Hongkong Trip – Day 1 at Ocean Park

Two of my childhood dreams finally came true! When I was a child, I never often stayed in a place for too long. I think it became a habit and became one of my wish – to travel the world or atleast visit 1 country other than Philippines. With only a very limited budget, Gerold [...]

State of Ecommerce in PH – 2009

I have a lot to tell but I was too lazy to write anything. The whole November and first half of December is probably my busiest days in 2009. Only 2 more weeks left and it’s already 2010 so I’m pushing myself a little harder this week. I went to the Ecommerce Summit last Nov. [...]

Zend Studio 5.5 – Windows 7 Fix

Installed Windows 7 and unfortunately zend studio 5.5 won’t start. Here is a quick fix from xlim5 that worked for me: After install Zend studio, right click to shortcut and choose: Troubleshoot compatibility > troubleshoot program > The program worked in earlier versions of Windows but won’t install or run now. Click next and choose [...]

May ecommerce law pala tayo!

I attended the webinar of DigitalFilipino about ecommerce yesterday because I’m curious up to what extent it covers. I’m still in awe even though I read it before because the Philippines actually have ecommerce law! Can you believe that?! LOL It was a long discussion but I noted a few points from the webinar: The [...]

The “em dash” (—)

This info really struck a cord in me because I always use triple dots, double dash or parenthesis in place of the em dash. I guess I need to slowly change that, at least in formal writing if I ever have to. This is a tip from Daily Writing Tips. Em dashes are the width [...]

Toinks – today’s blooper

It took me 8 hours to finally give up and ask assistance from my brother for a problem that I have been struggling to figure out. This story of one of the reasons why using framework isn’t always good I was recreating a facebook app made from cakephp to a bare php coded version. It [...]

SEO in Plain English

Recently, I joined the 30day Challenge which for me taught me the basics of SEO. The following video summarizes what I learned in the 30day challenge. The 30day challenge really touched those areas. If you want to dig deeper, I recommend you register for the challenge (I think it is still open).

How to make technical presentations more interesting to non-technical audiences

During the PHP roadshows, I asked this a couple of times to myself. The audience are considered non-technicals so I have probably been too technical for their taste. I think it’s really a tough job and I admire great presenters because they make it look really easy. I googled this just earlier and I found [...]

Business Models and the Social Media Revolution

I am not into music but this presentation is very clever in presenting how businesses should think at their business models. It’s not too hard to grasp. I thought to bookmark it but it will be like throwing a great idea in my closet so I’d like to share it here. Another that catched my [...]

Study in UK for FREE!

How cool is that? Actually that is possible. There are a lot of scholarship programs available for post grad students. One of them is the Chevening Scholarship program that allows you to select a 1-year master’s degree. The minimum qualifications are based on their website: an applicant is a Filipino, Marshallese, Micronesian, or Palauan national [...]