education & literacy
PDF, anyone?
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008DURING THE TIME I was organizing the 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit late last year, I came to meet quite a number of interesting people. One of them is Ted Padova. Since I’ve never really delved very deeply into the world of creatives and graphics design, Mr. Padova was, to me then, just another blogger who [...]
Nihongo education in Davao
Thursday, February 28th, 2008In light of recent events related to Davao’s IT industry and that of Japan’s, I’d like to bring your attention to the state of Japanese-language education in Davao City. These events are: 1) the growing interest of Japanese entities (IT companies, government agencies and non-profit organizations) in the growth of our IT industry; 2) the [...]
New I.T. hangout in Davao
Saturday, December 15th, 2007Christopher Cubos and I, ever since we got acquainted in the mid-90s, have been known to be at loggerheads when it comes to certain industry issues. For example, way back in the early days of Philippine Internet (Web 0.5?), we had a long-running argument about content vs. design.
However, we are in wholehearted agreement on one [...]
Technopreneurship academics
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007In order to sustain development in the I.T. industry, strong academic support is necessary. In line with this, the Davao Chamber and PAHRDF have partnered up to begin developing college courses that will encourage entrepreneurship.