Jayvee Fernandez is a tech enthusiast, Digital Manager, and Technology Editor for The Philippine STAR.
He is also an EAN certified SCUBA Diver and underwater photographer based in Metro Manila, Philippines. His photos and videos have appeared in various international and local publications including Random House Germany, Discovery Channel Canada, and CNN.
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Parents, let’s not feel too guilty about screen time, OK?
Guys, I’m not a developmental psychologist. I’m a tired parent. Let’s address the elephant in the room — the whole screen time issue with our children is a drag. The struggle is real: balancing the conflicted amount of guilt whenever we pull out the phones at a restaurant so that the kids can sit still…
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Throwback Review: Siemens SX1
Note: This post originally appeared in PDA Buyer’s Guide in 2004. PDA Buyer’s Guide was a tech review site that had a technical slant to reviews, which were mostly above 1,000 words. This was a challenge I was willing to take since I was one of the first to handle this phone in South East…
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Alternative Ocean Vacations
With spring now in full bloom, Summer is just around the corner, and I don’t know about you, but I just can’t wait. For many of us, Summer and, more importantly, Summer vacation is like a breath of much needed fresh air. It’s an escape, albeit a brief one, from the daily grind of financial…
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Being a ‘houseband’ for five years helped me realize the silent struggle of many mothers
Note: This column appeared in Manila Bulletin’s print edition on April 14 2018. You can also read the online version. For the past century, modern society has relegated women as the “light†of the family — which felt more like a consolation title to having that heavy burden of rearing children and managing the home.…
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5 Tips For Turning Traveling The World Into Your Job
So, you’ve decided you would like to travel the world and work as a travel blogger. Or at the very least, you’re toying with the idea. Heck, maybe you already are traveling the world and are just looking for more tips. Here are five tips for turning traveling the world into your job: Tip #1…
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Startup Nation: how Israel is rebranding itself as the friendliest nation for technology
There’s a special place in the world for startups and we aren’t talking about Silicon Valley. Viber. Wix. ICQ. Waze. What do all of these companies have in common? These popular apps all have their roots in Israel, a melting pot of culture, religion and yes we aren’t sugar coating it — conflict. But in…
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5 Steps to Make a Group Project Report Your Oyster
Once you stumble upon the necessity to write a group project report, don’t allow it go with a flow. Take the organizational part under control and keep in mind the following steps to succeed and get the highest grade for your assignment. Step 1. Think with the end in mind This idea is not ours,…
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How to Keep Jewelry Safe at Home: 5 Tips to Keep in Mind
Burglary and theft rates are on the rise all across the United States; it looks like no state and no city or town is safe from these predators. Consequently, it is very important to know how to protect your investments and your precious items from theft. Most people think that it won’t happen to them,…
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How to Choose the Best Software for Your Business
While it may seem that some of the biggest challenges facing a company is finding customers, making a healthy profit, and expanding their business, in reality choosing the best software for the company is right up there in terms of challenges. While you may not give much initial thought to the software you pick, the…
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An audit of what it means to be young
This article originally appeared in the December luxury supplement of the Manila Bulletin, dated December 4 2017. The relentless search for youth has been a consistent theme in humanity’s aspirations. Because youth is fleeting. It is synonymous to time, to better days — “the good old daysâ€, to unbridled passions where mistakes were to be…