PinoyBlogero

By: Sophia Lucero | October 21, 2008 | 1 Comment

PinoyBlogero

PinoyBlogero is the blog of Karlo Licudine, a twentysomething college student writing about the Philippine blogosphere and blogging in general. If you want to learn how to start blogging and become more successful at it, this is the blog to read.

Karlo has gained recognition in several different awards, from an interview in a local newspaper, to joining the ranks of the top probloggers and influential blogs in the country, to winning the best technology blog award in the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards.

Readers of PinoyBlogero will also enjoy his unique brand of comics sprinkled across the different posts (it’s even branched out to a separate blog, BlogComics.net).

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mga kuwento ni samjuan

By: Sophia Lucero | October 13, 2008 | No Comments Yet

Samjuan is the blog of an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) in America who grew up in Nueva Ecija. Here he shares his thoughts and experiences as a Pinoy living and working abroad. He also won the Best OFW Blogger Award in the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards.

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Philippine Blog Awards and blogging covered by mainstream media

By: Sophia Lucero | October 9, 2008 | No Comments Yet

Coy Caballes has posted a partial video of an interview about blogging and the Philippine Blog Awards in Mornings @ ANC. In the video, TJ Manotoc interviews Juned Sonido, Ferdz Decena, and Karlo Licudine. Watch out for part two!

Also check the links in the post for more coverage by other stations including GMA, QTV, and TV5. Who says the “old” and “new” media can’t get along?

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Pinoy WordPress Theme: Una

By: Sophia Lucero | September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment

Una WordPress Theme

Una is a 2-column, slightly grungy WordPress theme created by Dino Latoga. It won the best free custom theme in the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards.

The front page shows the latest post with it’s accompanying large graphic image which helps attract readers more than the usual large text titles. Below the latest post is a list of the 3 other recent posts with each post accompanied by a nice thumbnail image. Each section title is supported by a nice subtitle. The comments and trackbacks are divided to produce a clean and organized look.

It’s widget- and Gravatar-ready and requires Twitter Tools and the Advanced Excerpt Plugin, so be sure to read the instructions first.

Download Una

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The Philippine Blog Awards 2008 Winners

By: Sophia Lucero | September 22, 2008 | No Comments Yet

Read the massive list of winners at the official website. Congratulations to everyone, from the finalists to the winners to the organizers and participants. Another landmark in Philippine blogging history right here.

Also a great read is Jayvee Fernandez’s closing remarks entitled The 3 Head Fakes of Blogging, inspired by Randy Pausch.

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Philippine Blog Awards 2008 Judges revealed and last minute reminders

By: Sophia Lucero | September 21, 2008 | No Comments Yet

Here are the judges and their profiles for this evening’s most prestigious event: the Philippine Blog Awards 2008.

Aileen Apollo
Blogger & Google Country Representative

Migs Paraz
Miguel Paraz started working on the commercial Philippine Internet in 1995. He’s been through a lot of significant local Internet events, from the days of personal home pages to today’s blogging.

Today Miguel develops telecoms software and is active in various software development communities. He still finds time to blog once in a while.

Miguel graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1995 with a BS degree in Computer Science.

Manuel L. Quezon III

Blogger & Columnist. Host of the weekly program “The Explainer”on the ANC cable news channel. Manolo is an opinion and editorial writer and editor: Working as a columnist for the Arab News Newspaper; head of the Speaker’s Bureau, columnist, and an editorial writer for The Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper; and Assistant Managing Editor and editorial writer for The Philippines Free Press weekly news magazine. MLQ3 has received various awards for his professional work - “Opinion Writer of the Year” in 1994 and 2005 by the Rotary Club of Manila’s Journalism Awards, the oldest journalism awards in the country.

Benj Arriola
US-Based Filipino SEO Specialist working with the SEO team of BusinessOnLine (www.benjarriola.com) has delivered corporate blogging best practices to Fortune 1000 clients including the official blog of Sony PlayStation. Benj, a blogger himself does not consider being a fulltime blogger and dives more into SEO learning and sharing knowledge in SEO circles, primarily visible at the SEOPhilippines Forum. Benj joined International SEO contest winning on various occasions: 2nd place 2008 UKWebmasterWorld SEO Contest, 1st place 2007 SEO World Championship, 1st Place 2006 Vorgermilten SEO Contest. Benj also runs his own company for SMEs, YDS Web Solution (Philippines & US Offices).

Gang Badoy
Writer & RockEd founder

Erwin Romulo
Journalist Philippine Star

August Dela Cruz
August Dela Cruz is photo correspondent for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and has garnered numerous awards in sports photography and a Press Photographers of the Philippines (PPP) awardee. Prior to becoming a photo journalist, Mr. Dela Cruz had been a fashion, lifestyle, and wedding photographer while doing corporate and product shots on the side.

BryanBoy
Blogger

Ernesto G. Sonido Jr
Blogger, Fish Keeper, Reader & Librarian, indexer, photo hobbyist, ex B5 blogger and uncle.

Erwin Oliva
Blogger and Journalist - INQUIRER.net VDO & INQUIRER.net Blogs

Ernie U. Sarmiento
Through his lens, Ernie Sarmiento has witness part of the Philippine’s history as it unfolds — the coup d etat that changed the government, the struggle of his fellowmen as they flee war torn Iraq and Kuwait during the Gulf War and the Filipino athletes as they vie for the gold in two Olympics. The boy who started out as a travel photographer’s apprentice is now the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s chief photographer.

Max Limpag
Blogger & Journalist - Editor, Sun.Star Cebu

JJ Disini
Blogger, Lawyer & Professor

Derek Punsalan
After initially discovering the challenge of maintaining a completely personal blog, Derek Punsalan settled in as co-author at UNEASYsilence in May of 2004. From there, motivated by aspiring goals of web
development, Derek once again embarked on a personal endeavor to start afresh powered by WordPress. After discovering the satisfaction of sharing theme downloads online, Derek created a new personal site at 5thirtyone.com. He would continue on to share a collection of WordPress releases including the October Special (Breast Cancer Awareness Month) and the WordPress Foliage Mod (awarded Most Creative Design).
Enjoying the success of freelance web design, Derek Punsalan now leads YES - a radio station & content tracking service - as their front end design lead moving forward into the 2007 year.

Raised in a mixed Ilocano Tagalog household with deep family beliefs, Derek enjoys the company of close family & friends whenever the Apple displays are turned-off.

Brad Geiser
PR and Marketing Consultant

Annalyn Jusay
Blogger and Journalist

Luis Buenaventura
Syndeo Media Founder

Janette Toral
“Janette Toral is the author and publisher of the book Blogging from Home.”

People who want to go but don’t have tickets can still show up, but they won’t be eligible for the raffle portion.

Really not going? Find out how you can watch the event here. And here’s the crew getting the venue ready right now.

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Philippine Blog Awards 2008 Finalists posted! (Updated: 09/21/09)

By: Sophia Lucero | September 20, 2008 | 3 Comments

The lists of the Philippine Blog Awards finalists Best Blog Division are finally out. Since there are 36 categories in this division, it will take a while before all of them are posted, so we’ll update this entry as the new lists come in.

Food & Beverage

Family & Living

Business/Entrepreneur

Hobby/Recreation

Technology

Sports

Videocast/Podcast

Entertainment

Travel

Culture & Arts

Commentary

Photo Blog

Fashion & Lifestyle

News & Media

Level Up’s Gaming Blog Award

Free Custom Theme

Plugin/Extension

Blog Design

Single Post

(Please visit link for the complete list.)

Network Blogger

OFW Blog

Nokia’s: Kaleidoscope of Connections Award

(Please visit link for the complete list.)

Personal

Check them out now!

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More announcements for the Philippine Blog Awards

By: Sophia Lucero | September 15, 2008 | No Comments Yet

Less than a week to go! The Philippine Blog Awards is happening on September 21st at One Esplanade, 5:00pm. Here are some reminders and announcements for those who are participating in various ways:

Bloggers Choice Award voting process modified. The voting process for the Bloggers Choice Award has been updated a bit so that it’s easier to participate. The sponsors link list is now optional, and you may use rel="nofollow".

Level Up! and Nokia sponsor awards extended. Deadlines for the Level Up! Gaming Blog Award and the Nokia Kaleidescope of Connections Award have been extended to September 19 at midnight. You can also email your entries to nokiapba08@gmail.com.

Register now! If you haven’t already, be sure to register for a slot immediately. There are only 200 available and they’re sure to run out soon.

PBA press conference held. The Philippine Blog Awards organizers (Noemi Dado, Juned Sonido, Gail Villanueva, Jayvee Fernandez) together with Blog Bank met with the press today to officially announce the event. See coverage from GMANews.TV and Yehey! Lifestyle.

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Philippine Blog Awards attendee registration opens

By: Sophia Lucero | September 14, 2008 | No Comments Yet

Wondering how you can watch the Philippine Blog Awards live? We finally have an answer. Organizers have opened registrations for blogger attendees. There will be 200 available slots. Take note, this is for bloggers only.

Due to venue limitations, we are only opening 200 slots for bloggers at the moment. Once all slots have been filled out, we’ll post an announcement on this blog. We’ll also announce it should there be additional seats available.

Register here.

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Voting opens for the Bloggers’ Choice Award at the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards

By: Sophia Lucero | September 10, 2008 | No Comments Yet

The Philippine Blog Awards 2008 has just announced the nominees for the Bloggers’ Choice Award and the voting has opened. The process has changed since last year:

  • You need to be a Filipino blogger with a blog, which “must be established at least three (3) months from today with a minimum of 10 posts.”
  • You need to pick one nominee and write a blog post about why he/she deserves to win. “Yes, you can vote for your own blog. And no, you cannot vote for a blog that is not on the list of official Bloggers’ Choice Award nominees.”
  • You need to include the list of sponsors in your blog post.
  • You need to submit your blog post here.

So why would you go through all the trouble of doing that? Every blog post counts as one raffle entry (but one post per blogger only). Prizes to that raffle will be announced soon.

Finally, congratulations to the nominees:

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