Is the weak dollar a problogger’s woe?

Alex @ September 25, 2007 | | Money | Comments (2)

For probloggers (wage and AdSense earners alike), the American greenback has been the currency of the trade. I remember earlier this year, I was thinking that AdSense would be a very profitable venture worth the time and effort that one can give in generating quality content and improving search engine visibility. (However, I honestly have not received an AdSense check ever). It’s all because the Pero-Dollar exchange rate then was near Php 50 to a dollar. That meant that the minimum payout of $100 from AdSense or a minimum quota pay from a blog network is enough to pay a few utility bills.

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Public transportation is killing me

Alex @ September 17, 2007 | | Personal | Comments (1)

I’ve been getting sick ever since I started teaching. I can actually blame that on the low wages (nutrition woes) and the stress from checking compositions written by freshmen but I know that that’s stretching it. My health now is a stark contrast to my health and well-being when I was home-based.

Lately, I’ve been suffering from rhinitis and headaches and I know it’s from my exposure to pollution and the elements. While I do have a sort of tougher constitution, my allergies are enough to upset my well-being. If it’s quite possible to be Bubble Boy, I think I should try to be. Not that I’ve been living in quarantine all these years.

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Initial problems with the concept of a blogging principalia

Alex @ September 4, 2007 | | Language, Politics and Society | Comments (1)

Author’s Note: I have to admit that the ideas I posted with my take on the blogging principalia is very rough and unpolished. Therefore, it might be problematic to give reactions to my messy mindmap. I caution bloggers who would want to explore the idea to not take every concept I throw in as parts of my final position on the matter. This is an exploration and a work in progress. Though I appreciate those who do take time to read and react.

There can be several ways on how you view the blogging principalia. One is to attribute blogging as an activity of the society’s elite. Another is to view influential bloggers as members of an elite group. And I believe that what the Pinoy blogosphere is more concerned with is the second view - that within the realm of Pinoy blogging, an elite group exists.

However, I tend to view things on three varying levels (using the CDA framework of Norman Fairclough): 1) the text, 2) the discourse practice, and 3) the socio-cultural context. With blogging, this particular framework may need to be adjusted to effectively interpret how all of these things interact with each other. I now consider the blog/s as text, blogging as the discourse practice (as a process of text production and consumption) and the Pinoy blogosphere as a possible socio-cultural context on one level and then a larger socio-cultural context that is the Philippine society. Thus, this concept of blogging principalia may necessitate a combination of the two views I mentioned above.

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