

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