I’d like to greet everyone a grand new year. 2007 is so last year. Let’s all welcome 2008.
Archive for December, 2007
Last day of the year 2007. As we head for another year, let me venture a fearless forecast for 2008.
A number of bloggers have published a year-ender recap of what had transpired in the Philippine blogosphere for the year 2007. I will not repeat what they’ve posted as I think they make a better summary than I do. I’ll just do my own recap of the year.
Whenever I post product photos here on my blog, you’d immediately notice I don’t have enough lighting in place. I use lamps around the house so taking photos (without flash) is a little challenging.
As we close in on the end of the year, I’d like to go back and review some of the more interesting discussions and debates we had throughout the year. One of them is mobile blogging (moblogging) and its future in the Philippine cybersphere.
Continue reading ‘Did Twitter Popularize Mobile Blogging in the Philippines?’
By February 1, 2008, Netscape Navigator, once the most popular browser in the entire intarwebs will be finally put to rest by AOL. A humbling experience. Teaches us that even good things must come to an end. Share with us your first or most memorable experience with Netscape so we can all bury the same memory in a virtual time capsule.
For months now, Marc has been joking that he’ll sell me a domain I should have owned years ago. So yes, I really intended to get the domain abeolandres.com last month, and I thought I already did (along with several other personally branded ones).
While we still have a few more days left for 2007, why don’t we cap off the year with yet another round of contest and giveaways? Thanks to the support of our friends at Auction.PH, we have more stuff to send out on top of what I have in my storage box.
Every kid, service driver, mom and pop are all lining up at every Shell Gas station to get their hands on one of the six limited-edition collector’s item Ferrari model cars.
Now, this is a really tempting offer from blog network CW (Creative Weblogging). If you think your blog needs some massive marketing and infrastructure support, check out what CW has to offer when you join their network.
Duncan Riley reports at TechCrunch that Yahoo! Mail is still the more widely used email service than GMail this Christmas.
Tons of stuff to blog, too little time to blog about them individually so here’s my post-Christmas round-up instead.
While the night is young and I still have time, I’d like to greet all my readers, friends and fellow bloggers a very Merry Christmas!
Every AdSense publisher should have heard or read about those new AdSense scrolling ads by now. It was a nice improvement aimed at visitors interacting with ads. Question is, do readers really interact with ads?
Continue reading ‘Scrolling AdSense Ads and Questions on CPC’
Following Michael’s tradition of publishing popular posts, here’s my own version of Top 10 Posts for 2007.
We interrupt our regular programming here to make way for an advertiser from ReviewMe. It’s all about this new pocket-sized GPS Tracking Key from LandAirSea Systems, Inc.
Did you get yourself a Christmas gift? I just got mine the other day.
The long wait is over. The winners of the Php15,000 eMoney Giveaway was published yesterday here. Check them out. Congrats to the winners. Good news too, the Raffle #1 has been extended until the 27th. So you can blog about it and get to win additional prizes.
Once a popular blog that covers anything and everything about Apple and its secrets, Think Secret will be finally put to rest after years of grueling court battle against the big Apple.
Continue reading ‘Apple buries a Blog: Sayonara Think Secret’
For years now, Digg.com has always been rumored to be up for sale. Not a single one of them were confirmed by Digg’s CEO Jay Adelson or its founder Kevin Rose. However, this week’s tip about the possible sale of Digg is most intriguing.

































