A lot of people who want to blog, or who want to go into problogging often ask me for tips or advice on how to be successful. I don't really consider myself a successful problogger yet and I don't think I have that kind of credibility. Recently, I stumbled into the CopyBlogger's 5 Immutable Laws of Blogging and I agree with it 100%! The Five Laws are: 1) The Law of Value 2) The Law of Headlines and Hooks 3) The Law of "How To" 4) The Law of the List 5) The Law of the Story So there you go aspiring bloggers and potential probloggers. It seems easy really, and it is if you like what you're doing.
Category: life
Alanis Morisette's My Humps Parody
Thanks to Aileen Apolo for posting this on her blog: It's the Alanis Morisette parodying the Black Eyed Peas and probably herself too. I love Alanis!!! RAWR!!!
How Blogs Empower Every Internet User
When people learn that I am a problogger, they usually give me a look that says they don't get what that means. Most people think that blogging is merely for the emo, for sharing thoughts, emotions, the mundane and unimportant. The reality is, blogging empowers. It is beyond merely expressing one's thoughts and emotions. Rather, it is about having a voice and reaching an audience. Janet Toral of Digital Filipino is publishing a book entitled How Blogs Empower Every Internet User. The book is divided into 8 modules in such a way that it can be utilized by schools and other institutions for educational purposes. It is also very useful and a must-have for established and potential bloggers, pro or not.
Two Cellphones
I was blog surfing... and I saw this post... and inggitera ako... that's why, I will also explain why I have two, albeit very low tech, cellphones. (I actually have three but the third one is a Nokia 3210 which I use rarely.) I have two cellphones because one has a Smart SIM Card and the other one has Globe. And I cannot live without being "unlimited" on both lines because I have that many friends. Kidding! I have that many contacts. I used to have a post-paid Smart line. But I rarely used it coz most of relatives and friends were using Globe. So I bought a Globe SIM. Eventually, I had to junk my post-paid Smart line. But then, I got the "bright" idea of being an autoload and eload retailer so I bought a Smart pre-paid SIM. Eventually, I got more Smart contacts. It became necessary for me to buy a second phone. So now, I am actively using two phone. How would I compare the two? Well, I'll save that for a later post. In case you're wondering, the third phone has a Sun SIM. But I only have a handful (literally) of Sun contacts and…
The 2007 Philippine Blog Awards
The 2007 Philippine Blog Awards Night is tomorrow night. And I'm sad that I cannot be there. It would have been a pleasure to meet all those bloggers who will be attending. Some people nominated by four blogs: Alleba POLITICS, Chikadora, Shop Chicks and My Davao City. Unfortunately, none of the four made it as a finalist. Well, better luck next time, I guess. For the meantime, I am fervently hoping that my cousin wins the Special Award for Best Plug-in/Extension for either his Guestbook Generator or his Name Dropper. I hope he wins because he deserves it. And more importantly, I want him to have a mini-heart attack because he dreads having to go on stage and speak. He really has nobody to thank but himself coz he's a one-man blogging machine. But the idea of thanking himself still scares the shit out of him. MWAHAHA!
New Laptop -> More Blogging
So... I think I'll be blogging more often now. (As if I don't blog enough already.) Mommy, my dad's sister who took care of me since I was born til I was about 9 years, bought me a laptop. She gave it to me as a graduation gift/bribe. (More on that in a later post.) So here I am at a cafe here in good old Davao City, enjoying ice blended coffee while abusing the free WiFi. I'm still trying to organize things in my laptop. For now, it has a very, very, very crappy MS Starter Edition OS. And I can't really blog til I drop since there's no WiFi in my boarding house and I haven't inquired if I can have an internet connection in my room. Anyhow... I'm very much excited that I have, for the very first time, my very own computer. Haha!!!