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When the sensuous get desensitized

I’ve been reviewing gadgets for the past three years. In sum total I’ve written about a hundred plus reviews ansd columns and how to’s and such. It makes some people wonder if ever I get desensitized when I see a new toy.

Short answer is yes, in fact. With mobile phones, in fact. The last time I ever got excited over a phone was back when the Treo 700w was announced, mainly because it was a fusion between the world’s best smartphone and the more powerful Windows Mobile operating system. With the advent of MS Mobile version 5, the 700w was sure to be a killer. Later on it really didn’t turn out to be a killer phone, but it was still a hype back then.

So okay, I’m not that hot with phones. So maybe thats why I’m the one who always reviews them. Why?

Well, in the same way that John C. Dvorak doesn’t get hyped up about a lot of technology, he gets to give a more honest-to-god opinion of things when it comes to tech – especially when it comes to the PC. (Would you believe he didn’t know what a .Mac account was?).

So there. If you are suddenly getting desensitized with your field, then don’t fret. It may actually be a good thing. In our company, Adel reviews the Macs and audio devices, Art does the laptops video and I mostly do the phones and other small handhelds. Why? Because we get excited enough to see something new, but even more excited and then utterly disappointed to see what has been improved from the previous versions.

Or maybe we’re just hard to please.

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Coming soon to a mobile phone near you: A Bugged Life … mobile!

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Philippine Christmas Bazaar Schedule

Thanks to Viloria, through Trissie, we can now schedule our Christmas shopping spree. The whole schedule is here.

So what gift do you give a blogger during Christmas? Some suggestions would include:

1. a wireless mouse
2. a WiFi account
3. hits
4. a shirt with your blog URL as text
5. seed money to open a USD savings account
6. extra battery for laptop
7. trackbacks
8. Bluetooth headset
9. Microphone for podcasting, preferably this brand

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Is problogging a sexy job?

Let’s say you want to score points on your date. When she asks you, during a romantic candlelight dinner, “so what do you do?” what do you end up telling her?

Technically, you’re a writer. “But problogging is more than just writing” you end up thinking, out of pride in a local industry that is still on uncharted lands.

Here are some choices, based on some feedback from people:
“I am a web content editor” (sounds too technical to score)
“I blog for a living” (close, but no cigar)
“I make money out of Google” (sounds too exploiting)
“I am an editor for an online publication” (easiest to understand)
“I write” (most profound, and it comes from this casanova)

Any other suggestions? Because sometimes I find it hard to describe exactly what I do. Which is why having a regular 9-5 job is a good thing, because that is what you mention.

The Digg Army, 20 trillion thousands strong

I met up with Gail and Marc this afternoon before going to the gym (a gym! you’re finally going to the gym? the full story for another day) to discuss some business. We talked about several things including some logistics that are being made in the WWW.

And so this question came up:
What do you do when your site is expecting a huge AS IN TIPPING POINT PROPORTIONS amount of traffic?

Here is what you can do:

1. Warn your webhost guy. If you’re friends, this is very easy to do. If you really hate the service of your host, you can go ahead and crash his server. Heehee.

2. Prepare the weapon of mass destruction: a killer headline, and an army of people with shovels

3. Spread the link love and let nature take its course