Comments on Dondi Chat

Manuel Villoria posts interesting comments on my interview wth CICT Commissioner Dondi Mapa. He puts forth two points: Filipinos need more broadband choices, and Filipino Internet-literates (11.8 million of them) should post on behalf of Filipino Internet-illiterates (76 million of them).

Manuel, if your first point is met, the second will become moot. When the Internet becomes as ubiquitous, intuitive, and inexpensive as television, there will be few Internet-illiterates -- the same way there are no "television-illiterates" today.

Windows Live Mail Interface Live

So I finally see Windows Live Mail's much-hyped new Web interface. It doesn't have Gmail's smooth AJAX -- expanding menus in the sidebar visibly reload a whole section of the page instead of just that menu -- but it's a good start. Will play with this baby in the days to come.

Dilbert on Desperate VCs

Scott Adams presents Vijay, the world's most desperate venture capitalist.

He'll stalk you until you come up with an idea worth funding. I'd love to have a stalker like that.

Welcome to the Blogosphere, Tony!

Gamers are often among the first in their communities to "get" emerging technologies.

I'd like to welcome my Xfire buddy Tony Greenwood to the blogosphere. Tony, a 17-year-old gamer from Auckland with hundreds of Xfire-documented game hours under his belt, is about to become a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.

Digital Media Exchange should be happy to hear this: veteran gamer Tony prefers the Philippine Mu Online service to the international service. The Philippines is only two years behind Korea in game publishing. Good to see we're actually ahead of global standards in this instance -- four years ahead by Tony's estimate.