#PHNet19 : 19 years of Philippine Internet

Just one year to go till the 20th! I’m writing this on March 29, 2013, which just happens to mark the 19th anniversary of March 29, 1994, the day when the PhilNet network first connected to the Internet via an IP connection to a Sprint gateway in California. Perhaps we should really reserve all the […]

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New on Blog De La Musique: Ely, Rico, Raimund, and Barbie’s 21st Century redux of a 70s classic

My new music blog, “Blog de la Musique” (at http://blogdelamusique.com) has just kicked off with a post on a cool new TV Commercial that debuted this Feb 2. This tv ad debuted on YouTube and featured 90’s Pinoyrock icons Rico Blanco, Raimund Marasigan, Barbie Almabis, and Ely Buendia. Yes, it is a Smart commercial – […]

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Crowdsourcing local music scene documentation: The #PhilMusic hashtag on Instagram

Some years back, around the time the first generation Digital SLRs made their appearance. the photo bug bit me hard. Of course, every “serious” photographer eventually finds a speciality – mine was the area of concert photography. I liked the scene, loved the exaggerated stage lighting, and the unique expressions coming from musicians.  Armed with […]

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IdeaSpace Technopreneur Bootcamp is coming to Ateneo de Manila on June 2!

IdeaSpace Ateneo is coming to Ateneo de Manila on June 2! IdeaSpace: #Technopreneur Bootcamp @Ateneo De Manila is the first in a series of events for the promotion of technology entrepreneurship in the academe. Powered by Smart Communications, Inc. in partnership with IdeaSpace Foundation, Inc. (IdeaSpace), it is a whole day event where students, faculty […]

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