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Grammar, spelling, and poetry

by Romy on February 15, 2010

in Blog

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I am not surprised that among emanilapoetry contributors, there are those who like to experiment with grammar in their posts. After all, there is the impression that, of various genres of creative writing, poetry gives the writer a license to write in a language, form or structure that he or she pleases.
Unfortunately, creative writing [...]

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Perception of corruption in the Philippines

by Romy on February 11, 2010

in Blog, Issues

Which is more corrupt?

Going over our “wayback machine” at emanila, I thought I revisit an article I wrote in 2003 (yes, days when blogging was not as much in vogue) which is equally relevant these days. The article, “Towards a cleaner and more transparent government“, commented on the downgrading of the Philippines rating in the Transparency International’s corruption [...]

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At Twitter, no need to follow to be followed

by Romy on February 8, 2010

in Blog

Six months ago, I asked: At Twitter, do you need to be a follower to be followed?”
I asked that question because of the increasing belief (obviously perpetrated by marketers and developers of Twitter-related products) that a Twitter-er needs to follow to be followed.
With a very small Twitter account, @pinoyjokesnet, we started an experiment. What we [...]

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Filipino Australian community blogs

by Romy on February 2, 2010

in Blog, Web Management

The Filipino Australian Blogs

For those who have been following me on this site, I know I have been guilty of not updating this page for almost a month now. I do apologise for that.
Without offering any excuse, I guess I was just pretty well tied up with other web-related projects which included setting up a community blogs at [...]

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We tip our hat to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) for its relentless fight against spamming.
The ACMA is responsible for the regulation of the broadcasting, radiocommunications, internet, and telecommunications industry in Australia. With approximately 540 staff spread over its principal offices in Canberra, Melbourne, and Sydney, the organisation is not small.
I have [...]

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Australia’s fight against spamming

by Romy on December 18, 2009

in Anti-spam, Blog

This post is out of my ordinary posts, but I thought I’ll give you an update on the latest developments in Australia’s fight against spamming.
Two days ago, the Federal Court in Brisbane imposed Australian $6.5 million in penalties to two respondents who were allegedly involved in SMS spamming. The two respondents are part of [...]

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Every local can blog

by Romy on December 8, 2009

in Blog

Every local can blog

So, what is this new blogs site we have opened at The Filipino Australian website? No, it’s not something new. We just moved across the news site Local Blogs section to another domain, http://blogs.thefilipinoaustralian.com.
With the new site, we aim to provide a wider mass medium platform for others to have their say. The new site [...]

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The whole emanila group of websites join the Filipino Press Group of Sydney in mourning for the journalists who were massacred last Monday in Maguindanao whilst in line with duty.
We also join other media groups in condemning this barbaric act ~ of trampling the rights of human beings and make them offerings in the political [...]

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When a WP blog shows off on its sidebar the following:
Blog Stats
• 3,000 visits
or worse,
Blog Stats
• 3,000 hits
without any additional information, I start asking: “What exactly does that mean?”
If a blog stats are presented in this fashion, the numbers look like a block of meaningless information.
I know this may be hard to [...]

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