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Posted by Marie Casas
on June 11, 2009

Google and Globe Developer Workshop - June 20

If you’ve been wanting to make your own mobile or web mashup but haven’t gone through all the documentation or you actually don’t know how to hook up to APIs just yet, the guys from Google, Globe Labs, and Ayala Foundation - Ayala TBI, will be hosting a developer event in Manila, Philippines next Saturday [...]




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Posted by Marie Casas
on May 20, 2009

Kickstarting Mobile Ventures: Ayala TBI Innovation Forum

Learn from one of the best. The spotlight for the upcoming Innovation Forum is on Arnel Guiang, CEO of Guiang Corporation. Guiang’s company incubates new technologies in software, mobile, and internet.
When: May 26, 2009 (Tuesday), 4-6pm
Where: Duets Bistro, 5th Floor, AIM Conference Center Manila
Entrance fee is P500, 50% off for students and academe.
To register, email [...]




insights

Posted by Marie Casas
on May 12, 2009

CoWorking or Office Sharing for Startups in Makati, Metro Manila

We’re back!!!! And I have a great idea (though not original, but long overdue)… that I really want to happen within the next 12 months. I’m seriously considering moving to a bigger office space in an IT building (or maybe an outfitted warehouse) that has redundant internet connection, 100% backup power supply, ample parking space, [...]




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Posted by Marie Casas
on April 16, 2009

Coffee Session with UP-Ayalaland Technohub Tech Founders

While the rest of the world is dealing with layoffs and cost-cutting, Ayala Foundation is sending out a positive signal to the world that it is true, Filipinos aren’t just health care or domestic professionals, there’s a group of us who can do great in Science & Technology too.

When: April 17/24/30, 2009, 4-6pm [...]


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Posted by Marie Casas
on November 26, 2008

Tech Boot Camp at University of the Philippines

UP Teams (students, alumni, professors) have the exclusive privilege of joining this year’s Tech Boot Camp From Upstarts to Startups organized by the Ayala Foundation and sponsored by UP.
What’s awesome is UP will grant seed funding to select startups. You can ask Dr. Luis Sison (Vice-Chancellor for R&D of UP) or Ayala Technology Business Incubator [...]


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Posted by Marie Casas
on November 26, 2008

Doing More with Less: Beat the High Costs of IT

Computerworld IT Executive Briefing
JP and I spent the better half of our day last October 28 at the IT Executive Briefing of Computerworld. With all the mass-panicking happening with budget cuts and layoffs, the briefing was a timely eye-opener for businesses who use technology.

Winston Damarillo made the event worthwhile
Winston Damarillo, CEO of Exist Global - [...]


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Posted by Marie Casas
on November 26, 2008

Philippines’ 2nd Mini Web Design Conference

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Pinoy Web Startup sponsored the 1st ever Mini Web Design Conference on October 30, 2008 organized by the Philippine Web Designers Organization. JP and I are both active in the group.
Amateur and professional web designers are invited to the 2nd Mini Conference to be held tomorrow night (November 27, Thursday) at G2VC [...]




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Posted by Marie Casas
on September 22, 2008

Innovation Forum in Davao on September 29

Yay for the business-minded programmers and ambitious students in Davao City (I wish I can visit Samal again soon)! The kind folks of Ayala Foundation are sending Dr. Greg Tangonan, Director of Ateneo Innovation Center there to talk about R&D developments and how to tie up university R&D to industry and investment.

When: September 29, 2008 [...]




interviews

Posted by Marie Casas
on September 6, 2008

Interview with Manila Guide: Where To Eat?

Food lovers are (all of) us — so we’ve been looking to forward to what Manila Guide has in store for us since they relaunched at the World Food Expo last August. Starting out as a city guide in 1998, Manila Guide was reborn as the “ultimate online dining guide” by the CALCMENU Team, led [...]




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Posted by Marie Casas
on August 23, 2008

Awesome Birthday Night at BarCamp Manila - Ready for DemoCamp?

If you’d asked me a year ago how I would spend my 24th birthday (2008) — I never would have ventured a guess that I’d be at Bar Camp Manila! Met some cool freelance and full-time designers, developers, and tech-preneurs — all with sponsored fried chicken, pizza, and free-flowing beer! I should probably say [...]