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Part-time Work-from-Home Web Copywriter Job

Published by: yuga under: Careers. 15 replies

posted: November 30th, 2006 (Visited 6674 times)

Here’s a request sent to me for a work from home job as a Web Copywriter. You or someone you know might be interested:

Scope

As a Web Copywriter, you be responsible for developing copy from concept to publication using established best practices for web copywriting. Copy requirements will vary from project to project (e.g. style, voice, etc.). Sometimes, you may also have to write for print.

Required Skills

- Expert knowledge of English grammar
- Expert knowledge of web copywriting techniques

Highly Desirable Skills, But Not Necessary

- Knowledge of (X)HTML
- Knowledge of website usability
- Knowledge of website accessibility

Education

Bachelors degree in English, Mass Communications, or equivalent (exceptional skills and experiences may be used as substitute)

Skills Matrix

If possible, please include in your résumé a detailed skill matrix categorizing your expertise as Basic, Standard, Advance, or Expert and indicate how many years experience you have in that skill as well as what was the last year you used that skill. Also, please include a brief narrative of your knowledge and experience in that particular skill.

Work Portfolio

Please make sure your résumé references examples of your work accompanied with an explanation of what you did to accomplish the task. If your résumé does not include this information, be prepared to provide examples upon request.

Make Your Résumé Stand Out

Here’s a résumé tip that will help you stand out from your competition: do not simply list your roles and responsibilities from previous employments; you should also list your accomplishments qualitatively and quantitatively.

About The Company

You will be working for a startup company that plans to offer web design and development services to small to medium-sized enterprises in the US (primarily).

The company is currently based in Hawaii with plans of opening an office in the Philippines when operational requirements necessitate it. An office in New Zealand is also planned for the future.

Opportunities

In this startup environment, your opinion will be highly valued and regarded. This is a great opportunity for those who are highly dedicated, motivated, and passionate about their careers and want to be recognized for their efforts.

When the need arises, there is a possibility that the company will sponsor qualified employees to relocate overseas.

Work Setup

This is a part time, work-from-home position. You will need to provide yourself with access to a computer, the Internet, and development tools required in the performance of your duties. Our primary means of communication will be via email, IM, and telephone.

How To Apply

Please send your résumé to kiphughes@gmail.com along with samples of
(or links to) your work.

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TLA: Refer to Maker Cheques

Published by: yuga under: Problogging. 12 replies

posted: November 30th, 2006 (Visited 2688 times)

Looks like the issue with Text Link Ads isn’t over yet. I just receive notice from my bank as well that my September cheque from TLA was returned. Migs was the first one who mentioned this about 2 weeks ago.

So there goes my measly $304.89 cheque returned to me and my bank account deducted by the same amount plus a $20 processing fee. *ouch*

Ajay did mention to me though that after she reported the incident to Patrick Gavin of TLA, she was promised to have a new payment re-issued which will also cover the bank charges. *whew*

Apparently, TLA has been a victim of forgery. They had to change their bank accounts because of this development.

The new cheques for October and November will bear the new bank accounts and if you received a new one recently, you will notice that the cheque numbers have reset. The September ones are in the 5000 range and the new cheques are now back to 1000-ish.

Hopefully, there’ll be no more incidents like these in the future. :D

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How to be tech-ready for a typhoon like Reming?

Published by: yuga under: Daily Dose. 18 replies

posted: November 30th, 2006 (Visited 3421 times)

When the last typhoon Milenyo hit the entire Luzon grid, most people were caught unaware and since the devastation was beyond normal, a lot of people were affected. If you’re running a business like mine which has no borders, you’d end up with a huge problem supporting your clients who didn’t suffer your same fate (read: no electricity, phone lines, mobile networks or internet connection).

The same goes with bloggers and other techies who rely most of their day-to-day work on uninterrupted connectivity and power. Just ask this problogger how she survived Milenyo’s aftermath in Bicol.

So, what have we tech-geeks learned and what to do to prepare for the upcoming typhoon Reming?

  • Fully charge all rechargable batteries — laptops, digital cameras, iPods, cellphones, flashlights, etc.
  • Get spare batteries if you can. Spare batteries can last you longer — the more, the better.
  • If you have a UPS (uninterruptible power supply), it could also be used to re-charge you gadgets later on when the power is already out. Some UPS have around 30 minutes to an hour backup power. You can recharge all your gadgets at the same time with that limited supply.
  • If you have a car, get a power inverter or an Ac adaptor. This will save you a lot of pain, though it will be expensive on gasoline.
  • Buy a small battery-powered electric fan. Believe me, you’ll need this one if you’re used to your airconditioned room.
  • Minimize usage of your gadgets — common sense.
  • Plan things ahead. Say you can connect to the net via your mobile phone hooked to your laptop, note down things you need to do first before powering up.
  • Re-acquaint yourself with the pen and paper. You can write down your blog entries and then type them really fast later when you’ve powered up.
  • If it’s not necessary, don’t. Stay away from Youtube, iTunes or Limewire for the meantime.
  • Do an advanced reservation for room in one of the cheapest hotels around (just in case). Make sure they have internet available in the rooms. The last time, Manila hotels had 100% occupancy during the Milenyo week-end.
  • Get your cameras and videocams ready. It’s pretty cool taking pictures/videos during and right after the storm.

Alternatively, you can grab a book and enjoy the peace and quite.

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Symbiotic Digging

Published by: yuga under: Web 2.0. 1 reply

posted: November 29th, 2006 (Visited 1691 times)

The whole idea of social bookmarking sites is that democratic voting and policing will level the playing field — more relevant, interesting and sometimes rare news, articles or information make it to the top, or the frontpage in the case of Digg.com.

While every bit of effort is being done to unmask groups which try to game the system and prevent the same, it will IMO be an unending battle. The very same social idea of wisdom of the crowd will be it’s own Achilles’ heel.

I have been constantly receiving emails, PMs or IM messages asking to Digg something up. They mostly come from friends and fellow bloggers. Even if the message says “IF you like the story, please digg”, I am more likely to digg it than say seeing the article right on Digg itself.

But Digg does not want this kind of digging behavior, despite the fact that they actually encourage spreading Digg tools/features such as Friends’ Diggs, RSS onsite Digg buttons, and the like. Digg wants the whole process to be democratic but we all know that in any democratic system, there will always be politics. And part of this politics is convincing people esp. friends to ascribe to your idea or opinion, and in Digg’s case by digging his article or blog post.

Digg doesn’t want its members to follow the idea of reciprocal digging — I digg you, you digg me. But reciprocating favors is an inherent social behavior. In the plant and animal kingdom, they call it a symbiotic relationship or to be more specific mutualism.

So, which is it now — social or anti-social?

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Maybe it’s time for a really detailed Blog Disclosure?

Published by: yuga under: Site Updates. 10 replies

posted: November 29th, 2006 (Visited 2244 times)

I’ve been getting a bit more emails about my recent ProBlogging post and in tangent, having Blog Disclosures. I actually wrote about Blog Disclosures here sometime back in August where I encourage everyone to disclose their personal interests and because of recent developments, also mention being paid to write reviews. Max suggested it’s time I make a specific post on this one.

So, in the interest of everyone who might stumble upon my blog in the future, I will post a very conspicuous link to my blog disclosure and it would read like this:

Disclosing my Interests on this Blog

To my readers,

This blog reflects my personal opinion; comments or posts quoting sources from emails are opinions of the respective people who sent them to me or directly thru the blog’s feedback system.

Please be aware that this blog also displays advertising in many forms — some of them will earn me a few bucks a day when you click on them, others pay a monthly flat fee to have their links displayed somewhere on the blog, while some may pay a full annual payment to have a short advertorial with links to their website. Though I do not practice the habit of exchanging links, in the interest of Search Engine Optimization for my other web properties, I may place links to sites which reciprocates the same to me, though not specifically on this blog.

I might, at one time or another, employ automated link advertising on my blog posts. They will be double-underlined and will have pop-up ads when you hover your mouse on them. I will earn a few cents when a visitor clicks on those ads.

I will also be adding links to sites that offer services or sell products. These links might contain my affiliate ID which tracks conversions of my visitors, either by signing up with the service or buying their products. For each successful conversion, I will earn a few cents to several dollars. The highest so far is $25 per conversion.

There will also be posts that reviews online services or monetization programs and I might be paid to post a relevant article. However, rest assured that I try my best to be objective and rational EVEN if that post will be compensated in some form or another. These entries will be categorized under Sponsored Posts.

On many occasions, I might post entries advertising (read: pimp) sites or blogs, products, events and services by other people I know, may they be business partners, long time friends or colleagues. They are not paid or sponsored posts but since I have strong social relationships with them, they are freely given and I may be subjective.

I may have other businesses, like this hosting company, and I may mention or link to it on some occasions. Rest assured that any business interest I have, I will declare offhand if I mention them in my blog.

I am not being directly paid to blog nor under any employer-employee contract. I am my own boss and I answer to no one but myself. Revenues come from direct advertising generated by this site.

I may write about products or services by local companies and these may be given to me freely or on a limited time. However, I have not nor do not accept payments for these write-ups.

I may be invited to dinners or a round of beers by start-up companies and talk about their products or services. I may write about them but will never give favorable feedback because of a free meal. I may not even write about it if there’s really nothing to write about.

I may be invited to attend press conferences, get take home gifts or freebies. I am not obliged to write about it if there’s nothing interesting or valuable to share to my regular readers and fellow bloggers.

I may help organize an event, meet-up or party sponsored by local companies. I will publicly state my personal interest and role in such an event and if I will be compensated, I will declare the compensation and for what work I was compensated.

I may be invited to junkets in the future (wish!), be billeted in a posh hotel in a remote and romantic resort with free buffets, return first class flights and take home give-ways. I may be asked to write a nice article about the sponsor’s service/product launch BUT I will write it the way I see it. If they don’t like it, they can bill me back everything and I will gladly pay for it.

This blog disclosure may be amended in the future as blog monetization schemes, internet marketing and online advertising evolve and mature.

This disclosure is just (digital) paper. This is worth nothing if my readers do not trust me. I have nothing on my back except years of blogging — the only platform I ever had to build my credibility over the years.

Anything else I forgot to disclose? Any comments or suggestions? Typo/grammar errors maybe?

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Headhunters should use Google more…

Published by: yuga under: Netrepreneur. 3 replies

posted: November 29th, 2006 (Visited 2238 times)

I was reminded of my own encounters with several headhunters in the past when I read Migs’ post on “I am not looking for a job“.

Just how many times have you been called up by some headhunter saying they found out about on while searching the net and they thought you fit the requirements for their top multi-national client? And how many times did you say you might be interested only to be asked again for that resume they’ve already found on your website or blog? I’d always say, you can print that one you found on my website.

There should be some seminars for headhunters to teach them how to properly do a background check especially with Google.

Everything’s there. They’ll just have to spend a bit more time digging. From experience, I think they just type in some keywords, check on the results and look for a number they can call. That’s it — they don’t even bother knowing your name first.

Read Mig’s story about his recent encounter.

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The Samsonite Laptop Backpack

Published by: yuga under: Tech Toys & Gadgets. 19 replies

posted: November 28th, 2006 (Visited 7838 times)

I mentioned about this new find I have last week while traveling to Pakistan. My usual problem when on a trip is that I have a lot of bags in tow — one bag for the camera, another for the laptop and of course a big one for the clothes. Well, that’s what I had when I first went to Taiwan a few months back.

So, my quest for an almost all-in-one backpack was answered last week when I found this really nice Samsonite laptop bag. Pictures below:

Samsonite Laptop Backpack

It’s a layered backpack with the outer layer for the laptop and the main layer has room for clothes and my Rebel XT camera. There are a lot of compartments for documents too — 3 for the detachable laptop pouch and 2 more for the main bag, excluding the 2 side screen pockets.

Samsonite Backpack

The laptop layer case can be detached from the main backpack with its own carry-on handle. Two belt-clips and a zipper around the sides re-attach them back firmly. I reckon this could hold laptops with up to 15″ screen sizes (or prolly 17″ too!).

There’s not much padding on the inside but the back side has two sturdy strips of plastic to protect your shoulders against the laptop when holstered.

All in all, I think you can carry as much as 2 pairs of jeans, 3 t-shirts, a medium towel, your dSLR camera and lenses plus the laptop with a little more room to spare.

The damage? A bit pricey at Php4,200++. Hey, it’s a Samsonite.

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Anybody noticed the inquirer.net transition?

Published by: yuga under: The Internet. 17 replies

posted: November 28th, 2006 (Visited 5087 times)

I blogged about the rumored break-up of Inq7.net from media partner GMA 7 almost 2 months ago. You can read more about it here.

So, I noticed earlier today that some of the sections of Inq7.net are now resolving to inquirer.net already. See sample screenshot below:

Inquirer

You can actually see this now if you go to the section via the left navigation tabs. The screenshot here shows the Technology section as http://technology.inquirer.net

I might have overlooked this but I’m pretty sure this domain transfer was very recent. Again, I might be wrong still it’s a bit sneaky to inject the new domain there, eh?

This clue adds up to the whispers about the breakup. It could happen anytime soon.

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Some people just don’t get Problogging

Published by: yuga under: Problogging. 46 replies

posted: November 27th, 2006 (Visited 4856 times)

Someone once asked me what’s the difference between pro and non-pro. I said the pro’s get paid to do it. A professional driver gets paid to drive; a professional photographer gets paid to shoot pictures; a professional basketball player gets paid to play hoops; a professional crier gets paid to cry on burials.

In the same sense, a professional blogger gets paid to, you guessed it, blog. So, what’s so damn wrong if professional bloggers are getting paid to blog, except for the fact that the concept is so new to people beyond their 40’s (excuse the pun)?

Professional blogging is still in its infancy in this 3rd world country of ours and that every day, income generation evolves just as it was first revolutionized when Google Adsense was born in mid-2003. Do I need to enumerate them still?

  • Bloggers place Adsense codes, tweaks them, layouts them on top of the fold, colors them like their own blog theme, blends them within the body of their content hoping that visitors gets fooled a little confused in clicking the ads as if it were part of the content. Others even try to hide the line that states “Ads by Goooogle”.
  • Bloggers sign up with link advertising services like Text Link Ads(aff.) and get paid to display links of advertisers. Others try to hide the paid links by blending them with their blogroll to avoid the wrath of Google (allegedly) but that’s another story altogether.
  • Bloggers add Amazon Associates codes for books, gadgets and whatnots then sometimes label them “must reads” and “this blog recommends” hoping that their readers would buy the items and eventually get commissions from the sale. And yes, the bloggers don’t need to have personally used each of those items he endorsed on Amazon.
  • Bloggers sign up with InText link advertising like Kontera which automatically add links to the text in the body of their blog content hoping that for each click of a curious visitor, they get a few cents out of it.
  • Bloggers sign up with affiliate marketing campaigns, puts an affiliate link and even write a neat endorsement post (peppered with affiliate links) about the product or service and pray that it converts (CPA). They later receive fat cheques from the affiliate program.
  • Advertisers send free accounts to paid services or sample products in the hopes that the blogger writes about it and eventually adds to the awareness campaign.
  • Advertisers pay bloggers to have testimonials or endorsements added somewhere in their blog to promote a service or product.
  • Bloggers may also employ advertisement schemes that displays a whole page ad on top of the page, just like an overlay. I’m sure most of you have seen those nasty Adbrite ads I had here once.
  • Ahhh yes, and just recently, bloggers are now also getting paid to do reviews.

And to the uninitiated, yes, that my friend is the evolution and diversification of blog monetization and professional blogging. If you don’t like them, you are free to remove those Adsense ads in your own blogs (i.e., if you have a blog).

I have, at one time or another, used many if not all of those monetization schemes I mentioned above. I tell my readers what advertising campaigns I employ and which ones are paid (in the case of paid posts or affiliate links). I even post a thank you note with link loves to all those who’ve successfully signed up under my affiliate account. Still, I don’t understand why others would criticize the way I handle advertising campaigns or revenue models for my blog.

If some accidental reader doesn’t want me to maximize my blog’s revenue potential and earn my keep, they can always click that cute red X button on the top right of their browsers.

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How best to manage a Blog Assistant?

Published by: yuga under: Problogging. 3 replies

posted: November 26th, 2006 (Visited 1878 times)

Ka Edong emailed this to me a couple of days ago. I am still rummaging thru dozens of emails and I haven’t responded back, please email me again by tomorrow.

What are your BKMs (Best Known Methods) for managing and making the most out of a Blog Assistant?

I have an old draft for a post similar to this topic but I didn’t publish it. The question now begs I re-write the old one for a newer more updated version.

So, ok, you want a Blog Assistant? First we need to clarify what role does a Blog Assistant take on.

A blog assistant is a person who manages mostly the technical aspect of running or managing a blog. This might include tweaking post or entries if they don’t end up well after publishing (this happens with newbie bloggers who do cut & paste from MS Word which includes all the embedded tags), installing extensions or plugins, adding blog blings like RSS feed subscription buttons, uploading media files like pictures/videos/podcasts, and other non-blogging tasks needed by the blogger-owner.

While I have employed blog assistant at one time or another, I myself am a Blog Assistant for a lot of other bloggers, both locally and abroad.

Since, I have experience on both ends, I’d like to share some of the considerations when getting a blog assistant:

  • Manage expectations. You will have to relate everything that you will possibly need to your potential blog assistant. This will set the mood of your blogging relationship with him or her. Tell them if it includes bringing you coffee every morning.
  • Skills assessment. There are a lot of skills needed to be a blog assistant. They are mostly common ones but it will at one time or another include being able to do some graphics, HTML/css, some FTP/cPanel knowledge, a bit of PHP even, and a really good knowledge of the blog software being used. If not, that person must be really patient as he will need a lot of Googling or reading. In essence, a blog assistant is like a junior webmaster.
  • Communication & Time Management. The two goes hand-in-hand. What will be your standard form of communication? Will it include emails, chat and SMS? When and how often will you be asking for assistance? How long will you want to get results? This is usually hardest to manage but if you deal with this on #1 (Expectations), you (actually, it’s both sides) won’t end up being frustrated later on.
  • Regular Tasks. Since most of the work will be on a per-need basis, you might want to note down the regular tasks you need your assistant to do without you asking for it. This will include upgrades to new stable versions of the blog software you are using, updates on extensions or plug-ins installed, managing Moderated Comments, emptying and deleting spam caught by filters, among others. You can also add your blog assistant’s email in your contact page so that if your visitors have any problems with signing up, feeds or subscriptions, etc., they can contact him directly.
  • Compensation. This will depend on how much you will be dependent with your blog assistant. From experience, it is good to have a small fixed monthly retainer plus a per hour fee for not-so-common tasks. I personally do per hour fees mostly as this is most convenient and fair for me and the blogger I help.

So, there. Some useful tips for you if ever you will need a blog assistant later on. This might also be helpful to those who are interested on doing some part-time work as blog assistants in the future.

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Watching spam visitors in real-time

Published by: yuga under: Site Updates. 5 replies

posted: November 26th, 2006 (Visited 1893 times)

Since I installed the WP-UserOnline plugin on my blog, I’ve been having fun looking at the spam visitors every once in a while.

Just look at them here on the screen shot:

Spam Comments

Either they’re just spam bots or real people who posted spam comments here before. And they’re having the time of their life. Too bad Akismet catches them 98% of the time before they could inflict any more damage.

Note: Names of real blog readers were grayed off for privacy reasons.

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Home at Last!

Published by: yuga under: Daily Dose. 4 replies

posted: November 26th, 2006 (Visited 1519 times)

I’m home at last. Arrived yesterday around 2pm yesterday afternoon and since I have no luggage with me, I went past immigration in a jiffy.

I really wanted to go to Marc and Gail’s wedding that afternoon (sorry po!) but I was so tired, I didn’t get any sleep during the 15-hour overnight trip, and I have nothing to wear (even shoes!). Just woke up this Sunday morning (5pm) and I think I can still feel the jet lag (where am I?). That’s prolly one of the longest sleep I’ve had in ages — 14 hours.

I think I will still need a few more days to adjust and go back to my regular programming.

Got a lot of missed calls and text messages. Sorry I can answer right away since my Php1,000 load were all used up from international SMS roaming. That’s pretty expensive huh? I haven’t gotten the confirmation for roaming deactivation yet too.

Anyway, just glad to be back and sleep on my own bed. *hehe*

Sorry guys, all your pasalubongs are still in Karachi. :D

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Lost Luggage to Karachi

Published by: yuga under: Trips & Travels. 14 replies

posted: November 25th, 2006 (Visited 2775 times)

I’ve only heard of this on movies and all but I can’t believe this happened to me. Apparently, the guys at Pakistan International Airways lost my luggage during my 50-minute domestic trip from Islamabad to Lahore.

I was staring at the luggage carousel and my beloved luggage never came out of the hole. Argh, the dreaded time has come. When I reported it to the airport authorities, they said mine could have been misplaced during cargo and it might have ended at Karachi, with a flight around that same time.

Well, I’m heading back home now and was fortunate to find free wifi at the waiting lounge of Suvarnabhumi (pronounced su-war-na-boom) Airport in Bangkok. All I have with me is my backpack which, luckily, contains my laptop and my camera but a week’s worth of clothes is lost somewhere in Pakistan.

I will be flying to Jakarta next week and if that luggage doesn’t reach Manila in time, I will be doing some really heavy shopping (pray not!). *huhuhu*

Hay, such is the life of a lonely traveler. Sh*t happens.

P.S.
Got all your messages. I’m on it. Ok, time for boarding.

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A year into Problogging

Published by: yuga under: Problogging. 36 replies

posted: November 24th, 2006 (Visited 2510 times)

I just realized when I woke up this morning that it has been a year now that I started going fulltime problogging. When you’re holed up in your hotel room with only the TV, you get to have a bit more time thinking or contemplating about stuff. So I thought, how the hell did I end up here? I never imagined I’d be doing this kind of stuff a year ago but here I am, enjoying every bit of it (and making a living too!).

It’s been a bumpy and fun ride, something I realy enjoyed in the last 12 months. This opportunity has allowed me to do a lot of things I couldn’t do before. It’s just been a great year for me.

Thanks to all my readers and my co-bloggers from all over. :)

Hopefully, the next 12 months will be the same if not better.

P.S.
I’m prepping myself for another loooong trip back home — Islamabad -> Lahore -> Bangkok -> Manila. If all goes well my 8pm flight tonight will be smooth and I’ll arrive in Manila just past 1pm the next day. That’s 15 hours in the air or loitering in the airport. I hope the ride isn’t as bumpy as before so I could get a few winks in between.

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So, which one will you buy?

Published by: yuga under: Tech Toys & Gadgets. 27 replies

posted: November 23rd, 2006 (Visited 3440 times)

The Nintendo Wii?

Nintendo Wii

The Microsoft XBox 360?

XBox 360

Or the Sony Playstation 3?

Playstation 3

Related story for all three: 360 vs PS3 vs Wii: Who Wins?

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Is the time of the Mac clones nearing?

Published by: yuga under: Apples and iPods. 19 replies

posted: November 23rd, 2006 (Visited 2426 times)

Jayvee left a *smug* comment in my last entry about Macs and PCs. While replying to his comment, I realized that the introduction of Intel procs into Mac boxes will actually open the gates to popularizing Mac clones, the same way we had cheap IBM PC clones for decades.

Well, you can buy just any PC with an Intel Core 2 Duo or something, a really nice display, casing and all, install OS X Tiger of Leopard and you’ve basically have all that features and functionalities that *allegedly* makes the Mac better.

But what if you can get the same basic *advantages* and install it on a Php25,000 PC or maybe an XPC? What will happen to the Mac mini?

How about laptops too? What will stop the Chinese to manufacture low-cost Mac clones now that you only need the Mac OS? And people could actually get cracked versions too.

What will Mac fanatics feel once that thick line separating the Mac and the PC goes silk thin? What’s the lowest cost of acquisition for Mac nowadays — Php50k? How about Mac clones for half the price?

Good times for some, bad times for others.

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Having fun with Nokia Wireless Presenter

Published by: yuga under: Mobile. 12 replies

posted: November 22nd, 2006 (Visited 9235 times)

Nokia Wireless PresenterI was looking for games installed in my new N6233 the other day when I bumped into an application called Nokia Wireless Presenter.

I just heard about this so I Googled it. To my surprise, this is one software I have been wishing before and why did I knew about this just now?

Wireless Presenter

Use your Nokia phone as a remote control for your PC with Nokia Wireless Presenter. Using Bluetooth wireless technology, this software allows you to control your Windows desktop applications, such as:

* Slide presentations: Compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint, the Nokia Wireless Presenter lets you browse presentation slide titles.
* Music and DVD player applications in your PC

PC SuiteIf your phone is a Nokia, you can download a copy of the software at their site. So, after installing the software and tinkering around with the COM port and I’m all set.

Moving slide from to slide using the phone as a remote control is so easy and you can also navigate the mouse within the desktop as simple scrolling the phone’s navikey up and down.

This feature works if your phone and laptop both have Bluetooth connectivity. I heard somewhere you can install a software into your phone so it functions as a TV remote control.

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Scrimping on Internet

Published by: yuga under: Trips & Travels. 5 replies

posted: November 22nd, 2006 (Visited 1593 times)

Since I don’t have unlimited access to wifi internet in my hotel room, I am forced to conserve whatever time I get from the limited and costly access I get (~Php360/hour). And to think I thought Airborne Access and Globe WiZ’s Php100/hour is already very expensive.

Ones is constantly challeged to maximize the usage.

  • Check emails and reply to very urgent ones.
  • Download all RSS feeds into local client, FeedDemon.
  • Opening 3 dozen pages for reading later on when disconnected.
  • Compose blog entries offline (via Notepad) and publish them once connected.
  • Type faster!

I just learned from talking with guys here that you can actually buy pre-paid SIM cards and use it access the internet. I didn’t think of doing that before. I was actually expecting to at least be able to access Mobile Gmail via my phone on Smart International Roaming. Another lesson learned here…

Years ago, when I was still enjoying dial-up connections, there was this software that enables you to download entire websites into your hard drive and then brose it offline. Are those kind of services still available now?

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