Last July 10, 2009, I attended the first Philippine Web Design Conference held at the AIM campus in Makati. It was an event attended by almost 400 professional web designers, students and faculties from different colleges in the country. I was lucky enough to be part of a momentous event for such that the organizers said that this was not only the first in the country but in Asia as a whole. The event aimed to gather experts from the field and share their industry know-how to aspiring web designers like me.

Registration started as early as participants came in. The Stephen Fuller hall, located at the 3rd floor of Asian Institute of Management, was set upped the day before the event. People from the Philippine Web Designers Organization (PWDO) made clear to everybody that they have prepared for this occasion. Everything from the tarpaulin to the stage where the speakers made their piece is all in place. Read the rest of this entry…

The internet has been man’s greatest achievement since the invention of the can opener. It changed the way people communicate and made the world smaller (at least figuratively). People from all walks of life and from opposing ends of the earth were linked and came upon to terms like chatting and social networking. It paved way to MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) that made people stick to swivel chairs for hours. Looking for information, be educational or not, became very easy with the help of the ever handy Google search engine which I often feel, can read my mind with its innovative and advance indexing features. People also found business opportunities through the web and made them earn money while enjoying their comfy offices at home. But for any joy the internet brought upon humankind, I would like to take this opportunity to share a bit of the things that I usually and love to do when I’m online. Read the rest of this entry…