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 Php1,000USD 17INR 1,445EUR 16CNY 124 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 Php18,500USD 315INR 26,725EUR 300CNY 2,296. 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.