MIKE ABUNDO talks about his blogs, Alodia and his detractors.
Mike’s blogs include The Mike Abundo Effect, Inside Online Video and Tech Side Up.
Video taken by INQUIRER.net community evangelist Alex Villafania.
By Alex Villafania
INQUIRER.net
FROM WRITING about showbiz to politics to Davao City and even the whole of Mindanao, Maria Jose has been making the virtual rounds among Mindanao’s growing blogging community. She’s also become popular among Manila’s blogging community, even representing herself during the recently held iBlog4 conference at the University of the Philippines Diliman.
Jose, known as Ria to her friends and the blogging community, holds the distinction of having such a diverse string of blogs covering politics, lifestyle, entertainment and even gaming. The young Davaoeña, who works as a staffer for Davao City councilor Louie Bonguyan, still has time to write for her various blogs and even organize events for her colleagues in the blogging community as well as her gaming group. Her blogs include Alleba Politics, Chikadora.com, Shopchicks.com, Shoppingera.net, and the DotA Blog, among others.
Surprisingly, Jose said her motivation for blogging was to combat boredom. As a student of Environmental Science at the Ateneo De Manila University in the late 1990s, she had too much time on her hands. She started writing essays and posting them in a mailing list. Some of the her friends started commenting on her essays, so she moved to posting them on her personal website. Jose credits her knowledge in web development as well as her entry into the blogging community to Andrew de la Serna, a search engine expert working in Davao City.
By Alex Villafania
INQUIRER.net
NOW on its fourth year, the recently held iBlog blogging forum at the University of the Philippines Diliman Law Center showcased different aspects of blogging, with several bloggers serving as speakers.
Charo Nuguid, who maintains The Geekette Speaketh, gave first-time bloggers an overview of blogging, as well as resources where users can get tools that will get them into the social networking scene.
Controversial Australian blogger Brian Gorrell also made his presence felt in the event through a video blog that welcomed the participants. Gorrell emphasized the need for people to speak out their minds. However, he cautioned that while blogging can be a form of communication, bloggers will almost always receive flak from those who do not agree with certain missives. Nevertheless, Gorrell stressed that bloggers should continue with their craft.
TV host Bianca Gonzalez talks about her blog, The Diary of a Supergirl Wannabe, which she started back in 2003 when she was in college.
Video taken by INQUIRER.net online videographer Janie Christine Octia.
IN THIS video, Lea Salonga talks about her blog on Multiply, The World According to Manang. She shares that the blog has become an outlet for her and a means to communicate with her fans.
Interview conducted by INQUIRER.net online videographer Janie Christine Octia. Video taken by INQUIRER.net reporter Relly Carpio.
Want more videos of Lea courtesy of INQUIRER.net VDO?
Check out this video of Lea talking about her role in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” which will have its world premiere in Manila this July. And this 30-second clip of Lea singing “There’s Music in You,” one of the songs in “Cinderella.”
By Alex Villafania
INQUIRER.net
AYALA-OWNED TriNoma mall in Quezon City recently conducted its first food bloggers tour, inviting Filipino bloggers to savor food choices from over 30 restaurants.
TriNoma marketing supervisor Mench Dizon told Blog Addicts that they partnered with online service portal Yehey! to assemble the bloggers. Around 100 bloggers participated in the event.
APART from blog entries and photos of the Glorietta 2 blast, citizen journalists have also uploaded video clips to sites such as YouTube.
Here are two such clips from a concerned citizen that Tonyo Cruz uploaded to YouTube — thanks to Tonyo for the heads up.
Here’s the first clip.
And here’s the second clip.
REMEMBER, Oct. 15 is Blog Action Day. Join thousands of bloggers around the world in uniting for the environment.
Here’s a video clip courtesy of ReVampTV.com.
And read Erwin Oliva’s previous blog post.
FILIPINO bloggers are reacting to a remark made by one of the characters in a recent episode of television series “Desperate Housewives.”
While many condemned the remark as a racist slur and called for a boycott of the show, others suggested that people write to the producers of the show to complain.
The Filipino bloggers were reacting to a remark by the character Susan Mayer Delfino, played by Teri Hatcher, who was objecting to being checked by a doctor until she was sure of the doctor’s credentials.
CHECK out this speech by video blogger Coy of CokskiBlue.
