The recently-concluded WordCamp Philippines 2008, the first international bloggers event in the country, was a success in several ways. Foremost is the learning that the participants were able to go through during the whole exercise. Judging by the blog posts after WordCamp, the campers certainly appreciated what they came for. Second, it was a success [...]
Read more →For the past months, our group of Soccsksargen Bloggers has been working silently together on the roadmap we have designed for the conduct of the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit slated on October 25, 2008 in General Santos City. We all knew that the first one in Davao City last year was a tough act to [...]
Read more →In a forum where the gatekeepers of Philippine media congregate and discuss pressing concerns, MindanaoBloggers was given the opportunity to break into the consciousness of mainstream media. MediaNation is an annual convention of publishers, editors, news managers — the movers and shakers of the country’s media organizations, and it recently concluded its sixth conference. I [...]
Read more →In his column today, Manila Standard columnist Bong Austero (writing under Are We There Yet?) challenges his fellow journalists who write myopically about Mindanao. His words are a refreshing breath of fresh air, considering it’s coming from the general direction of Metro Manila. But it should not be surprising, because Austero grew up in Davao [...]
Read more →The spearheading of the organization of WordCamp Philippines 2008, in both Manila and Davao, is in the hands of Mindanaoans (among them, an adoptive Dabawenyo). This is the same group of intrepid bloggers who made our MindanaoBloggers.com community possible. When we were organizing MBS1, I was asked by Matt Mullenweg when we spoke over Skype [...]
Read more →I’m proud to announce the redesign of Soccsksargen’s leading blog, Bariles Republic. It actually looked good before, but now it looks even better! Blogger Avel Manansala of General Santos City asked Winston Almendras to do the complete makeover of the site. The layout of the blog is akin to an online magazine, which is what [...]
Read more →The 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit will be held in General Santos City. I’m proud to report that the organizing team will be led by Avel Manansala of Bariles Republic. In the past months, the Soccsksargen bloggers have been quite active, and have been in close contact with the MindanaoBloggers core group in Davao all this [...]
Read more →Let us remember…. …our rootedness to Mother earth we call home …where we draw life from …which nurtures and feeds our body, mind and soul Let us remember…. …those who have battled against environmental destruction …those who have perished for protecting our home …those who continue to endure the suffering to make it worth living [...]
Read more →A pioneering effort in print media was launched today — a locally-published magazine intriguingly called m. To quote its publishers, M is "the first-ever glossy travel and lifestyle magazine that will showcase the best that Mindanao has to offer. M features stories ranging from adventure destinations, culinary pursuits, nocturnal activities, unique fashion creations, beauty and [...]
Read more →You asked for it, so now you have it! We ran a poll asking you if you wanted to have a bulletin board for Mindanao Bloggers, and "Yes" won. The Mindanao Bloggers Forum is now online at www.mindanaobloggers.org. It’s still very, very new. In fact I’m still popping the bubble wrap! Meaning, there’s not much [...]
Read more →http://living-101.blogspot.com/ life, living, life’s experiences, people, love, family, relationship Name: bestre Location: Iligan
Read more →Janette Toral, in her ongoing projects to bring recognition to various entities who are making their mark in the Philippine ICT arena, has published the next round of Top 100 Philippine blogs. Take a look here. As you might see, MindanaoBloggers.com is again on the list of the Philippines Top 100 Blogs by Blog Juice. [...]
Read more →Today, we have reached 300 blogs in the Mindanao Blog Directory! Thanks to Migs of WISIWIB (What I See Is What I Blog) for submitting the 300th listing! As you might know by now, the Directory is organized by region, and the sub-categories are the provinces and chartered cities. Here’s the current breakdown of the [...]
Read more →http://www.aethen.com/ The Stolen Child Name: Mark Aethen Agana Location: City of Koronadal
Read more →http://ateria.blogspot.com/ Sumusubok Magbigay ng Payo Name: Maria A. Jose Location: Davao City
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