Iliganons Track Flood News via Social Media

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by Fleire Castro on December 17, 2011

TO DONATE TO THE VICTIMS OF SENDONG IN ILIGAN, PLEASE VISIT THIS PAGE FOR DETAILS: One For Iligan Iliganons from other parts of the world stay transfixed on social media as prime source of information as Iligan City lose others means of communication due to floods. Typhoon Sendong has hit Iligan City last night causing [...]

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The misinformation in using Facebook to promote and campaign for votes can get individuals into trouble. Take for example this incident of “Facebook Like” assignment of a grade school computer teacher. She was criticized for requiring a Facebook account and generating likes in an assignment for Grade 3 students. It became the hot topic in [...]

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Hey, You Just Sinned on Facebook!

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by Fleire Castro on November 18, 2011

Living in a digital age where information is of abundance can be quite a challenge. A challenge because every time we turn on our laptops or smartphones, we are faced with chances to sin. To sin is to deliberately violate a religious or moral law, to put it. Maslow and his hierarchy of needs already informed you [...]

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Bilibid.com: Penny Auction Site Review

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by Fleire Castro on November 8, 2011

As stated on their site, Bilibid.com is a penny auction site wherein users can bid for a specific item using bid points. Just like the usual bidding process, whoever bids the highest price for the item, wins the auction. Instead of bidding for free though and cashing out only when you win a bid, these [...]

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Iligan Bloggers Society is hosting the Mindanao Bloggers Summit 2011 with the theme “One Green Mindanao” on October 29 – 30, 2011 in Iligan City. With this, I am off to travel mode next week to visit my hometown. Let’s get on immediately with my list because the second portion is more important – why [...]

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Whenever I hear about Multiply there is only one thing that comes to my mind – online shops. I have been accustomed on being given a Multiply link when I ask for online sellers to show me their website. I even remember one attendee at our Bloggable seminar with Ms. Janette Toral before telling me [...]

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Bringing Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) in Cebu

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by Fleire Castro on October 11, 2011

In a digitally connected generation where innovation moves too fast for technologists, it is your education and knowledge of better frameworks and methods that will propel productivity in your organization. SCRUM, a framework for project management used in agile software development, has gained so much popularity that knowledge of the framework is expected for institutions [...]

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3 Signs of a Prima Donna Blogger (and How to Deal With Them)

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by Fleire Castro on September 8, 2011

There will always be instances when The Prima Donna Syndrome rears its ugly head especially in blogger organizations where there is diversity in the group members. Working in a non-profit blogger organization can be a very daunting, time-consuming and tough task to carry on. I should know because I am the membership chairman of one [...]

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