http://www.blogger.com/www.we7.com is stoking music fans' passion with its music download and sharing concept, which allows you to get free music AND also pay the aritst.> It offers users free songs tagged with 10-second advertisements, which are played before the music track starts. Four weeks … [Read more...]
reboot 9.0
One of the most inspiring events I've experienced this year!So many ideas that moved me-- big, small, familiar, unheard of.I left reboot with more questions than answers. Which is when I know that I've been touched."reboot is a community event for the practical visionaries who are at the … [Read more...]
What are you hungry for?
I was tempted to write about love (sad, happy, fleeting, eternal, and virtual of course!) as we Filipinos often take the month of hearts quite seriously. We’re enamoured with Valentine’s Day much more than Hallmark ever hoped for. But I decided to put that on hold. Instead I want to focus on another … [Read more...]
My Internet Time
I’m a certified net junkie. I enjoy spending time on the net: from emailing to researching to playing or just plain googling. I like hanging around in this virtual world. I even miss it, and in the past few years, I couldn’t pry myself away from it. First thing I do in the morning is go online. The … [Read more...]
Mediating Activism: Insights on new media and the culture of protest (Part 2 of 2)
Visible but isolatedTrying to change the world from behind your computer is nowadays not a crazy idea anymore. It even has a certain romantic notion to it as seen in many movies. But I do wonder if this electronic mediation of activism –- this fighting for change from a distance -- will indeed … [Read more...]
Mediating Activism: insights on new media and the culture of protest (Part 1 of 2 )
“What has that got to do with the price of an egg?” was my father’s trademark question for politicians during symposia and lectures in the university where he taught. A political activist himself, words for him were only as important as the action they evoked and the effect they caused. Asking … [Read more...]