Back at iBlog 3 I talked about how different the pay scale is between blogging professionally and being a contributing writer for a print publication. I want to elaborate more on this.
Although it may be true that blogging pays more steadily and regularly, let us assume that both types of writing gigs required you to write everyday. This would put a spotlight on writing articles for the broadsheet or magazines as the usual trend would be one to three articles a month if you’re quite settled in with your contacts.
Today I was at the NU 107 office in Ortigas to sit in the RockEd Radio show with Gang Badoy of RockEd Philippines and guests Lourd De Veyra, Noel Cabangon, Pepe Diokno and Chris Belardo.
Afterwards I was able to sit with Gang to record my third podcast episode. We talked about how to protect yourself from media. Be it traditional or new media, you can fool anyone – like starting your own religion for instance.
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Conversation is in both English and in the local dialect, Filipino.
Show Notes:
How do you read, break down and analyze media?
Gang says that my podcast is listened to by people who come from good schools
Why the “contrabida” in a Philippine movie (villain) doesn’t run for public office
Shampoo commercials sell to girls with long hair and a bit more on target markets and appeal
Gang starts her own religion
Bloggers and Journalists are differentiated according to their institutions
Respecting beliefs doesn’t mean exclusion
Bloggers are fantastic because we are flawed! 😀
I sincerely apologize for the background noise. We were recording from a convenience store in a gas station.
Shameless Plug: I will be guesting next Sunday at 8:00PM for RockEd Radio with Gang and some other interesting folks to talk about a controversial topic on Earth Day 2007 in the Philippines! The RockEd Radio Show happens every Sunday at 8:00 PM at NU 107 FM.
I’m at the iBlog 3 Conference now waiting for my turn to talk. How sad, the free WiFi can’t access Friendster! How am I going to add all my new friends?!
As far as I love being productive on my Mac, it doesn’t allow me to play games the way I want to. So after more than six months of mulling over buying a gaming device, I decided to purchase a Nintendo DS Lite to keep me busy during idle time. It was really a choice between that and a Playstation Portable but I chose the latter for the following reasons:
more fun selection of games given Nintendo’s innovative touch screen interface
better battery life
it can play old Gameboy Advance games
It was a choice between Tekken, Metal Gear, and Capcom titles against the Mario franchise, Zelda and Castlevania. As I’ve only owned one console in my entire life – the first generation 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System, I went with my childhood nostalgia and loyalty for Nintendo.
JC Medina and Gabe Mercado, the proprietors and instigators behind Geek Chorus organize a casual event called Nintendo DS Nights together with Ryan Sumo and Miriam Sy. It is pretty much a night of beer and multiplayer gaming over WiFi in a very comfortable social environment that does not discriminate the geek gamer.
Really interesting. I’ve been very fascinated at how technology has now spread into the real world socials. Are the geeks becoming more mainstream? I do think so. You can thank the fashion industry for turning “wearable technology” into fashion accessories. And then there’s the iPod of course. And portable gaming devices.
In the Philippines, blog parties and DS lite nights are but the tip of the iceberg. I’m actually looking forward to building my own Siege Weapon one day. You be the trebuchet. I’ll be the onager.
I’m preparing some slides for my presentation this Saturday. I’m supposed to talk about blogging as a profession in front of a couple of hundred people at the iBlog3 Summit in UP Diliman.
Last year, the same topic was given to Abraham Olandres who talked about (1) the different types of bloggers and (2) the many ways to monetize whether you (3) belong to a blog network or (4) work alone.
I’m trying to get input, and I hope its not too late, as to what type of things I can cover in the small span of 15 to 20 minutes, that has not been covered already. Leave a comment for suggestions and insights 🙂
