http://blogs.inquirer.net/blogaddicts Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:54:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Carlo S. Ople I was just reading the latest articles on the recently concluded Anti Con-Ass rally on Inquirer.Net. According to the police, this rally had the lowest turnout, around 6,000 based on their estimates. The organizers, on the other hand, claim that they had 13,000-15,000 warm bodies. You ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/blogaddicts/2009/06/11/virtual-rallies-and-cyberactivism-vs-con-ass/ By Anna Valmero THE Filipino online community slammed the approval of House Bill 1109 that set up a constituent assembly (ConAss) that might allow the administration to stay in power beyond 2010. The approval of HB 1109 on Tuesday midnight empowered Congress to convene itself into a Constituent aseembly, where members of ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/blogaddicts/2009/06/05/filipinos-take-con-ass-fight-online/ By Carlo Ople* (Editor's note: re-posted from author's blog http://newmedia.com.ph) AS most of you probably know by now, the House of Representatives approved HR 1109, more commonly known as the Con Ass (Constituent Assembly) resolution. I'm pretty sure that the Senate will take this up with the Supreme Court to determine if ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/blogaddicts/2009/06/03/solons-post-updates-during-con-ass-debate-on-facebook/ By Carlo Ople* A lot of people used social media to condemn Hayden Kho for his actions, which eventually led to a full-blown Senate hearing (not that I'm agreeing that we should have a Senate hearing for a sex scandal). Now his supporters are relying on Social Media to support and ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/blogaddicts/2009/05/30/give-hayden-a-chance-blog-created/ Editor's note: With the author's permission, we've updated this entry to clarify some terms. By Carlo S. Ople* Over the past few weeks, there have been talks going around on what advertising agencies and marketers should expect from bloggers. I’ve been thinking about this for a long time now, and I ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/blogaddicts/2009/04/28/what-type-of-blogger-are-you/ By Niña Terol (Editor's note: Originally posted on author's blog) 1. For writers and other creative souls, blogging is practice. Participants of my Freelance Writing for Dummies class know this: I cannot stress enough the importance of blogging, especially for an aspiring freelance writer. Blogging offers a free platform for writers and ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/blogaddicts/2009/04/12/why-we-all-must-blog/ Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO--A schoolboy and his father have unleashed software that lets people listen to YouTube's vast collection of music videos as if it were a private collection. Muziic software created by 15-year-old David Nelson enables computers to mine YouTube's rich database of songs and play customized lists of tunes free ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/blogaddicts/2009/03/10/muziic-turns-youtube-into-rich-source-for-songs/ By Izah Morales INQUIRER.net During the victory party of their movie, “When I Met U,” commercial model and actress KC Concepcion disclosed that she would be having her own website soon. "I’m making my own website now. That would be my official website. I love blogging. Lahat ng nasa utak ko, makikita ng ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/blogaddicts/2009/03/04/kc-concepcion-i-love-blogging/ Izah Morales INQUIRER.net EXPRESSING oneself in this digital age comes in different forms. You have blogs and videos, for instance. Tang Teazperiment is among those riding on the blogging and user-generated video trend, as it launched an online show that features flash mobs. A flash mob describes a large group of people who suddenly ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/blogaddicts/2009/03/03/rp-show-to-accept-user-generated-videos/ In this week's Talk of the Town (for both print and online), you will find an article I wrote about the social networking phenomenon. This issue also highlights the top 10 social networks (but there's a disclaimer there that says the list changes depending on the source of the information) ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/blogaddicts/2009/02/22/facebook-me/