Comments on: Populating Upcoming.Org for Metro Manila

By: ia

ia — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:59:49 +0000

J, somebody just commented at my Paypal4PH post:
http://stellify.net/ventures/paypal-now-in-the-philippines/#comment-571

Just thought you should know.

By: nonong

nonong — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:06:47 +0000

thanks for using ctc and your inputs angelo. we will take note of these.

By: Aileen Apolo

Aileen Apolo — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:02:20 +0000

Hi Angelo! Your talk on problogging was really interesting – I’ve been writing for ages, but I only took blogging seriously when I started out with Google.
On finding all events online, I’ve had a horrendous time in the past looking for exhibits to join and had to do it manually… hope somebody takes this up soon! I’m sure event organizers, schools, government agencies and consumers would have a big use for it.
Good luck in your quest to be a blog overlord!
Aileen (‘o’)

By: J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:16:50 +0000

@Jhay, it can also be great for flash mobs, though Pinoys are still more mobile phone-oriented when it comes to coordinating events like such.

@Ia, I think I’ve tried talaan.com once. Anyway, why don’t _you_ come up with web apps of your own? (And don’t tell me you’re busy. That’s not an excuse!)

@Janette, thanks for giving me the opportunity to share.

By: J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:13:00 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Nonong. I was under the impression that contact info can only be posted if one has a premium account (or maybe that was the case before?).

Actually I’m a big fan of ClickTheCity–most especially the movie skeds. I’m also a big fan of minimalism, though, so I prefer the sites that are simpler, more straightforward, and easier to use. ClickTheCity has many of the features I want in an urban-oriented site. But my concern would be in terms of speed and usability.

By: Janette Toral

Janette Toral — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 06:54:37 +0000

Hi Angelo. Thank you for coming at the DigitalFilipino.com Club eyeball yesterday and sharing your knowledge. Your fellow club members were all excited with what you’ve presented and learned a lot from you.

By: nonong

nonong — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 04:26:18 +0000

actually you can post in clickthecity anything for free. be it directory listing or event listing, as long as its legal

what we do at clickthecity is basically just validate the information submitted to us, as there are a lot of bogus posters out there as per our experience.

i know that we have at ctc is far from perfect but we are always working on improving it. in fact we are always on a look out on what people want as well as any existing technology that we can use, through the Internet – such as visiting your blogs, googling, etc.

you would be happy to know that we are slowly integrating google earth/maps, in our database (http://www.clickthecity.com/ph/?localid=30)

the info that you provide in your blog, together with other respected tech guys, such as migs and yuga are really a big help to us in our effort to continously improve.

thanks and more power!

By: ia

ia — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 03:53:25 +0000

The priorities and markets that appeal to Filipinos are very different from the outside world, that’s why it still matters to have local webapps, IMHO. I’ve seen a couple of new webapps from a single web dev company. In my opinion they’re not exactly Web 2.0 (I call them 1.9), but at least they were brave enough to put out such apps.

P.S. How does this compare to EventBrite? And by the way, there’s a local events web application: Talaan.com. I think *THAT* should be promoted.

By: jhay

jhay — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:36:32 +0000

A very neat idea and a great opportunity to promote events organized by indies or small groups who can’t afford the more professional advertising and publicity works.