Archive for the 'Business' Category

You’d think the wired world would pull you away from real life. On the contrary, as a mobile worker, we meet many more people in coffee shops, interact with fellow mobile workers and coffee aficionados — unless you put on your do-not-disturb face. Just now, in the span of 20 minutes, two others have asked [...]

Question/Problem: Take two similar phones, call the same customer service number, get instant answers (or rather live cusomter support representatives) on one phone and then be put on hold for 30 minutes on the other (yeah, I timed it). What’s the difference?
A simple fact. I was using a postpaid line on the phone which got [...]

Having experienced WiFi technologies on a regular basis and being able to use it in most cafes and Metro Manila malls, I must say that the technology is still far from perfect, but it is a functional alternative to looking for an internet cafe or subscribing to more expensive alternatives such as EVDO using [...]

After participating in Monawea’s Experiment, my technorati rank/authority went up. My page/entry was also stumbled upon and it all contributed to more publicity for the blog.
According to MyBlogLog stats, my site was hit 150+ times.
According to Google’s Analytics, the post was hit 40+ times.
Now I just have to replicate the effect maybe 100x, sell off [...]

A few months back, a friend of mine was looking for a job. While having late lunch on a Saturday, she mentioned that she went job hunting with her old officemates. They had decided to resign from their old positions and look for new employment somewhere else.
It reminded me of the days when my batchmates [...]

I’ve just started to be a regular blogger and I hope I can keep this up. For those in the same boat, you might want to get a copy of the new book by Janette Toral, Blog This: How Blogs Empower Every Internet User.
It is going to feature the following lessons:

Lesson 1: Introduction to blogging [...]

I haven’t dabbled into Java for my more recent projects, but I’ve found that forums are a great place to find information about your favorite software as they almost always offer two sides of the story. The advice usually comes in pros and cons and you can observe the logical flow of the posts. Newbies [...]