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The Buddy Blogs is now in the the 35th place on the Top Philippine blogs based on Alexa Rankings as compiled by Pinoy Money Talk. Click the image to enlarge. Previously, the Buddy Blogs was on the 37th place. Thanks thanks thanks my dear readers!!!!

WordCamp Philippines in the works… Watch out for it!

iBlog4 was a huge success, but I have to admit that 90% of the time I wasn’t paying attention to the speakers. For me, it was a success because bloggers got to meet bloggers they’ve never met before. Ok, me being the blind antisocial one, I only met a few for the first time, such as Shari, Jerome, Markku, Fritz, Ade, Benj … my memory is failing me. It was nice to see AJ, Noemi, Aileen, Jay, Miguel and Juned around too. I expected to see Jehz there, but apparently his dictator of a girlfriend dragged him to Pangasinan for a scientific expedition. iBlog4 wouldn’t be complete if it weren’t for the company of my Davao friends Migs, Winston, Blogie and cousin Ria, who I might add, brought Malcolm Hall down with her entertaining talk. Yeah, Mindanao bloggers rule! ;p Kudos to Janette for a job well done.
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Arrived here at iBlog4 past 9am.   So far, 2 out of 3 persons who went up the stage have mentioned Brian Gorell and his famous blog. And we’re now watching his video. Note: This post will be updated from time to time. 10:00 - Having problems with wi-fi connection. - Trying to get Bryan Gorrel for an online [...]

ANUDAW? Recently, i wrote about the excessive use of the Internet (which includes blogging ) and texting are to be included on the list of mental disorders. This time, its worse than just an illness.. we’re going to talk about death. Two weeks ago in North Lauderdale, Fla., funeral services were held for Russell Shaw, a [...]

Here goes another survey! This one is a bit longer than my past surveys. Hope you could spare a few minutes to help me out.

I’d like to know what your Internet usage habits are. Are you emailing most of the time? Stalking people on Friendster? Chatting till the wee hours? Playing Dota? Yeah, I wanna know!

1. Please break down your habits by percentage. (ex. email 50%, Friendster 10%, chat 20%, reading blogs/sites 10%, downloading 5%, online gaming 5%)

2. Out of all your Internet activities above, name the one that you cannot live without.

3. For you, what is the hottest Internet trend nowadays?

4. If there is one thing that has not been done on the Internet that you would like to see, what would it be?

5. Do you consider yourself Internet savvy? What qualities would make a person deserving of that adjective?

To participate in the survey, please place your answers in the comments section. Thanks for your time! I’ll publish the results soon.

I was delighted when I found out that this blog was given the #1 spot by Ratified.org in its daily assessment of blogs in the Philippine blogosphere. This top position means that IT talks! garnered the highest positive change in rank.

Yesterday, my blog stood at the 387th place among all Ratified blogs in the Philippines. Today, it’s at the 113th place. Wow! A jump of 274 points! Google PageRank for IT talks! is also now at PR4 (but, yeah, it’s just a number…). (more…)

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You own a blog. You publish a nice post. Then you suddenly receive a trackback. Then you smile… thinking that someone got interested in your post. Then you visit the site that linked to you. Then you frown… You see your entry mixed with other entries in one post. Your nice post now sounded illogical. Worst, [...]

You own a blog. You publish a nice post. Then you suddenly receive a trackback. Then you smile… thinking that someone got interested in your post. Then you visit the site that linked to you. Then you frown… You see your entry mixed with other entries in one post. Your nice post now sounded illogical. Worst, [...]

I’m her in front of Gonuts Donuts at Araneta Center Cubao enjoying free - FAST - Wi-Fi access courtesy of Araneta  Center. There are a lot of establishments providing wi-fi access at Gateway Mall, but not all of them are free.