Social Sense & Content Passion

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Epic fail (When ‘satires’ DON’T hit their mark)

[Note: This is a comment I tried to post on HK Magazine in reply to Chip Tsao's article on the Spratly Islands issue where the Philippine government has also laid its claim. My post was not published, and later my IP address was blocked. Supposedly, my post was suspected of being spam. How could it … [Read more...]

Democratising and socialising data to empower the public domain – part 3/3

Some inspirations Digital Public Square of the District of Columbia Vivek Kundra, America’s Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO), spearheaded this project when he was still the Chief Technology Officer of D.C. This portal allowed online access to different government data and services, making … [Read more...]

Democratising and socialising data to empower the public domain – part 2/3

Starting points for practicing E-democracy “A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency. As Justice Louis Brandeis wrote, "sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants."” (Memorandum of the Freedom of Information Act by Barack Obama) In a nutshell, good … [Read more...]

Democratising and socialising data to empower the public domain – part 1

This month’s article is brought to you by the letter ‘E’ and ‘D’ —‘E’ for ‘electronic’, ‘D’ for ‘democracy’. Taken apart, they each constitute a vast body of meanings. Google them and you’ll get 471,000,000 hits for ‘electronic’ and 67,800,000 for ‘democracy’. Taken together, these words take on a … [Read more...]

Paalam, Francis M.

Friday the 6th, 20009. Every Filipino friend and contact of mine on Facebook had a status similar to mine: we were all deeply saddened by the passing of Francis 'Kiko' Magalona -- the Master Rapper, the Man from Manila, musician, actor, true son of showbiz, 'tatay' (father) to eight. A creative man, … [Read more...]

A day in the life of Hunter-Timi

I've always been competitive, although it has become less intense since I've learned to listen more to others -- something I've learned as a development communications trainor back in the mid 90's -- and it has even acquired a certain quietude since living in Holland. Probably because one needs to … [Read more...]

Contact me to kick things off. Time to plot the downfall of the Content Machine.



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