August 2010
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If iPad is a redefinition of the portable... →
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We Moved!
I guess we could call it official. I kinda migrated my blog off tumblr and into wordpress.
The url is still the same, it is http://cocoychronicles.com
You could find all the recent content here, archived in that server. I don’t know if i’ll ever find the time to properly re-tag/re-catagorize everything.
I’m thinking of migrating the old big mango blog to that site too....
July 2010
13 posts
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Open Source GSM Network →
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On Aquino's First SONA →
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Solving the water problem in the Philippines →
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An open letter to President Noynoy Aquino on... →
This is my open letter to His Excellency, Benigno S. Aquino III, President of the Philippines on Internet Freedom.
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Inception: You will either appreciate it or hate...
Peer pressure is a bad thing. I didn’t even know there was a movie called “Inception,” until i started seeing it on my timeline. My friends were all raving about it. And when i looked into Rotten Tomatoes, 85 percent!
I figured it kinda was an art-film and if you know me, I just want movies that go boom! and like where’s the eye-candy, you know? Well i could be...
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Opening a Whole New World of Colors Right at your...
Samsung Monitor - PR Ver.01
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WB Blog - Rising growth, declining investment: the... →
“In my paper, (which was cited in the Asia Times and well received by the Filipino press - see the op-ed in the Manila Times and the two articles in the Business Mirror: Article 1 andArticle 2) I recommend that the Government reduces unemployment and poverty and boosts investment via better-performing ecozones, a competitive exchange rate, greater Government revenues, and...
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“Everyone’s waiting to see what will happen with the paywall – it’s...”
– Clay Shirky: “Paywall will underperform— the numbers don’t add up,” The Guardian
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Globe and Samsung launch android Galaxy S... →
The question really is, as a consumer, would Samsung Galaxy S make me forget about iPhone?
At the price point this phone is being sold, then price wouldn’t matter. So between the look of the phone, the hardware features, the software and the apps, it says a lot when this phone is pitted against iPhone. The answer to the question would have to be, “No.”
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With our eyes open →
The Pro Pinoy project will relaunch in the next few days. Watch for it!
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The gaping hole in the Internet →
Had a great conversation with @solidad of the Pinoy PC perspective podcast: “The gaping hole on the Internet”
The had me on as guest in the episode. Thanks again, for the great conversation!
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Notes from an Insomniac: "How can Overseas... →
June 2010
17 posts
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Of great hope and protracted trepidation
It seems like a lifetime ago when Filipinos trooped to the precinct under the scorching sun and the soaring heat and in one mind, with a certainty to carry out their right before God and countrymen exercise their sovereign duty. It was a solemn pledge, and a quiet determination that said, ‘we will be heard!’
to read more, click here.
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Reflections on Openness
Published today on The Philippine Online Chronicles’ Lintech Channel is the conclusion to a series on Internet in the Philippines and what open really means, titled, “Reflections on Openness.”
The series starts off with a historical overview. It goes back in time to the 1960s, when the technologies we take for granted today was just being imagined. What technologies? The...
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Official Program Aquino Inaugural
Official Program Aquino Inaugural (Excerpts)
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The Nuts and Bolts of Network Neutrality
Nuts and Bolts of Network Neutrality
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Building broadband: strategies and policies for...
Building Broadband: Strategies and Policies for the Developing World
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Broadband and the Economy
Broadband and the Economy
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Measuring broadband's economic impact
Measuring Broadband Eco Impact, Lehr, Gilett, Sirbu
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Guidelines on the provision of contents,...
This is a reprint of the NTC Guideline that was proposed in December 2008. It is reprinted here as a reminder of the said event. the page doesn’t seem to exist and it was taken from Google cache and it is archived here as reference.
Guidelines on the Provision of Contents, Information, Applications, And Electronic Games
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Search and Entertainment Content Driving Massive...
Net Index 2010 Press Release June 4 (FINAL)
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The Art of Curating →
What’s common here, between Gruber, Quezon, TWiT is that curating is about gathering information that others have gathered and saying, here is what it means. Curating is about translating one language and they make it understandable for the masses.
Put in another way, Curators are both the Rosetta stone and the filter. Curating is making sense of the madness for people. This is what curators...
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Share a photo of your dad and grab exciting prizes...
Is Your Father a Bgb Press Release_final
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In the age of PNoy →
What’s next is to get on with the business of remaking the Filipino nation.
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Are we a blogging nation? →
As Joey Alarilla put it, what is your blog’s purpose? Are we out to change the world? Are we out to change the level of discussion? Are we simply out to have fun?
I suppose we each blog for our own reasons. Sometimes, we do take ourselves too seriously. Sometimes, to blog is simply to escape.
At the end of it, I think it doesn’t matter if the blog post was contrarian. Social media...
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Tech to buy your school kid →
Best advice when buying PC is to buy smart. Get the most out of your hard earned money. Don’t buy into that faster processor wins, you’re buying for a kid, who will need to browse the Internet, write on a word processor, and print stuff and not to have the ultimate gaming machine. Get at least 2GB of memory, get Windows, and antivirus and if getting a desktop, get a UPS, not an AVR....
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Raising her voice →
Women’s Conference “Raising Her Voice against political corruption”
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Yahoo-Nielsen Net 2010 Index Presentation
Net Index 2010 Highlights_PD (2010!06!05)
May 2010
65 posts
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A primer on koalas
OpinionWritten by Manuel Buencamino / Dispatches from the Enchanted Kingdom
for Business Mirror
TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010 22:42
“The koala [Phascolarctos cinereus] is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae. It is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia. It is not found in Tasmania or Western...
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Twitter for iPhone review →
Twitter for iPhone is a good and stable application that reflects the essense and simplicity of Twitter. In that sense, it continues the pedigree that Tweetie started. It has great features for the Twitter noob. It is a great way to get your feet wet as a new Twitter user.
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The Great Evil of Google TV →
Is Google TV how humans going forward would be consuming information and entertainment
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“I was buying a lotto ticket in Cavite last Friday when I overheard a couple...”
– Manuel Buencamino, Manufactured crisis, May 18, 2010 (via mlq3)
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Marco.org: Mobile OS web-browsing share →
Some people are criticizing John Gruber’s piece on iPad and Android browser share because Apple-product owners are more likely to visit his site (a bias he clearly acknowledged). I was curious to see more widespread numbers, so I got permission to post Tumblr’s OS percentages from Google…
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Landslide win gives Aquino mandate for big changes
RENE CIRIA-CRUZ, New America Media
05/17/2010 | 05:40 PM At first glance, it doesn’t seem that the election of Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino as the new president of the Philippines represents any significant political change. Aquino, after all, belongs to one of the dynastic clans that have long taken turns ruling the republic in the service of their narrow interests. But despite...
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The wolves are circling
This is Philippine politics today. In a nutshell: The election is over. It was a battle won, but the war goes on.
We can call it many different ways. It could be a tragedy of commons. It could be our people’s inane black humor. We can even draw an analogy from video games. There is a reason why Aquino needs to keep on moving, pounding. The big boss is still out there, alive and...
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A good commander knows how to pick his battles. →
ellobofilipino:
Another great and balanced piece on Philippine politics by journalist Ding Gagelonia:
If our new President knows how to picks his, he must realize that while he has immense political capital going into Malacanang on Jun 30, the Filipino people expects him full well to expend that capital prudently and in a manner that the downtrodden that he is the avowed champion of...
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““Blogs range from the best to the worst. Professional blogs – either...”
– Frédéric Filloux, ”The Oxymoronic Citizen Journalism”
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“This is a War of Assassins and to the victor of the fight is he who fights the...”
– Plans within Plans on the Road to 2010 Elections.
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New Samsung Wave phone powered by Bada OS →
In a nutshell, Bada is Samsung’s new mobile phone operating system. Wave on the other hand is Samsung’s newest mobile phone running on Bada OS.
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Privacy-conscious social network Diaspora →
You can checkout their website, Join Diaspora. You can follow them on twitter via @joindiaspora. You can alsoback them up with real money. They have a kickstarter account. You may pledge for as little as US$5 to more than US$2,000.
Diaspora promises to decentralize the web.
This is exciting stuff—- if these guys can deliver what they promised.
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‘People’s President’ embraces destiny →
Noynoy’s likely ascendancy to the presidency, in what is shaping up to be an overwhelming mandate from the people, comes as a total surprise not just to the holders of power in this country, but even more so to himself.
“But I can’t wear my torn T-shirt there, or my threadbare pants … I really need only two rooms,” Noynoy was telling friends over dinner last Saturday, the eve of...
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Presidential Noynoy →
The greatest lesson of this campaign is the affirmation that the Filipino is worth dying for. My father once said during his incarceration, ‘If it is not the right time, a thousand prophets will not make a difference. If it is the right time, even a single prophet is not necessary.’ When you see the people are showing a level of commitment, which used to necessitate decades of teachings and...
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Aquino-Roxas Watchers maintain vote vigil
Lawyer Pancho Joaquin, Aquino Roxas Bantay Balota (ARBB) spokesperson reminded their watchers nationwide that ”Senator Mar Roxas from his bailiwicks are finally tallied, he is confident that Mar Roxas will eventually take the lead in the Vice-Presidential Race. We share his confidence. Various reports we are getting from the official canvass of votes taking place across the country continue...
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LP: Roxas will overtake Binay and Win VP Race
BAILIWICK VOTES TO CLINCH VICTORY FOR LP BET
Liberal Party vice-presidential candidate Senator Mar Roxas will catch up and eventually top rival Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay in the final tally of the congressional National Board of Canvassers, the Aquino-Roxas Bantay Balota said today.
Atty. Joe Nathan P. Tenefrancia, ARBB Over-all Deputy National Coordinator, today said votes for Roxas will begin...