Personal Blog of Lyle R. Santos. Part-time Nurse, Full-time Blogger.
Blogging
My Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2010
Jul 25th
It’s that time of the year again when bloggers pick their choices for the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs. This writing project was initiated by Ms. Janette Toral and is now on its 4th year.
Here are my choices:
Blog Davao: A snapshot of Davao’s blogging landscape
Jan 28th
Late last year, Avatar Media launched Blog Davao™, the most comprehensive aggregator of Davao-based blogs.
Updated at timely intervals, Blog Davao™ brings readers the latest articles about what’s going on in and around Davao as well as the latest blog posts from blogs maintained by bloggers from Davao. The site saves visitors valuable time and effort by providing them a consolidated view of content from many blogs.
Blog Davao™ also features a human-edited blog directory with blogs are grouped according to niche. So if you are a blogger from Davao or have a blog about Davao, attract more readers and drive traffic to your blog by submitting your blog to the site’s directory page.
Upcoming Blogger Events in Davao
Nov 10th
The blogosphere in Davao is bustling with two exciting events lined up.
First up, a photojournalism workshop intended to enhance the photography skills of new media writers and photographers in the region. Renowned photographer and journalist Jojie Alcantara will be conducting the workshop scheduled on the 14th of November.
Following the workshop, a couple of weeks later, is a bloggers party that promises to be a game-changer for Davao’s blogging landscape as the party will also usher the formal establishment of a Davao Bloggers Community where the leadership will be democratically elected by the bloggers themselves while enjoying free-flowing drinks and delectable food.
Globe Tattoo Digital Tribe Awardees
Oct 29th
Globe Tattoo Digital Tribe Award
This blog along with several other blogs from Mindanao won a special award at the Philippine Blog Awards 2009 – Mindanao Leg in Cagayan de Oro City last October 24, 2009.
The award, Digital Tribe, is given to blogs and bloggers who have made significant contributions to the blogosphere in the region.
Davao Food Appreciation Tour (Davao F.A.T.) 2009
Mar 17th
Over the weekend, Brendel and I joined bloggers from Manila, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, and General Santos City in a food appreciation tour around Davao City.
This year’s edition, ably organized and generously sponsored by Davao Deli and Davao Foodie, is the second iteration of one of the most anticipated blogging events in Davao City.
Running WordPress 2.7 and Lovin’ It!
Dec 15th
This blog is now running on the latest version of the best blogging platform in the world. Yup, I have finally upgraded to WordPress 2.7 and I must say the folks at automattic did one hell of a job!
For the WordPress geeks in the crowd, you may have noticed that my upgrade is a few days late since the much talked about release of WordPress 2.7 approximately 4 days ago.
Secure Your WordPress Blog with a Single Line of Code
Nov 8th
Just this week, popular free classifieds site, sulit.com.ph, was hacked and was maliciously redirected to Sedo. As the security breach happened over the weekend, it took quite a while for the site admin to address the issue. For a heavily-trafficked site like Sulit, I think considerable financial losses were incurred as a result of the breach.
After learning about the incident, I googled about how secure WordPress blogs are against malicious attacks considering that I just made the leap from blogger.
Hello WordPress!
Nov 4th
Finally, I am now on WordPress!
Moving from BlogSpot to WordPress is like moving to a new house. It’s exciting for the most part but not without obstacles and difficulties.
Dabbing My Hands at Web Design
Jun 8th
Back in my elementary days, I joined every art contest in school. I had two reasons for joining. One, I wanted to get away from the boring class lectures as our school conveniently excuses students who join school contests from any classroom work. Two, I had a misplaced belief that I had a hidden talent in art.
In college, I dabbled in “web-design” by editing existing webpages I downloaded from the internet. I really believed that I had a knack for art. But art didn’t agree with me.
Now, I’m 30 and my hidden talent remains hidden.
In a last ditch effort to bring out the hidden artist in me, I am writing this entry to join the book give-away contest at TurfSite Manila. The site is giving away a copy of the book Learning Web Design by Jennifer Niederst Robbins.
So, here’s to my becoming a web designer.
