Pinoy Post

By Melvin G. Calimag

IT rantings from the Philippines

The Internet as the medium

Friday, January 02 2009 02:28 PM

It has been proclaimed many times that the Internet is a great leveler that has the power to eliminate barriers and inequities in this world. While this ideal notion has yet to be fully realized, we've seen a few instances where it has ably demonstrated its enormous potential.

I won't go..... Read more ť

Reflecting in a time of crisis

Friday, December 26 2008 10:48 AM

Although I'm a fierce Catholic, I don't consider myself a religious person. The financial crisis, however, has led me to reflect on my inner values and spiritual beliefs. And even if I feel incompetent to discuss these things, let me attempt to give a lousy elucidation.

The utter commercialism that..... Read more ť

Thank God for Pacman

Wednesday, December 17 2008 09:10 AM

The recent year-end list released by search behemoth Google seems to validate a trend that has been proven over time--that people look for heroes or ways to entertain themselves in times of despair. Thus, it's no longer surprising to see that "economic downturn" and "Manny Pacquiao", the Filipino boxing superstar,..... Read more ť

A tricky part of convergence

Wednesday, December 10 2008 11:07 AM

A few weeks ago, I attended a press briefing where a local fast-food company revealed it had signed a contract to use the SMB (small and midsize business) version of an ERP (enterprise resource planning) software made by a foreign-based IT firm. There was nothing unusual in that announcement except..... Read more ť

CURE for a telcos tumultuous history

Friday, November 28 2008 08:51 AM

Right from the start, something was already amiss with U Mobile and so I was not surprised when the company, now renamed Red Mobile, changed its name and eventually discarded its ad-supported business model that was supposed to be the first in Asia.

The sudden change of name and business model..... Read more ť

A nation of social networks

Thursday, November 20 2008 10:25 AM

It's easy to make this claim, but I have no doubt in my mind that the Philippines is the most savvy country in the world in using Web-based social networks. Way before Facebook and MySpace even became popular in the U.S., Filipinos have already been using Friendster-perhaps the grandmother of..... Read more ť

Outsourcing trouble with Obama

Thursday, November 13 2008 03:16 PM

I've written in this blog before about my great admiration for Barack Obama, whose sweeping message of change has catapulted him to the presidency of the United States. I was fortunate enough to witness his historic election during my recent trip to the..... Read more ť

Observing the US automated elections

Wednesday, November 05 2008 09:38 AM

Before boarding my Philippine Airlines flight to San Francisco last Sunday night, a document inspector at the Centennial Airport in Manila, upon learning that I'm a journalist, asked if I was covering the U.S. presidential elections. I stopped momentarily before saying "no". It was only then that I realized that..... Read more ť

Superhighway to heaven

Monday, October 27 2008 04:03 PM

It's that time of the year again when Filipinos troop to cemeteries to remember their departed loved ones. It's fascinating to note, however, how a pre-dominantly Catholic and tradition-bound country like the Philippines is adapting to modern trends, even in the field of religion.

Last year, when a local scientist..... Read more ť

Cagayan, my valley home is dear to me

Monday, October 20 2008 02:18 PM

The title above is the first line of the official anthem of Cagayan, my home province here in the Philippines. I've been wanting to write about this topic for the longest time, and it was only recently that I finally found the perfect excuse to do so with the launch..... Read more ť

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Melvin G. Calimag

Melvin G. Calimag currently writes for the infotech section of a popular English broadsheet in the Philippines. Prior to this, Melvin served as an assistant editor at Metropolitan Computer Times (MCT), the first IT publication in the Philippines. He is currently the vice president for internals at the IT Journalists Association of the Philippines (CyberPress), and also serves as a charter member with the Philippine Science Journalists Association.