Writing a tutorial on how to use a software or web script can be difficult. People understand instructions better if there are visual cues to follow – and there lies the difficulty, how to get screen captures to use for the illustration. Recently, a group sought my help for their website. They wanted to have… Continue reading An easier way to write tutorials on how to use software
“The page one pope”
Sun.Star Cebu‘s page one story on the death of Pope John Paul II is included in a book reprinting the front pages of newspapers from around the world. The collection, according to Amazon‘s book description edited by Poynter, “includes 144 reproductions of front pages from newspapers in the United States plus major newspapers from around… Continue reading “The page one pope”
Throw away those index cards, use your own wiki page
Do you still organize your notes using index cards? I used to do this in college and I’d have a bunch of cards for each subject I took. I can’t recall using index cards regularly for my reporting. I did use the cards for at least one special report I wrote for The Freeman. Through… Continue reading Throw away those index cards, use your own wiki page
Using your PC to manage your phone
I have always been a fan of Ericsson phones but never of its bundled PC connectivity software. Previous versions of the software allow you to manage, to a certain extent, your phone data but not your messages. When I bought a T630, I never bothered installing the software that came with it. Instead, I used… Continue reading Using your PC to manage your phone
Installing a WordPress-powered site
I was finally able to install WordPress for a site I help manage – PFMCPI — The Philippine Federation of Married Catholic Priests, Inc. The site used to run on a Serendipity installation. I think Serendipity is the better blog script. My previous Cybercafe Experiments site used Serendipity. In PFMCPI’s case, however, WordPress seemed the… Continue reading Installing a WordPress-powered site
Yahoo 360 test run
I’m trying out Yahoo 360, the Internet pioneer’s social networking (think Friendster) and blogging service. Yahoo 360, still in beta or testing phase, looks great but it isn’t compelling enough to draw away current users of Blogger, Friendster or Multiply. Yahoo 360 is similar to Multiply.com, a social networking site with ability to create blogs,… Continue reading Yahoo 360 test run
World’s best paper airplane
I’m fascinated with paper airplanes. I grew up in Lantana in Polomolok, South Cotabato, a place with wide open spaces. In summers I’d use to go to our subdivision’s plaza, located near a pineapple plantation, and fly these planes. Once I bought a styrofoam model flown by launching it using a slingshot. I’d spend hours… Continue reading World’s best paper airplane
Sun.Star Davao wins 4 Community Press Awards
Sun.Star Davao and Sun.Star Davao Weekend dominated this year’s Philippine Press Institute (PPI)-Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Annual Community Press Awards. Here are excerpts of the Sun.Star Cebu story on the awards. In the daily category, Sun.Star Davao was adjudged Best Edited Paper, Best in Business & Economic Reporting, and Best in Photojournalism. In the weekly category,… Continue reading Sun.Star Davao wins 4 Community Press Awards
Rebuilding Real Madrid
With the end of the first module of my online course on online journalism, I’ve been able to finally play fixtures in my EASports Fifa 2005 career. I made Ajax of Amsterdam the Dutch League champion and Champions League winner. I’ve since transferred to Real Madrid. Real Madrid, in real life and in the Fifa… Continue reading Rebuilding Real Madrid
Ratzinger is Pope Benedict XVI
The Roman Catholic Church has a new pope. As an editor for a community newspaper in the Philippines, a predominantly Catholic country, the selection of a new pope is a big event. All the pages in today’s issue for Sun.Star Cebu were finished and we were just awaiting the results of the next round of… Continue reading Ratzinger is Pope Benedict XVI