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Thinking of moving to MediaTemple…

MediaTemple has been around the block a couple of times. They are one of the most known web hosting people on the web. Be it for Good or Bad reasons. I ws thinking of moving some of my clients over to media temple but here are a couple of things that turned me off:

Slow CS [...]

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New Pinoy Top Blogs Rankings Scrutinized

It looks like the new Pinoy top Blogs is getting a bit of scrutiny; from the way they repackaged the system to how the system detects spam traffic. I wont get into the discussion as i don’t have interesting to add. I will, however, mention the reason why i joined the ranking: experimentation.
What will [...]

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The Future of Wordpress Themes

What will be the norm in wordpress theme development in the future? Will premium themes be the standard? Will premium themes fail? Where is development heading? Will we shift to a one theme, multiple design system?
Here are 11 people committed to thinking creatively about WordPress themes and what they mean. These are some of [...]

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Wordpress as a Membership Directory?

Previously, i wrote about how clients mistakenly see wordpress only as blogging platform. Wordpress can be used for a myriad number of solutions such as: a membership directory! How?
Chris Cagle, posting on WPDesigner.com, gives us the details:

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Online Ad Agency Market getting crowded?

Is it just me or is the local online advertising agency market getting a bit too crowded?
First we have Benito, Lisa and the guys at Mad Crowd. Next, there’s Jayvs and Blogbank. Now, there’s even another potentially big player coming in. *ill wait till they formally announce it*. I know these guys personally, and [...]

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It is hard being a third world blogger

It is hard being a blogger in a third world country especially if you blog about technology, gaming and other topics originating from the west. Dont you agree?
Take videogame blogging for instance, how many of you actually create your own unique content? and no: [taking content from a western source] + [adding in your funny/sarcastic [...]

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Being a Pinoy Gaming Problogger

While it’s a lot of fun being a problogger, for me it is much better to be a recognized gaming problogger. Why? First of all, There are only a handful of bloggers who can legitimately claim to be an actual problogger and a hardcore beats-contra-with-no-deaths gamer at the same time. Secondly, (and the point of [...]

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Problogger Misconceptions

One of the misconceptions if you’re a problogger is that you have the “easy” life. “Pa blog blog na lang” as they say in our national tongue. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Here are some TRUTHS which you should be aware of:
1. Sometimes, it gets lonely working at home on your own.
Ergo, the penguin [...]

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Interviewed for Entrepreneur Magazine

Check out the latest issue of the Entrepreneur where i was interviewed (along with Abe, and Jayvee) for an article called “Blogging to the Bank”.
Thanks, JC.

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Why Tags are NOT Categories

Here’s a good read from Carthik Sharma on what are tags and why are they different from categories. quite relevant actually since Wordpress 2.3 has just been released with proper tag support.
Categories organize, hierarchically. Tags need not. Tags provide meta-information, Categories need not. Tags cross-connect, Categories do not. By cross connect, I mean, when you [...]

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