On the Blog Herald, I recently posted about blogging internships, where I cited the experiences of a high school student interning at a writer/blogger’s home-office. This makes me think—would anyone in the Philippines be interested in such a setup? I know students in various fields (college level, at least) are asked to do on-the-job training. Would schools consider interning with a blogger good for experience-points?

Given that I’m very very busy these days, I might consider such a setup, although I would be very reluctant to welcome a stranger into my home office. Perhaps a virtual setup would be better, given the nature of blogging and other online work.

Personally, I’ve never interned for anyone, as my undegrad degree didn’t …

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I was interviewed by Miriam Quiambao on problogging. The interview will air at The Beat tonoight, 25 August at about 10:00 p.m. There will be a replay this Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

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Myasuseee.com is growing fast, and I’ve recently launched a new blog about netbooks: koobten.com. I already have a writer focusing on my personal blog network project, but he’s quite loaded. So I need another writer who can write about all things netbook.

Obviously, myasuseee.com focuses on the Asus EeePC brand. Koobten, on the other hand, covers the entire netbook industry, and this includes news, reviews, and other features on the various brands and models out there, like the HP Mini Note, Acer Aspire one, MSI Wind, etc.

If you own your own netbook, that would be an advantage. If you’re passionate about your choice of model or brand, then even better!

Since these are just startups, I can’t promise that the …

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Apparently, Microsoft has realized that a lot are shying away from Windows Vista due to bad experiences, the steep hardware requirements, or simply because of bad reputation. HLWT and Ars Technica report that comedian Jerry Seinfeld has signed on to endorse Windows Vista in a $300 million ad campaign.

“If a book about failures doesn’t sell, is it a success?” Perhaps not, but Microsoft hopes that a new $300 million ad campaign about the flailing Windows Vista will somehow turn it into a success with the help of comedian Jerry Seinfeld. The campaign will be one of the largest in Microsoft’s history, and is expected to begin on September 4.

In fact, Seinfeld may not be the only celebrity involved in the …

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According to a recent Blog Herald feature by Easton Ellsworth popular blogs publish frequently. And to do this, most employ teams to write for them, even, in order to achieve a regular posting schedule.

I’m afraid I haven’t been blogging much. And because of this most probably my traffic and readership have suffered.

So now I resolve to publish more frequently here on racoma.com.ph, no matter how busy I am, and even if I sometimes don’t have an idea what to write about.

Earlier I promised myself to keep away from posting on trivial matters, and to only write about the big things. I guess I would have to renege on that promise. I had been too much of a perfectionist …

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