tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34857462024-09-02T16:38:38.194+08:00Encouraging women to become tech founder.Janette Toralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04446831361930542916noreply@blogger.comBlogger271125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3485746.post-40277867404549674712019-07-26T23:08:00.000+08:002019-07-27T05:00:39.890+08:00

Last July 16 and 17, I moderated 3 panels at the 3rd Philippine Impact Sourcing Conference (PISCON 2019) at Royce Hotel, Clark Pampanga. The event celebrated what the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), through its ICT Industry Development Bureau (IIDB), has achieved with its Rural Impact Sourcing Technical Training Initiative. I got the chance to moderate

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In a competitive and distracting online world, it is a challenge to spread an idea that can grip a person's attention long enough and be compelled to take action. If you have an interesting idea executed in a project, will it be easy to spread the word?  You can say that with online advertising, it can be easy especially if you have the budget for it. But what if you don't have enough to

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The smartphone brand Elephone arrives in the Philippines and available exclusively through online retail giant Lazada. This unit is made by fast-growing Chinese smartphone manufacturer Elephone (HK Elephone Communication Tech Co., Limited). Elephone P9000 The Elephone P9000 (or access it from the mobile app) will be available in the Philippines exclusively through Lazada starting April 18,

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I just received a message from a Facebook connection. She (Miss S) saw my my regular sharing of Genesis Reonico's online jobs articles on my wall. He is a student of mine in the Certified Blog and Social Media Entrepreneur Programh where I help my students in creating visibility of their work as part of support efforts. Miss S is concerned as she encountered a lot of people who are looking for

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In the DigitalFilipino Club, one idea I have been thinking about is organizing an event for club members where they can tag their family along. In addition, have a merchandise store where DigitalFilipino branded collaterals can be sold. However, it has to be unique or special to make it different from the usual ones. This thought got revived again after I receive a heads-up about the recent EXL

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Back in 1997 and 1998, one sport that I got really hooked into was billiards. I frequent Blarney Stone (which was near my place of work) in the late afternoon just to play. You put your name in the list and once your turn is up, you will play in the previous round winnner. Whoever loses will pay for that P25 game. It was fair and square. As most folks who hang-out in that place were expats, you

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Got a buzz lately from Erick Garayblas of Kuyi Mobile about his newly launched game Streetfood Tycoon that can be played in IOS devices (iPod iTouch, iPhone, and iPad). Started playing with the game last Friday night and amused to find myself enjoying it. In the process also, got some ideas on how a food cart business is operated. Here are some tips for those who would like to play the game

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Used when giving talks or interview. Speaking in events and appearing on television poses a lot of challenge especially if you are in a competitive industry. It makes you cautious about the gadgets you carry, clothes and shoes worn, and how you look. For folks like me, one thing that I don’t fancy anymore is wearing make up and only do so when it is really necessary. Working on projects

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I recently find myself in a situation owning 3 gadgets: iPhone 4, BlackBerry 9800, and Samsung Galaxy S2. As a person who cover events, having multiple gadgets can be an asset so that you won't rely in a device soley for event coverage. Come uploading time as well, you don't have to wait for photo and video materials to be transferred to your machine first before you can do anything else. Here

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While configuring my gadgets today, I am ecstatic to learn the webinar application, GoToMeeting, can now be used with your iPad, iPhone, and Android. This is great news as being on the go has a lot of challenges. I look forward testing this in our an online meeting and webinar this week to see how it will play out. It will be cool to demonstrate this as well during talks just to show how much

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Last July 17, 2011, my Samsung Notebook Series 9 finally arrived. Was so excited in unboxing it and made sure that all the necessary tools are installed from anti-virus, Adobe tools, to OpenOffice so I can already get to work. The Samsung Notebook Series 9 is a beautiful device. But without the HDMI to VGA adapter, it is a luxurious investment that fails serving its most useful purpose - to

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Just enabled the Facebook Timeline so I can start tinkering with it right away. Being wary on data privacy, there are things that I want to make sure of such information that I only want to be viewable to myself shall remain as such. More importantly, my connection with friends. New Facebook Timeline of Janette Toral viewed as another person. What I like about it so far is the history of

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It depends on the kind of work that you do, I can often refer to myself as one of the most distracted online. That is why when a DigitalFilipino Club member shared the tool RescueTime, I immediately signed-up wanting to learn more on how I spend time online. After installing since July, this is the 2nd time that I looked at the report and calibrate the scoring system in order to make a much more

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{EAV_BLOG_VER:1813dd240eb6ba80} (kindly pardon the code snippet as I am connecting this blog to Empire Avenue) Just downloaded the SoundCloud iPhone application and now find myself listening to shared music and podcast by friends. If you sign-in via Facebook, you will discover who among the folks you are connected to has a SoundCloud account and can connect with. If you don't dig their kind of

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Finally, the Blogger iPhone app is now available that allows you to update your blog whenever the need arises. Will see if this will make me blog more frequently.

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One of the challenges being in technology field is that you spent a lot of time sitting down and work with your computer. Time gets ignored at times, especially when home, that makes sleep a bit flexible from day time to night time. As a result, as one gets older, the toll this takes on your skin becomes evident. These days, pimple or acne is something that no longer surprises me. A zit appears

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Just got an e-mail from a foreign student who encountered problems in configuring his Google browsing experience as it always appears in Filipino even if he is out of the country. Go to Google Preference to set the language to the one you desire (English for example). If that doesn't work in Firefox, you can also go Preferences > Content to choose the language.

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Doing a 2-hour webinar while in Boracay using Smart Evolution Since mid-April, there have been a lot of talks about Globe and Smart efforts to make 4G Internet connectivity a reality in the Philippines. I was able to join their events where this offering got shown for demonstration. Globe had their HSPA demonstration at Heritage Hotel while Smart shared the LTE (Long Term Evolution)

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I started playing Crime City last New Year's Eve upon the invitation of a good friend. At first I was reluctant for am not the kind of player who just tries something and abandons it right away. When I decide to play, I usually aim for a very high goal where I could also learn in the process. The last one I played was Warbook and stopped once level 50 (the highest then) was reached. For Crime

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Last April 28, I dropped by the Samsung Notebook Series 9: INPERSPECTIVE exhibit at Powerplant Mall Makati that showed what makes this gadget the thinnest, lightest, and brightest as interpreted by design experts publications such as Metro Home, My Home, and Real Living. The said event was the launch pad as well of Samsung's sexiest promo in Facebook, as it redefines the word: “sexy” with the

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As a catalog shopper, I am more comfortable browsing through duty-free and direct selling magazines rather than shop at an actual store site. Found it less intimidating and without the salesperson pressure that makes me shop much easier. So when the high-end online shopping site Reebonz project got shared to me by a DigitalFilipino Club member, excitement caught me for I can now shop at ease

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I guess it is inevitable that if you are to establish yourself as a public speaker or a visible online personality, the gadgets you use can influence people's perspective on you, whether you are successful or not, whether you are credible or not. Through the years, this is something that I noticed even more as my efforts in "gearing up" escalated due to competitive or peer pressure, among other

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Upon arrival from Cebu last December 13, went to SMX immediately to witness the launch of PLDT TelPad. Published my initial observation about it at Sun.Star. I just upgraded my PLDT DSL service to 384kbps earlier this month. Not sure how that upgrade be affected if I apply for a PLDT TelPad service. Maybe will wait for that to take effect first and decide later. Great to see PLDT using

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This Friday and Saturday, I will be conducting an E-Commerce Project Planning and Creating an E-Store Workshop for the Carl Duisberg Association of the Philippines (CDAP). I was told that non-members of CDAP who are interested to participate need only to pay two thousand five hundred pesos (P2500). If you are interested, just contact me so I can reserve you a slot for the event. Just

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One thing that caught my fancy online lately is Foursquare via iPhone. It allows me to view, or stalk, my friends as to where they are and what they do. You can keep on zooming till you see a person's actual location. (Although if you don't want to receive such type of information about anyone, another option is to remove the connection and they won't appear on your map anymore.) It kinda makes

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