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I was invited by Smart and Philippine Information Authority Region 6 (PIA-6) to give a talk to High School student journalists.

This presentation was given in the pre-text of the hostage drama in Manila and the recent achievement of Ms. Philippines Venus Raj at the Ms. Universe pageant.

I presented blogging. Gave them some examples of high school blogs, good practices from Ateneo and Philippine Online Chronicles, and my own example of citizen journalism.

More importantly, I asked them to ask questions that matter to them. Here’s my answer to the run-away winning question. As in Major major!

How can blogging change the image of Filipinos after the hostage drama in Manila? – Ulysses D. Du Jr, 15, M, Sum-ag National High School

Awesome Question!

Lets’ start with ourselves.

Instead of ranting, how can we have a positive, constructive, contributing perspective on the situation? Write about it, make it matter, express what is in your heart and mind, be sincere. If you are able to write a message that is picked up by the global press, then you’ve made an impact. And even if your blog (or facebook note or tumblr story or tweet) is able to positively *influence* 1 or 2 people, then you have made a positive contribution to the Philippines.

Write, blog, express yourself. Be a positive contributor to our country and our world. I thank you! (bow)

Here’s my presentation:

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I was at Coffee Bean at Salcedo, Makati last night with a friend. Right there, out of maybe 12 people inside the cafe, there were two iPad users. One was reading some books and checking his twitter account. Another girl was with a group of friends and was showing them some photos she took from a recent trip.

The iPad is in the Philippines and more and more Pinoys are using it.

iPad in a Box

iPad user Vince bought an iPad for his wife on their anniversary. Sa tingin niyo, sino ang *tunay* na gustong gumamit nung iPad?

Below is a video demonstration of the iPad from my friend, Mannix Moya. He demonstrates the
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Globe My SuperPlan

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Smart Bro Plan 495

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Got these global Facebook users statistics through a friend. Released in March 31, 2010.

See how much the Philippines has grown in terms of Facebook usage.

11Million Pinoys are on Facebook.
At this growth rate (1,000% +), we’ll have 11Billion Pinoys on Facebook by March 2011.
But wait, we don’t have 11 Billion Pinoys! LOL!
At wala pa akong nako-contribute sa population natin!

More Facebook statistics here.

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Philippines Facebook user growth, global statistics

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Today, my beloved blog, Technobiography, turns six years old! Parang kailan lang!  Six years ago, my life was verrry different. And six years after the birth of Technobiography, I must say: It’s been a great journey!

And there’s so much more to Technobiography, and there’s so much more to life. Abangan!

How do I celebrate this day? Well, allow me to share one of my recent wins: I’m on the latest issue of the MoneySense magazine! Saya!

I’m featured in the article “Make money doing what you love” written by Heinz Bulos. So grab your copy of MoneySense at your suking tindahan ng magasin. It’s the issue with Daphne Oseña-Paez. Quick, the copies are running out fast! My mom’s buying every copy she could get hold of! LOL!

Below, after the images, you’ll find the full transcript of our interview with Heinz of MoneySense which he used in writing the article. 

MoneySense cover - Daphne Oseña-Paez

MoneySense - Make Money doing what you love

MoneySense - Ka Edong on centerfold

Are you doing what you love?
Ka Edong interviewed by Heinz Bulos
Jan 28, 2010

Heinz Bulos of MoneySense: What do you love to do that has also become a source of income for you?

Ka Edong: Two things: blogging (my hobby) and thinking/creating technology-based services that help Filipinos

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This opportunity is for people who would like to make money by selling airtime load and other similar services.
This is also for people who consume a lot of load and would like to economize through discounts.

There’s a business opportunity called Load Mo Sarili Mo or “LMSM”. From the information I gather from different interviews and flyers I’ve seen, LMSM is basically a different way of distributing airtime load across the Philippines.

LMSM - Load Mo Sarili Mo

LMSM uses a “member-gets-member” concept. The member becomes a load fund reseller and enjoys 3-5% discount.

After the jump, take a look at the LMSM slide presentation, earning opportunities, advantages, membership types and more. Also see details of the Grand Launch of LMSM.
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Dear friends, 

When I began Technobiography in 2004, I just wanted to write about technology and how it affects my life. 

So much has changed since 2004. And it’s time for me to make a change and take this blog to the next level. I have decided to tighten the theme of my blog around the niche of How to Make Money with Mobile. 

Mobile Millionaire - Make Money with Mobile

I reached this decision at the Maven Secrets Program by Anton Diaz, especially with the inspiration of Kid blogger Carl Ocab (Make Money Online with a 13 year old kid blogger). When I met Carl, I half kidding when I declared “When I grow up, I want to become like Carl Ocab”.  :-) 

Thus, begins my transition from Technobiography to www.MobileMillionaire.Net . 

Mobile Millionaire – Make Money with Mobile 

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Looks like Liberty is in town. Saw this at the Petron station in Buendia cor. Makati Ave. They call it Wi-Tribe (Pronounced “wye tribe”). And they call it a 4G (4th generation) broadband technology.

Wi-Tribe is in Town: WiMax wireless broadband via Liberty

Wi-Tribe WiMax Modem - nomadic (fixed mobile)

Some quick bullets:

• I remember my friends at Intel being part of the WiMax testing back in circa 2005/2006 . Glad to know it’s now reaching the masses … slowly but surely.
• I hear they’re offering trial accounts in selected areas
• I hear (again) that they’re giving a guarantee of internet speeds of 2Mbps at P999 . That’s fast and cheap.
• The modem is rather big. It’s nomadic — meaning it can be transferred from one place to another, but it will not work *while* it’s being moved.

Related links:
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I’ve been updating my wordpress blogs the past weeks.

On www.edwinsoriano.com, I was trying to update one of my widgets. But when I click “save” on the widget, I kept getting this error:

Are you sure you want to do this?

Please try again.

After many attempts and getting the same result, I did a Google search for “Wordpress error are you sure you want to do this“. Most of the results had to do with Wordpress MU which I wasn’t using.

I was able to fix the error on my own. I found that if I deactivate one of my plugins, I no longer get the error.

Here’s how I did it:
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