Category: Geek
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Welcome to the Metaverse. Let’s not pretend it’s amazing (yet).
What is the Metaverse? It depends who you ask.
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The new normal is an electric scooter
This article was originally published in Manila Bulletin’s Technology Section, dated October 7, 2020. Classic yet modern. Familiar yet fascinating. It’s the scooter, but with a motor and a battery pack. You’ve probably seen at least one in the last year zipping down the urban streets of Makati or BGC — and guess what —…
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Score from 50% off or more! Automatic Centre Outlet Store releases discount guide
Got word of a great deal for gadgets for this month’s end. Way better than 11.11.
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The Dark Side of the NFT Community: Why We Need to Step Back and Smell the Flowers
The NFT community has a dark side – toxicity. In this article, we discuss why degens need to step back and appreciate the beauty of NFTs, and how toxic behavior harms the community’s growth and mental health.
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Remembering the days we used to review WiFi hotspots
I’m reposting a piece I wrote together with Eva Gubat from 2006. This was a time when the blue & black Linksys routers were a status symbol at home because the “next frontier” was being able to add WiFi to your home. It was the age of Apple’s iBooks and PowerBooks — of being able…
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What marketers can learn from GoTyme Kiosks
If you’ve been to a Robinson’s in the past few weeks you may have noticed an ATM-like kiosk with the “GoTyme” branding. For the unfamiliar, GoTyme is one of the newer digital banks in the Philippines forged as a partnership between the Gokongwei Group (hence Robinson’s) and Tyme.
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I asked ChatGPT if AI will be the future of tech reviews
I asked ChatGPT if AI will be the future of tech reviews. This is what it said:
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Resetting my brain with Solitaire (and other classic games)
This afternoon, I introduced my kids to Battleship. It was a game I played as a kid in the 80’s. We didn’t have the ABS plastic set, as most kids during these times transcribed their imaginations into paper. The grid notebooks were the best for Battleship of course — but it was also easy to…
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The Bike: Kespor GSX 2.0 (Shimano!)
This bike was an upgrade of the original GSX 2.0 that came with SRAM instead of Shimano groupsets. This particular one cost P55,000, which is a steal, compared to the P45,000 counterpart (SRAM Rival).
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Social media page blunders and how we can avoid it from happening again
Every so often, a Facebook page admin of a brand will make that mistake of accidentally commenting using the login credentials of their official account with the sentiments of a personal profile. As the former social media head of the Manila Bulletin many years ago, we took steps to ensure that things like this do…
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