Been a while since I last updated my blog, but let’s give this another try.
On Aug. 12, my boss Alan Soon announced my promotion, just before I gave my presentation on our regional social content strategy. So yup, it’s official: my new position is Head of Social Content Strategy for Southeast Asia of Yahoo! Southeast Asia.
I was in Singapore at the time, and Filipino blogger and journalist Tonyo Cruz called me up from Manila to conduct a phone interview and quickly publish this story on AsianCorrespondent.com.
Thanks, Tonyo.
Expect to see lots of exciting changes as we execute our plan for social content and conduct some “social engineering” — pun most certainly intended.
Remember, it’s social + content, not one or the other.
Here’s a video that Filipina cosplayer Alodia Gosiengfiao took of the proclamation of Taguig City mayor-elect Lani Cayetano and the tear-gassing incident that shocked the crowd that was celebrating her victory. Alodia was among those who were tear-gassed.
Today is a historic day, as the Philippines held its first automated elections. Been liveblogging the whole day for our Purple Thumb election site. Join the live blog at http://bit.ly/pthumblive
Trust Filipinos to have a sense of humor even in the face of delays and long lines of voters as the Philippines held its first automated elections today.
On Twitter, a spoof account at http://twitter.com/pcosmachine pokes fun at the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines that have been used in the automated polls. Throughout the day, in scenes repeated at different precincts around the country, around 386 PCOS machines experienced different technical glitches. Some overheated, while others suffered from paper jams. Others had CF cards that were wrongly configured. For one reason or another, a number of these machines suffered breakdowns. Suffice it to say that the acronym PCOS, which even became a top Trending Topic on Twitter, did not exactly endear itself to many Filipinos.
