I paid Michael Bay to piss me off

I paid Michael Bay to piss me off

Rant alert. You’ve been warned. Sorry, friends who think that Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is the movie event of the year. Or if you’ve watched it and are raving about how mad the whole movie was. I can’t say I share your sentiments. I do...

What is in it for me?

As far as organizational communication goes, this is one question that many a communicator should always take into account. Place oneself into the target audience’s shoes and ask, “What’s in it for me?” Whenever I teach business communication,...

Parang abnormal

I have to say that I’ve been drawn to the paranormal, well, ever since I was a kid. This is something that is quite unusual given my usually left-brained nature. Believe me or not, but I used to see apparitions in our family home as a kid. That led me not to be...
The quest for a new laptop

The quest for a new laptop

On to more personal concerns here. I’m really, really suffering from a bad case of GAS. Or maybe not. Perhaps “investing” on work-related technology would be a worthwhile move. Then again, I already have the functional tools to do my work so...

Leeching off literacy

I think I’ve done my part (and a great deal of self-service) on the Globelines P2P issue, now let me zoom out and take a look at one thing that actually concerns me as an academic and an educator -The Great Book Blockade of 2009. MLQ3 has already written about...