Mobile Internet: the next frontier

Mobile internet has become the next big thing since the release of iPhone (or the iPod touch ) nowadys new mobile phones now include wi-fi capabilities so that users can now enjoy surfing the internet, checking e-mails, updating social networks by just using the portable comforts of a mobile phone.

Sure laptops and netbooks are portable but you can't carry it anywhere you want because they are bulky where as mobile phones can be carried in you pocket or hand bag.

As of this writing mobile internet still has limits unlike the internet that we are enjoying using the computer.


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The Photojournalism Seminar for Bloggers

Last Saturday, I attended a Photojournalism Seminar for Bloggers which was held at Riverwalk Grill at Diversion Road, Maa. The seminar was conducted by Jojie Alcantara.

The seminar was about taking photos, minor editing of photos, and using photos for your blog posts. Jojie also share some of her previous photo works to demonstrate the basics of photojournalism.

We also participated on actual photo-shooting assignments in which we are to implement what we have learned and submit our top 5 photos for an open forum critique later on.

Overall the seminar was fun and personally, it has enhanced my knowledge in Photography.

Here are my photos taken during the seminar

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Pacman Wins Again

Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao wins another great match against Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico. The win also bags the WBO Welterweight title making Pacman the 1st boxer to win 7 titles in 7 different weight divisions. Congrats Manny!

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Learning Google Wave

Since getting the invitation, I was so excited to have my very own Google Wave account. But since getting the account, I'm having problems exploring Wave since there's no definite Google Wave guide yet since Wave has just been recently released.

Good thing I found this video that is really helpful for me to learn Google Wave.




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Sunday Morning Blog: Blog Updates and Facebook Games

Today's edition of my Sunday blog is more about the recent blog update that I did on several of my niche blogs since I got my blogging "groove" back in rhythm. As I stated on my last post that I have posted some updates on my other blogs.

Also I been on Facebook for some of my free time to do some "research" for my newest blog Facebook Games Review.


I have recreated a separate account for the purpose of testing the games online (and separate them from my personal account since I don't want to add friends that I don't really know).


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Updates on my Other blogs

Just wanna make a quick update here just to let you know that I have posted new updates on my other niche blogs.

• "4 stages of web site design" on Digital Toolz.
• "Metal Music very Educational" on Rock Music Buzz.
• "Potato Mojos Recipe" on Foodtrip ni Cesar.
• I will be updating my entertainment blog as of this writing.

Also I have created another niche blog for Facebook Games entitled "Facebook Games Review"

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Playstation Portable 3000

Last month, my mother ask If what should I get as pasalubong when my dad goes home from his 1 week trip in the the US. Well I've been dreaming of having my own Playstation Portable so that I can play some games on my off-time when I need to rest my laptop. So I told her PlayStation Portable 3000 and Madden NFL 10 would be my choice.

I've been itching to play Madden NFL since 2001 because I love playing American football on my PC before ( basketball is to finesse for me, no offense to all you NBA fans out there).




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New Blog: Facebook Games Review

It's been a while since my last blog post because I spend most of my on work, family and going online on social media sites like Twitter, Plurk and Facebook.

Speaking of Facebook, I created a new blog entitled Facebook Games Review. It's all about the games on Facebook that I play and some up coming games that I would discover. The site is fairly new and will try to update that as much as I can since I now have a several blogs to maintain.




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Celebrating Birthdays of my Two closest people I love

It's been a while since I wrote an update because of work and preparations for my daughter's 2nd birthday on October 6 and today it's my wife's turn to celebrate her birthday.


During my daughter's birthday, the theme was Dora the Explorer. We hired a Dora mascot with a party host. The kids enjoyed the party with my daughter laughing in between jokes (and to think she's just turned 2).


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10 Excellent and Free Desktop Blog Editors

SixRevisions has been one of my favorite destination for web development and blogging resources. Since blogging is one of my passion, I would like to share the 10 Excellent and Free Blog Editors to all my fellow bloggers out there who might wanna try these awesome tools.




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Sunday Morning Blogging: Boxing and Google Chrome 3

This edition of Sunday Morning Blogging will be about me more about Google Chrome 3 than me watching the Marquez-Mayweather fight (although as of this writing, the ones battling are the undercards yet).

For those of you who are not aware of new features that Chrome 3 bring then here's the summarize version:

New Home/ Tab Page

The most noticeable part about Chrome 3 is the homepage. The design of the homepage has been tweaked and users can now rearrange thumbnails of most-visited websites by simple clicking and dragging gestures. Additionally, users can "pin" the thumbnails to where they are so that they are not replaced by others in due course. The homepage is also customizable now, with the user getting options to show and hide what he wants on the homepage.


Themes Support

This feature is one of my favorites because I like to match my desktop color theme with my browser. You can download themes directly from its menu.


Better HTML5 Support

The stable version of Google Chrome now supports HTML5 and will now prove to be a decent competition for Firefox 3.5, which recently added the same. HTML5 enables the browser user to natively play video encoded in the open source Ogg Theora format and Ogg Vorbis audio, which provides for manipulation and editing of video without the use of an external program. Need I say more?


It's Faster

This I really notice when I open sites like Twitzap and Plurk.com together. Both sites really packs up the resources because both sites use extensive Ajax scripts which Google Chrome 3 has handle perfectly.

So what are waiting for, Download Google Chrome 3 now!

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Wordcamp Davao @ Villa Margarita Hotel

Last Saturday, I attended Wordcamp Davao which was held at Villa Margarita hotel (which is located at J.P. Laurel Avenue next DLPC. Although there are not much people who attended the event but we had a great time.




Wordcamp Davao 2009 was organized by the Mindanao bloggers group who where also responsible to organizing the same event last year.


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Mousehunt Wallpaper

It's a special non-working holiday today but here I am at the office working ( and compensated with additional 30% to our pay for today). Out of boredom because I've been doing non-stop work for sometime that I need some time to relax then graphic designer in me kicked in without warning.

Since have been bragging on plurk that I would rather play Mousehunt on facebook than Mafia Wars or Farmtown/Farmville/"planting thing-a-maging" , I decided to design a wallpaper to pay tribute to my favorite facebook game.



Now that's what you call dedication





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Registering for PayPerPost Version 4

Your lover will love you even more if you get them a pinata




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Sunday Afternoon Blogging : New Nike ACG Shoes

It's been a while since I bought a new pair of shoes and today, I bought myself another pair of hiking shoes from Nike (I always prefer hiking or climbing shoes because it usually lasts longer than sneakers).

I haven't tried Nike hiking shoes since I usually prefer Rockport and Vans shoes.





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Happy Kadayawan To All Davaeneos

Photo courtesy of Rhonson Ng

It's KADAYAWAN Week here in Davao City, Philippines and I would like to greet all of you Happy Kadayawan. For events and other festivites you can log on to the Official Kadayawan website.

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More Free Blogger Templates to Choose from

Blogger.com has one of the best blogging platform available (the others are Wordpress.com and LiveJournal.com) but as of now blogger's default themes are not quite impressive that is why blogger developer has allowed used to be able to install third-party templates for our blogs.

With that in mind, I would like to share 101 Free Blogger Templates from BloggerBuster.com


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Just at Home for Sunday Afternoon blogging

Sunday Afternoon blogging will be a time for me to catch up on my blogging updates as well as research more about HTML 5 and CSS 3. Since the internet at home is now fixed (the whole house is now a Wi-Fi zone), I can do my net crawling anywhere in the house (including the bathroom hehe just kidding).

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Why everybody should learn Ubuntu

Let's face it, the today's everyday lives now includes getting online and "netbooks" are the "in" thing today but most of these netbooks are cramping up with Windows Vista systems. Some are downgrading them to the more reliable and space friendly Windows XP yet that's not "going forward".

It't true that Ubuntu (or Linux in general) is not as apealing as Windows systems because of it "user friendly-ness" but it's just a matter of learning the new technology. The latest version of Ubuntu has already mades stride by giving Windows users a full on functional Ubuntu system within Windows by using the wubi-installation method.

This method will give the user flexibility while having the luxury of going back to Windows anytime by just restarting the system. The mean reason why I prefer Ubuntu over Windows Vista is stability, security and being virtual virus free.

So the next time you plan to buy a laptop or a "netbook" you have now have the option of choosing the most affordable system for you since Ubuntu won't be an added into the price.

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Having fun with Ubuntu and Compiz

Another Sunday afternoon blogging for me and this time I'm using the Ubuntu OS with a full configure Compiz window manager application. What I like about Compiz is that it make managing my task better and with a little bit fun to it.

The Compiz application can emulate effects similar to the windows management on Mac OS X. Another feature that Compiz is famouse about is the 3D cube effect. Overall Ubuntu has been a good alternative operating system for every who cannot afford a licensed Windows OS and very particular in terms of virus and malware securities.




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Sunday Afternoon Blogging at Kasagingan

Finally after about a year of not blogging at Kasagingan, I'm finally back here. Although the focus of this blog post is in relation to Kasagingan because I am now sharing to all my lovely readers my own food blog entitled Food trip ni Cesar (Cesar's food trip) in which I blog about the foods, the place and the recipes that I really liked.

You can visit my new blog at http://cnsqfoodtrip.blogspot.com/.


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Ramblings of a BORED man

Yes you read the title right, being offline specially at home really, really BORES me because of the sheer boredom that it brings to me. It's been two days that I wasn't able to go online at home because the Wi-Fi router is being replaced.

Because of boredom, I resorted to write a blogpost just to release this boredom of mine, heck, this predicament I'm having
is also sign that it's time for me to get my own internet connection.

A colleague of mine said that he applied for SMART Post Paid Wireless USB internet for only P1,500 so that he can
surf online every where as long as there's a Smart Telecom cellsite.

While I'm writing this post, wifey is playing SIMS 3 using my cousin's Macbook laptop. The latest SIMS game might
have a great graphics YET this BORES me more than the original SIMS (with expansion) which I like better regardless of the subpar graphics. Playing god in a virtual world is no longer my computer play of choice.

Speaking of games, my new favorite computer game is called "Governor of Poker" which I previously played online thru Y8.com. All the games at Y8.com are mostly trial games on which you need to buy the full version to advance into the next
stage. This game has improved my skills on how to play No Limit Texas Hold'em Poker. Maybe I might beat Ria Jose on a game
someday (hehehe just kidding, di kita kaya talunin with your "actual" poker game experience).

This would be enough for now.. My eyes are now trying to close ...**yawn** '. I'll be back on my next blog post.




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Sunday Morning Blog at Basti's Brew

Sunday morning blog was just about quality time for my family and we decided to take Basti's Brew. We ordered Chocolate and Vanilla Milkshakes, Chicken Terrazini and Bacon and Mushroom Pizza.




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Desktop MEME

It's been a long time since I tinkered with my Photoshop and out of boredom, I started making to make a wallpaper for my wide-screen LCD monitor (1306 x 768) using pictures of Angelina Jolie, Megan Fox and Olivia Wilde.

If you want to have want a copy of this wallpaper you can get it here




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I had fun at the Digital Filipino Blogger Meetup

Sunday Morning Blog will be about the Digital Filipino Club Conference at the Pantawan Hall of Casino Filipino (Grand Regal Hotel), Lanang , Davao City. I really had fun while socializing with fellow bloggers and meeting new friends.

After dinner, we had some games courtesy of PAGCOR and won some prizes during the raffle.

New updates about blogging, e-commerce and the ongoing Influential blogger project.

For more about the Digital Filipino Davao leg.




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