Archive for January, 2007

MyBlogLog, the next Friendster?
January 29, 2007

More people have been visiting this blog, thanks to the Blog Parteeh. One indicator is, new faces appearing in MyBlogLog. People from the party who just signed up.
What do I do to the people I’ve met? Add as contact! Just like Friendster in 2003.
So will it grow like Friendster? Probably not, because only a small [...]

Nokia Nseries: Not Selling?
January 28, 2007

“Giga” Om Malik writes about Nokia’s Nroblems. Selling in the US is tough. How are they doing here in Nokia-loving Philippines?
I’ve been curious as to why US consumers don’t want to pay cash for phones, and prefer to get it through carriers instead. Or is it how the market works? There are people here who [...]

After Parteeh
January 28, 2007

Sorry I was in no partying mood. I had a headache and was dizzy. Those who know me from before probably noticed that I was less talkative and active than before. I had other things on schedules, so I didn’t come as early as the other hard-working committee members, and I didn’t join the post-parteeh [...]

Let’s Blog Parteeh!
January 20, 2007

After missing a whole lot of blogging events, I’m making good on my plan to be more active in the local blogging scene. Join me at the blogparteeh!
Let’s meet up if you want to make the move from a blogger/commenter/reader/lurker to a real-life community member.
We’d like to thank those who made this [...]

Mobile Phone History
January 18, 2007

The mobile phones I have used through the years…

Motorola MicroTAC. Used this with Piltel’s Mobiline AMPS analog service.
Nokia 5110. The classic Nokia. Left it in a FX taxi and lost it along with my first prepaid Globe number.
Panasonic GD45. This one looked like a toy.
Panasonic GD90. This looked like the essential “J-Phone” of the time. [...]

Down to Series 40 on the 6233
January 15, 2007

My affair with smartphones is taking a break. I gave up the N70 – why? I’ll share the reason later.
I’m now on the 6233. I followed Abe and Migs. While I could live without the S60 “smart” features,  I miss task switching. Java ME (J2ME) is enough for apps. I don’t think I need flash [...]

Blogging and SEO: Levels of Commitment
January 15, 2007

Marc has a great post on how the Philippine SEO industry can improve. I wish I could join in and help. SEO for me is a fun hobby. The dollars I earn slowly add to my investment money.
But I couldn’t take it to the next level. Same with blogging. I could not be a problogger.
So [...]

Yahoo! DNS problems
January 10, 2007

I host a few domains at Yahoo! Small Business. This offers domain registration and zone hosting, plus integration with Y! services which I don’t use. It’s relatively expensive at $9.95 per domain/year, but when I first signed up they had a promo (was it $2?). I also thought it was worth the price for high [...]

Switch to FeedBurner Metrics complete
January 10, 2007

To continue with my last blog upgrades, all 3 blogs running Performancing Metrics have switched to FeedBurner.
What I’m missing:

Pages with Adsense clicks

What needs improvement:

More search signatures (e.g. Ask.com)
Show all (or at least 100) top pages/traffic sources/outgoing links, not just 20.
Internal links are reported. (well some people want to track that…)
Integration with feeds. Did I convert [...]

So it’s iPhone.
January 9, 2007

Will Steve Jobs’ latest hit solve both my Mac envy and future phone requirements? Mac OS Mobile – Mac OS for the “masses?”
So there’s iPhone, the N95, the RAZR-looking N76… new phones never stop coming, maybe I should get cheap ones instead.