Three stories in three weeks condemning the use of the Internet for freedom of speech. (Or libel, you decide.) We’re on a roll!
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Elitist geek haters vs. emo jologs Friendsters (Twitter vs. Plurk)
Warning: comparing Twitter and Plurk is messy. Both are different things to different people, and unless these people agree to disagree the debate will never end. Here’s my response to The Death of Plurk and the comments on it. This is by no means comprehensive, just lengthy enough to be a standalone post.
Entitlement
“Sorry na po, sorry na po…tama na…tama na po…” “Hindi nila kami kilala! Sabihin mo nga sa kanila kung sino ako!” “Nakakahiya kayo. Singkwenta’y sais anyos ang tatay ko. And kapatid ko kakatorse anyos. Anong ilalaban nila sayo?” “Tatandaan kita!” “Maam, umalis na po kayo, may mga baril sila…Maam…umalis na po kayo please…” Friday, December 26, 2008. Bambee dela Paz and her family had an encounter with a father-son political […]
Classical Europe meets contemporary Japan (Nodame Cantabile)
Nodame Cantabile has done a great job at bringing classical music appreciation to an unlikely crowd: the manga-reading, anime-watching one. (Then again, anime/manga has always been an unusual yet innovative medium.) It has done so not only through its story, the love and music of a chaotic pianist who plays everything by ear and an acrophobic, thalassophobic, arrogant musical genius who dreams of becoming a conductor. Not only through accessible […]
Singapore
Christmas lights! Shopping malls! Spicy food! White tigers! Polar bears! Penguins! Hi-tech attractions! Gravity-defying rides! And the mythical Merlion! It’s Singapore in pictures:
2nd Mini Web Design Conference & Blue Beanie Day
November 27 and 28 are two more significant dates in the web design scene, so be sure to participate! 2nd Mini Web Design Conference Update: Download the slides for the presentations here. The <form> function() & .class mini web design conference series is on its second leg and will be held tomorrow, November 27th. Same time (6:00pm), same place (G2VC TechBar, Exist, Orient Square), with a new mix of topics […]
The first Mini Web Design Conference is the first step
I’d like to thank everyone who organized, sponsored, and attended our first Mini Web Design Conference, last October 30. I can’t believe our fledgling group (kudos to Mae, Marie, JP, Helga, Aja, Regnard, Sarah, Kaffee!) pulled off something like it, and that there were other people who were excited about supporting the event. It’s finally happening! Things are taking shape! And this mini conference is the first step. But first, […]
CEL Manila 2008
Consumer Electronics Live! 2008 was disappointing. From its buggy, uninformative Flash-based website to a sparse SMX Exhibit Hall (it wasn’t even the last day!), this was another sign that modernity in this third world country is too brittle, too shallow at this point.
You’re invited to a mini web design conference!
Date has been moved to October 30. Same time, same place. If you want to be a speaker, let us know your topic! We’re going to hold a mini web design conference on October 30 October 31 at the G2VC Tech Bar in Ortigas, 6:00pm—and you’re invited! Aside from the big event we’re planning—which actually has a cool, geeky name now! see logo!—we wanted to hold a mini event that’s […]
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