Year: 2007

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Digital Lomography at Puerto Galera

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I’ve been coerced by friends at Lomomanila to get my own toy camera. As much as I really want to set aside time to getting my own holga or woca, I have been pushed to the dark side of lomography – which is to make use of creative filters to come up with lomo-like effects. I don’t use Photoshop. In truth I suck at it. So most of these pictures were taken using creative filters (basically a filter slide with several gel colors which you can insert in between the holder) to achieve these cute effects.

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Here are some shots I took in Puerto Galera over the weekend with blogger idol Abe Olandres , BBN co-founder Rico Mossesgeld and SEO guru Marc Macalua. And yes, there were girls.

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Shooting in the water can be rather hazardous for your digital camera so before doing this, it would be nice to say a little prayer and fasten your camera securely — or just go buy a long lens. The filters I used here were a sepia and red creative filter (first pic of landscape) as well as a pastel filter (second beach photo shoot shot) and the center spot filter (for the picture with Sharms and mais con yelo )


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I have the utmost respect for Lomomanila and I’m actually wondering if they would consider “digital lomography” for a subgroup in their forums 🙂 Pleaaaase? With a woca on top 🙂

16 Minute Video Interview: The Philippine Blog Awards 2007

This afternoon, Joey Alarilla interviewed Abe Olandres and myself for the Philippine Blog Awards. For the full 16 minute video interview, click here. Gail Vilanueva, the co-organizer who completes the triumvirate was sadly not able to come to the interview because she lost her voice.

Abe and I talked about the philosophy behind the awards as well as our insights on the Philippine blogosphere. We also made the formal announcement of the awards this coming March 31 at Podium 4, RCBC Plaza Auditorium at 5:00 PM.

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Make Way for Philippine Online Political Ads

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There is a lot to know about the man called Chiz Escudero. In fact he has dominated the Internet with his online presence. The banner ad above will show you that he’s really dead serious about the elections.

However, there is a lot more to the man called Chiz Escudero. Which is why Sasha has pointed us to the REAL ULTIMATE FACTS about Chiz Escudero. Sample real ultimate fact:

Chiz is behind the “Let’s make baka, Don’t be takot” chant.

HAHAHA! Too hilarious.

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It’s All Mike Abundo’s Fault!

A few days ago I was in search of a new blogger to take over the helm of the b5media “2.0 and friends” blog Emerging Earth. As Jason Bean has become more focused on his other blogs on the network, EE was up for grabs. Now anyone can write about Web 2.0 and why it matters. But in truth I wanted a tongue in cheek, foot in mouth, hand in your pocket blogger personality who can really make the top spin when it came to this topic.

I searched far and wide for days, interviewing people from around the world … and it turned out that the person I was searching for lived a few kilometers from where I worked. So hello Mike, welcome to b5media. 🙂

The bloggers here at b5media all seem like very nice people. I am not. I have been called everything from a “digital extremist” to a “cyberterrorist”. I live in a country ruled by neo-Luddites who control people by limiting technology and spreading ignorance. In retaliation, I have dedicated my career to accelerating the global transformations brought by emerging technologies. – Mike Abundo | Emerging Earth

I still remember his most famous soliloquy which he gave during the SEO PH awarding ceremony last year … “If you cannot be searched, you do not exist.”

And so there he is. I found a new blogger for Emerging Earth, and it’s all Mike Abundo’s fault!

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The KFC French Fries Experiment

UPDATE: KFC has fries again. The world is once more, a better place. 🙂

Yesterday I wrote about how peculiar it was that KFC was running out of french fries. A few people left comments about how they (1) really did go to KFC to find that the fries have been replaced with mashed potatoes (not really complaining here) or (2) are so curious that they want to go to the nearest KFC branch and order a value meal that comes with a side order of fries and see whether they really lost stock.

As a blogger experiment, I wonder how much time it will take for information like this to disseminate – and on the other side of the coin, have a KFC rep actually be shocked to find out how Filipino bloggers are wondering what happened to their french fries. Honestly, I think they should be flattered – for a commotion like this to actually make it to the blogosphere.

So there you go. Go to your nearest KFC branch and order a meal with fries. Leave a comment here whether your branch has or not 🙂