Community Blogs: Babelmachine

Do you get the online gaming culture?

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:12:07 +0800

Do you play online games? If so, you'll know the level of commitment it takes to immerse yourself in�a virtual world--and you know that what keeps you playing is not just ...

Life without tech (sort of)

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:12:21 +0800

On Friday night, I met up after work with my longtime friends for a 3-hour drive to Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija, one of the provinces�in the Philippines. We had decided to ...

Which do you check first, your email or your social network?

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:11:47 +0800

This post was inspired by a question my friend Toni Platon-Tiu, a.k.a. macaronigirl, posed just now on Plurk: "What do you check first when you go online: Plurk or your ...

So, do you have nude photos on your mobile phone?

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:11:58 +0800

Nope, I'm not asking this because I'm a perv.

I just found myself wondering about this after reading about the American couple who are suing McDonald's�for at least US$3 million�after ...

Teen commits suicide while livestreaming on Justin.tv

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:11:45 +0800

UPDATE: Teen's dad says viewers of webcast suicide played role. Do you agree?

What would drive someone to broadcast his own suicide?

I was saddened and shocked to read this ...

Still waiting for my Gmail theme

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:11:08 +0800

UPDATE: Woohoo, the Gmail theme setting was activated on my account today. The Ninja theme rules!

OK, I'm feeling left out--found out today from my colleague Morrigan Erinyes' Plurk update that�the ...

Mobilizing online communities for your brand

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:11:14 +0800

Last week, from November 10-14 at 10am to 6pm, our company launched�an online project�which we believe is something groundbreaking, for the Philippine market, at the very least. Dubbed Reliving LIVE: ...

X'mas is a four-letter word

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:11:32 +0800

Nope, I'm not complaining about Christmas or acting all Scrooge or Grinch by using that as the title of my blog post. I love Christmas--I just don't like the way we ...

Social networks as support groups, social media as youth media

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:10:37 +0800

I apologize for my long absence, but it's been a stress-filled two weeks marked by both personal tragedy and public success.

When my wife was pregnant with our first�child,�our now ...

Thank God for the mobile Internet

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:10:00 +0800

Ask people what's the one gadget they can't live without--the one that would send them running back home in case they left it behind--and chances are their answer would be the ...