On its fourth year, the Philippine Blog Awards (PBA) returns to its home – the RCBC building in Makati. With the theme of Beyond Blogging, I took notice of what the guest speaker Manolo Quezon III pointed out.
About Jon
Jonel Uy is the EIC of BloggerManila.com. Graduating from UP Diliman with a degree in Computer Science, he is also the Managing Director of #DigitalCircles.asia engaging and amplifying social media campaigns for brands. On Mondays, he teaches information technology classes at Grace Christian College.
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Jon has written 509 articles so far, you can find them below.
Sending Blogger Event Invitations
With increasing recognition of bloggers as part of new media, brands and event organizers are exploring options in tapping bloggers as part of their public relations or marketing campaigns (ie: blogger events).
What is Social Media?
Social Media is one new catch phrase being tossed around these days in the news, marketing, and in simple IT talk. But what exactly is “Social Media“?
Internet vs. World Wide Web
The Internet is sometimes shortened and simply called the ‘net‘ or the ‘web.’ The former is fine but I would disagree with the latter.
What is a Social Network?
Alright, I admit, Facebook has much influence on me that an article about it has actually preceded this article discussing what a social network is.
Data vs Information
“Data” and “Information” are two loosely used words in the information technology industry such that they are almost always used interchangeably. Strictly speaking, they are not the same.
What is a Blog?
Although blogs/blogging has been prevalent in the local online community for more than a decade now, not much of the Philippine population has actually a clear idea on what exactly ‘blogs‘ or ‘blogging‘ is about.
The Facebook Online Social Network
Have you watched the recent movie entitled “The Social Network” ? It was inspired from the founding story of the Facebook social network. By definition, we are the “nodes” in a relationship; bring it online and it’s called Facebook.:)
Hello World!
“Hello World!” is the most-used first output in a programming exercise. As common as it sounds, I find it fit for the first post of a blog that intends to tackle information and issues related to social technology.

