Year 7 A.A. : iBlog6 and Blog Fest 1.0

In both my talks yesterday and today, I mapped out the history of pro-blogging by referring to 2003 as 1 B.A. (Before AdSense) and 2004 as 1 A.A. (After AdSense). So 2010 is technically 7 A.A.

It’s been a while since I did a talk in iBlog but beyond the numbers and online stats discussed, it’s the offline connections that makes it all more real.

Photos by Digital Spidey

So, I’d like to give a shout out to all those people who braved to introduced themselves to me and apologies to those I haven’t been able to chat with or gave advise to in detail. Tried to stay the whole day to accommodate everyone. I’m glad to have met a lot of YugaTech readers, fans and Twitter followers. Nice to finally put a face to those Twitter handles and nicknames in the comments.

Photos by Digital Spidey

My second day was spent on Blog_Fest 1.0 where we discussed (with veteran journalists Yvonne Chua and Ira Panganiban) the merits of the 5th estate (citizen journalists), the role of bloggers in the realm of new media and the blogger code of ethics.

It’s great to have both mainstream media and bloggers all in the same room and talking about the future of “journalism”.

And going back to my presentation, I’d like to share this one slide I presented in my two talks as it also reflects the evolution of the blogging profession.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

13 Comments

The Teknisyan says:

15 years ago

Yes, you get to meet lots of different people. Sometime you’ll be surprise who is reading/following your blog.
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Bogcess says:

15 years ago

Interesting.. Too bad I wasn’t aware of this event. I wonder what’s next after direct ads? I’m considering automated ads. A lot of it is emerging right now. Ex: BuySellAds, etc.
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Janette Toral says:

15 years ago

Thank you Abe for speaking at iBlog6. You never fail to inspire people. More power to you! =)
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neva | manilamommy says:

15 years ago

hi abe! i first met you at anton’s maven secrets class last year and it was great to hear from you again at iblog6. thanks so much for sharing your learnings and your expertise. more power!
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jab says:

15 years ago

great presentation at iBlog6… it’s nice to know that successful bloggers like you still spend time and help out the little bloggers…
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Dexter | techathand.net says:

15 years ago

I was not able to attend the iblog it was a chance to meet face to face abe.. anyway there are lots of time in the future..

1 month more to go till I will be in Philippines
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daddy joey says:

15 years ago

as usual, di na naman ako sumama. hehe!
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Rolly says:

15 years ago

di ako nakapunta sayang….
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sylv3rblade says:

15 years ago

Aba uwi pala si sir dex :)
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Calvin says:

15 years ago

sayang abe we didn’t meet there. would like to meet you pa naman and ask questions. next talk i hope.
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blankPixels says:

15 years ago

Too bad I wasn’t able to attend. Medyo problemado kasi dito sa internet cafe namin. Anyway, I hope I can attend naman next time, especially to meet you. :)
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dannybuntu says:

15 years ago

Hi,

I hope there’s a youtube video for Abe’s talk.
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Haoson says:

15 years ago

Nice meeting you sir! and napakahelpful ng talk mo about the income side of blogging.

Maraming salamat din at naexperience ko na first hand yung ipad na dala ninyo (though si john ang humawak nung inabot ninyo sa kanya) it kinda made me want to get an ipad myself haha!
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