Opinions and Writings
Casino Royale is the Batman Begins
I confess, I am a Bond fan. I spent countless summers glued to the couch, watching Bond movies from Dr. No to The Living Daylights on VCR. When Pierce Brosnan finally dropped associations from being 007, it was a wild guess what the franchise had to offer next. We all...
The meager yuppie salary and expenses
Being a self-supporting student back in college and having the experience of a young urban professional for the past couple of years, I have learned a great deal about handling finances. Back in my college days, I had to budget my tuition, daily allowance, and leisure...
Vista pushes consumers closer to the edge
I do not like what Microsoft is doing with its impending release of Vista. I wrote an article a while back on the requirements of Microsoft's latest OS. Vista requires more powerful hardware to run and a number of people, including colleagues have been flabbergasted...
Piss drunk
Aaah. Sweet October nearly gone. Oktoberfest dusk is nigh. The kegs of San Miguel downed and boxes of paracetamol and ibuprofen chewed the mornings-after. And perhaps the occasional shrieks of horror from waking up in some other person's bedroom. Or some toilet...
Firefox 2.0 is out!
Shifting from CDA mode to a tech mode. Mozilla has released it's latest update to its revolutionary Firefox browser with version 2.0. You may check and download it from its site here. Ever since Firefox was publicly released, I have used it as my default and primary...
NBA Live 07: What game?
Shifting to some tech discussion, pardon for the shift in focus. I have always been a fan of sports games in the PC. And ever since I got hooked in them, I always bought EA Sports titles. Over the years, EA Sports games had their ups and downs whether they be on...
The otaku commune and niche marketing
I have been contributing in our company's marketing efforts (as associate and occasionally acting brand man) for almost a year now and I would have to say that the experience has broadened my perspective somehow. And it was quite an experience being under one of the...
Call center con-text
Thanks to J. Angelo for his insight regarding my previous post. It is quite true that one of the problems that Philippine-based call centers face is the crop of young graduates who are really capable of communicating with customers. As M.A.K. Halliday has proposed in...
Quit frontin’ wid dat call center voice
I do not quite know how to take a position on the quality of English language speakers here in the Philippines. One of my professors have always posed that question during and after classes. He has this observation that Filipino English speakers nowadays have better...