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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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the CGI Movie: So looking forward to it!
Coming this March, TMNT: The CGI Movie seems to have most things done right. With a new continuity script (meaning no remakes from the original series) and the choice to go for CGI instead of foam mascot costumes, we’re expecting to see another “new menace and new internal conflicts” plot with manga-like kung fu. When…
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Flower Power
Contrary to popular belief, it is the quiet ones who have the wildest sides. But with social taboo and whatnots, who cares?
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Organizing a Photo Trip to Angkor Wat, Cambodia
I’ve been surveying friends who want to travel to the beautiful temple at Angkor, Cambodia. I’m opening up the idea to anyone in the PH who wants to come as this could be an exciting trip for bloggers / photographers. I realized how a lot of Filipino bloggers are also hobbyist photographers and the general…
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The Best Way to Explain SEO from a Magazine Publishing Perspective
About a year ago I wrote an entry on why or why we should not have sexy girls grace the cover of gadget magazines. It dawned on me after a year of enlightenment that the issue of sexy girls can be the best way to explain white hat SEO tactics. White hat SEO — as…
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Blogging as a Prime Mover in (Professional) Life Choices
The best of times ended when I received my high school graduation diploma. I had no idea that these would be the “best times” in my life as quarterly exams and unit tests were supposedly the most important obstacles in a preteens life. And then the real world happened and “we” all went on to…
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The Inquirer.net Tagcloud: a microcosm of what’s hot with Pinoys
It’s actually quite fun (and geeky) to analyze the Inquirer.net tagcloud. It is fun because you get to see, as a visual learner, the magnitude of certain events that occur in the Philippines that make it to the news. The more prominent tags would include BASKETBALL, CRIME, ELECTIONS (2007), ENTERTAINMENT, and POLITICS. Interesting too the…
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Inquirer.net expands to the spoken word
This is exciting news for Philippine new media. I mentioned in the spirit of transparency that I’m involved in building Inquirer’s podcasting efforts. I’d like to introduce you to the page where readers can stream or download the spoken word shows of Inquirer.net. Currently the page is serving two programs – the Eleksyon 2007 Candidate…
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Getting Intimate with Happyslip
[DIGG!!] Last December, I scheduled an interview with rising YouTube Revver star “Happyslip” Christine. As a young and gorgeous Filipina who made nursing her fallback in the US, she took the artistic plunge and went all out in her creative endeavors. A few days ago, Juan of The AfterMac was able to do a follow…
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The AfterMac is looking for a Wingman
I’m fielding in a new co-author for The AfterMac, the b5media blog that talks about productivity tips and how to’s for Mac newbies and mainstream users. The AfterMac was conceptualized by myself and Adel Gabot with the guidance of former tech channel editor Jon Watson under the b5media ship. I will be refocusing my efforts…
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iChat AV Moment with Minic Rivera
Here’s a light iChat AV moment between myself and Minic Rivera, who passed on the editorship of The Blogging Times as of this post to someone else. We’re holding up two well known Filipino delicacies – Minic with the bag of Chippy and me with the bag of Oishi potato chips. With Minic thousands of…