Game and Watch

A while back, I posted this pic of Inq7's Alex Villafania getting a scoop from World Cybergames Philippine Team Captain Tjader Regis at the Philippine Internet anniversary party.



Well, here's the scoop: TV show to promote video gaming as spectator sport.

Let the (Philippine) Eagle Soar

When I founded my first company, my CTO was a programming wunderkind from the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. That school just earned honorable mention at this year’s ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest.

Yahoos All Around

Leading PR blogging strategist Steve Rubel just invited me to open a beta test account on the new Yahoo! 360° service. Thanks, Steve!

Many Filipinos use Yahoo! Messenger as their primary chat client. I'd like to see what Jerry Yang and company have in store for the country that half of all Friendster users call their homeland. Watch this space for reviews.

Virtual Aeriality

Microsoft TerraServer and Google Maps are great for finding your way around the US of A -- but to see your world in 3D, check out NASA World Wind.

For those of you who like looking out their plane windows after takeoff, click on the thumbnail image below to check out a virtual aerial shot my city, taken with World Wind. Locals will recognize the major place names.



For those of you in a vacationing mood, click on the thumbnail image below for a virtual aerial shot of the Philippines' most popular white-sand tropical paradise, Boracay.

Little Spielbergs

The Filipino passion for mobile digital video has opened up new -- and, as in the case of sexy comedienne Ethel Booba, sometimes scandalous -- possibilities for their richly communicative culture.

Expect Filipinos, then, to embrace the video upload service Google cofounder Larry Page says they'll announce in the next few days. Watch this space for updates. ;)

The Body Reinterpreted

Last Friday marked the Philippines' maiden entry into the World Bodypainting Festival. Check out these pics, courtesy of ManilaTonight.com.


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Greed Through Generosity

People have asked if Google has grown too generous of late, what with its doubling the already huge emailbox size of its free Gmail service.

The Motley Fool proposes that there's a method to this madness -- that Google's awesome freebies successfully drive its lucrative contextual ad business. To wit:

"So why is Google so generous? The short answer: because it's greedy."

Life Begins at Forty

Intel cofounder Gordon Moore didn't realize that what he had written would become "law".

April 19 marks the fortieth anniversary of Moore's Law, the observation that the number of transistors on a chip can double over a short period of time. This is the trend that gives you everything from that snazzy computer in front of you to that fancy cellphone in your pocket. News.com posts an FAQ on the impact this trend has had on our lives over the last forty years.

Be Kind to Bloggers

...and they'll do wonders for your PR.

Sirius Satellite Radio gets some free advertising across the blogosphere by opening its doors to blogger Ryan Saghir. Now that's smart PR.

Grabbing the Bull by the... Feet?

Check out "the greatest communications company of the entire world". ;)

Fortress Europe

...could open its gates to the Philippines.

Offshoring Digest notes that the Dutch government encourages the Philippines to grab a piece of the EU's $64-billion business process outsourcing market.

It's about bloody time Europeans noticed the "secret weapons" of many of the world's leading corporations -- ingenious, cosmopolitan Filipinos.