Year: 2007

Google Desktop Gives Not Much Lovin’ to Macs?

Post author By Jayvee Fernandez
Post date April 5, 2007
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It’s not true that Mac users get the better deal of things. In the same way that it took Yahoo! Messenger for Mac a couple of years to release an update, it is going to take a while for Google Desktop for Mac OS X to fix its quirks.

The Mac version of Google Desktop is somewhat slim compared to its current Windows counterpart, only consisting of the Quick Searchâ€”no toolbar or gadgets yet. However, the search box works wellâ€”it’s significantly faster at searching my files than Spotlight is when searching for the same files. Bringing up the search box is easy: simply press the command/Apple key twice in succession and it pops up over the top of your screen. The user can change the keyboard command in Google Desktop’s system preferences at any time, however, if they prefer some other key combination. [source]

The thing is, Macs already come bundled with the Spotlight search feature and my brain has been hardwired to it. Plus, coupled with Quicksilver, I feel that I have enough “getting things done” search apps to help me throughout the day. Although Google Desktop is supposed to work in conjunction with Spotlight – and based on the initial review, even better than, I highly doubt I’d want to make use of a similar feature when that is all it can do, as of its latest version.

Too many apps spoil the search, and I would like to keep things simple 🙂

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2BU: Philippine Blog Awards Call for Testimonials

Post author By Jayvee Fernandez
Post date April 4, 2007
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It’s been several days since the Philippine Blog Awards. I’d really love to see what the winners did with their trophies 🙂 I was happily shocked too with the media coverage that came to the event. RPN 9, Inquirer.net and D-Tour as well as some guests from the commercial publishing industry came by to witness this event and interview bloggers.

In this regard, I’m gathering testimonials from bloggers who came, saw, and blogged about the event. The best (most creative) answers will be posted on the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s 2BU section. Special thanks to Pam Pastor for supporting this.

All you need to do is answer this question by leaving a comment. Don’t forget to leave your name and blog address:

If there is one thing that I can let the world know because of my blog, (it would be) __________________ . “

Easy as pie right? What you get in return is a permanent physical world link to your blog in the dailies. This is called MEO or Media Engine Optimization, a phenomenon that utilizes mainstream media or “real world connectivity” to drive traffic to your site. Yeah right, I just made that up now!

~~MEO can also mean Macalua Engine Optimization, but that’s another story.~~

Deadline for this will be on April 11 2007.

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Are You A Pontius Pilate Blogger?

Post author By Jayvee Fernandez
Post date April 2, 2007
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No no, it has nothing to do with washing your hands before blogging. But that’s a good practice too. “Health brings wealth” I always say.

What exactly is a Pontius Pilate blogger? Well, just in time for the Holy Week here in the Philippines, the Pontius Pilate blogger is someone who does not edit his or her posts for one reason or another. This is based on the biblical reference of Pilate when he said “what I have written I have written” when the Jews wanted him to change the INRI inscription (Iesu Nazarenus Rex Iudeorum or Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews) on the cross.

I’ve never known a blogger who doesn’t edit posts. And for the most part, bloggers are all into covert ops editing, which is my term for editing posts without a time stamp or text notification. This usually occurs when the editables have to do more with spelling, grammar and sentence construction.

But more often than not, adding a bold “EDIT” or “UPDATE” to the post helps inform frequent visitors that there have been changes to the post. But you know this already, as it really is common sense.

I guess the extreme Pilate blogger would never even dare delete a post that may have come off as offensive or worse, bordering on “non-disclosure agreement breaches.” The Pilate blogger stands by the code “what I have written, I have written” and puts this in front of prudence. It is a double edged sword as well as a trait that can be feared as well as admired.

UPDATE: Jason points out that a Pontius Pilate blogger has more to do with washing his hands off things, namely the ill effects of link baiting:

And to me, a Pontius Pilate blogger is one who puts up linkbait posts and then washed his hands of the consequences by saying â€œoh, I never really meant to say thatâ€ or â€œhey, I never thought people would react that wayâ€ or â€œjeesh, you guys are reading too much between the lines.â€

Linkbaiting has gotten such a bad name. I state my analogy with how, in the real world, you can equate link baiting with a sexy girl on the cover of the magazine.

Linkbait tactics or not, the important thing to do is always be mindful of mistakes and make necessary and sincere amends for them 🙂

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Philippine Blog Awards Closing Remarks

Post author By Jayvee Fernandez
Post date March 31, 2007
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I had actually prepared the closing remarks but was not able to deliver it because of lack of time. I have decided to post it here for everyone to read. Thank you very much for making the first Philippine Blog Awards a success!

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Oh. My. God.

[courtesy of Emerging Earth]