Learn When (Not) to Use Email on Mar 10, 2011 in Internet Culture Many us start our day with coffee and emails! We sort, read, reply, forward, write and send emails. Imagine your day if no single email is 'dropped' into your inbox. Isn't it more surprising than receiving more than a hundred emails in less than 12...
Quick Guide to Email Etiquette on Jan 19, 2011 in Internet Culture Email, as an important tool in communication, is sometimes abused and misused. This is the the concern of one of my friend who often get irritated with the emails she received. I compile here some good guidelines for email etiquette. Here ar...
Facebook: This Too Shall Pass on Jan 12, 2011 in Social Networks Facebook (FB) soon ends, some FB friends told me. Why and how, I asked in silence. Hearsay - just another blah blah blah in Facebook - I felt it would not give justice to my time. Some guilty FB friends continue to spam me and one even warned that F...
Ways to effectively communicate online on Jan 9, 2011 in Web User Experience Internet Culture No one can claim of not being misunderstood. Whether we communicate face-to-face, or to print and broadcast media, or online (some call it new media), we face the risk of mis-communication. It came as surprise when the status I posted in Facebook dr...
Can't we get out from Facebook's control? on Dec 10, 2010 in Usability Social Networks We have control over Facebook of course! But it seems to me that Facebook has too much control on me (as FB user). Recently, Facebook rolled out another change that filled the excitement of some users while equally frustrated (read as upset) many us...
New Home: WebUserToday 2.0 on Jul 9, 2010Our new home is WebUserToday 2.0! Visit and engage with us today. Please follow: webusertoday.net. Two articles originally published here can now be read at WebUserToday 2.0. How many social media profiles to create and manage? Websites and Blogs...
Blogger's Code of Ethics on Apr 9, 2010 in Internet Culture Bloggers earn respect and admiration. And bloggers also earn hatred and condemnation. Yet, blogging in the Philippines continue to grow (evolve is a good term to use) and become more and more influential. In coffee talks with fellow members of Cebu...
Learn Social Media Marketing on Apr 6, 2010 in Social Networks Social media has become inevitable. In this age of internet, no one and nobody can escape social media. By the way, I assume you are maintaining a social media profile or been using social media. Aren't you? Perhaps, you have profiles in Facebook, L...
Internet innovations make institutions better in the future on Apr 1, 2010 in Web User Experience With very active online interaction among citizens and goverment; customers and businesses; individuals and social groups; readers and news and information providers, can you imagine how the internet affects individuals and institutions 10 years from...
Internet Access and Use of Filipino Schoolchildren on Mar 9, 2010 in e-learning Internet Culture I'm on vacation and because in our province we don't have internet connection, I am using my cellphone as modem to access the internet, it's slow and quite expensive. So I am writing this offline to save my internet minutes. Indeed, we need to have a...
