Together with Art Ilano of PC Magazine Philippines, we opened the first of a three-day tech event at the Megatrade Hall B with a primer on the emerging trends of net cafes in the country.
The event brings together Internet cafe owners and would-be owners under one Intel roof to participate in a series of seminars and booth demonstrations on the best proactices for Internet Cafe businesses.
What makes this event uniqe is that there are three model net cafe units situated inside the Megatrade. The first is the Business Hub. the second is the Gaming Zone, and the third model is the Multimedia Area. Each zone shows off the latest technologies for interactive communication and net cafe optimization.
I’ll be posting some pictures soon. Do drop by though. The event is free to all and lasts the whole weekend.
New name. New look. More fun, geeky stuff inside. Welcome to transition phase one as we move on to leverage this magazine’s potential.
Holy cow it’s out! Wait, how come the name is different? Well technically it’s not. Part of our efforts to make the magazine more recognizable is to expand the name of m|PH to its full name which is Mobile Philippines. When we came out three years ago, a bunch of folks thought we were a car magazine, for obvious reasons. Three years later, we’re still that same mag on tech you can take with you – but this time more visible, wittier, and we’ve become the preferred read for the geek community. Thank you for three years of support and we sincerely hope that you’ll accompany us on our geeky journey for several more.
I had dinner with Abe tonight to discuss a top secret project. We also talked about organizing a “for bloggers by bloggers” dinner.
Makati or Ortigas daw. Nothing formal. All casual. Fun! Fun! Fun! Anyone want to sign up?
Tentative Date: June 24 2006
Tentavive Venue: Decades Metrowalk (kasi buy one take one ang lahat ng beer!)
Tentative Time: 8:30 PM till sawa
I wrote something earlier about how the tech scene is being saturated with these products with the “i” prefix. iPod, iWork, iRiver, iYayayayay!
Agree? Disagree? What do you think the next letter will be? I’m guessing it’s going to be “O.” (We skipped A. We’re ending the days of “E” and now we’re into the “I.” So logically …)
Product naming can be a b*tch really. The “i” character, when used for marketing purposes can represent several things. For one, the character looks like a stick man complete with body and head to symbolize individuality. Again, the whole individuality bit gets brought back with the way “i” can relate to “me” or “my own” or “I own this damn thing.”
What’s this? A case of loose vowel movement?