McDo, the Webbys and a Funny Cartoon Blog

I never realized talking 8 hour straight was so exhausting that after arriving home I hit the sack right away. My seminar on problogging was well received. Missed some stuff over the week-end so here’s a recap.

Jayvee, Nomei and I attended last Friday’s 10th Web Awards at the Promenade in GreenHills. I initially didn’t want to go as I was pissed at them telling me I didn’t RSVP to a non-existent invitation they allegedly sent two weeks ago. The guys from Globe (which was a sponsor) sent me several tickets (PWA was selling Php1,000 a ticket!) and Noemi convinced me so I went even if it was a little late and traffic was awful. As expected, Noemi won the Best Blog Category (again!) and James of PMT won the People’s Choice. But the luckiest guy in the room was me! I won the raffle for a new Nokia 7370. *hehehe*
Three Filipinos made it to the semis (out of 35) for the 2008 Voice of McDonalds. Two Filipinas are on the Asia-Pacific list and another pinoy blogger is on the European list. Check out the website and vote for Michael Pimentel.
Eugene is a genius for coming up with a comics blog. Blogenyo is as funny and promising. More cartoons please! Just be careful with the byline — t’might offend some people. *hehe*

Apparently, a lot of people are still confused between a “personal website” and “a blog” as Gail reveals. The two are mutually non-exclusive. There are blogs, and there are personal websites — it’s possible for one to be the other but not at all times. All blogs are websites — yes. But not all blogs fall under the category “personal”.

In the social sphere, it’s LinkedIn that’s growing the fastest and not Facebook. That’s according to the latest research from Nielsen Online, but that has got to do with the existing size of these social networking sites. The bigger you get, the slower your growth rate becomes.

On a different note, I found units of the Asus PC Eee over at Greenhills, Virramall selling for Php18,500. The only stock they got was in white. I would have bought the black version for a hands-on right away if they were available.

According to a source who attended the recent Philippine Advertising Congress in Subic, a lot of agencies are now allocating budgets for new media. Where these budget will go is yet to be determined — might not be for advertising but more on social engagement.

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

nel animo says:

17 years ago

I just checked its WM6 na pala. hehe
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nel animo says:

17 years ago

I think my samsung i600 is still WM5. I will try to upgrade it to WM6. Thanks for the info!
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webwires says:

17 years ago

hi its me maui, nice meeting you mr. abe and ms. noemi, congratulations po… hope to see you next year :)
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Abe Olandres says:

17 years ago

junnel, glad you like it. Is it WM5 or WM6 na? Samsung can upgrade it to WM6 for free if you want.
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eric says:

17 years ago

Abe, I found ASUS EEE @ MOA yesterday tagged @ 17000+

nice gadget.
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junnel animo says:

17 years ago

your so lucky abe! im testing out my new samsung i600. i bought dis because of your recommendation.
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BrianB says:

17 years ago

“Eugene is a genius for coming up with a comics blog. Blogenyo is as funny and promising. More cartoons please! Just be careful with the byline â€” tâ€™might offend some people. *hehe*”

Wouldn’t a blog about toons (published in newspapers) make more sense? Say, I want to know what happens to Charlie brown today or Phantom, I’d look it up on the blog.
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BrianB says:

17 years ago

Yuga, PC corner at Mega is selling them for 18k if you pay cash. Stocks available.
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noemi says:

17 years ago

not to mention that gift check. Good thing we stayed a bit longer to see who’d win the raffle.
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kengkeng says:

17 years ago

Abe, maraming salamat! ;-)
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Eugene says:

17 years ago

Thanks for the plug. I’m glad you liked it. Hehehe. Wait for the next cartoons. :)
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charles says:

17 years ago

Hey Abe, congrats for your new Nokia 7370.
And to James of PMT, congratulations too. You deserve it guys.
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noemi says:

17 years ago

Oh and not to mention the gift check that came along, am I right? I knew you’d win the raffle. Good we stayed a bit longer.
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