Digital Strangelove: All media is social, you are what you share

Check out my latest CNET Asia blog post.

Here’s an excerpt.

I stumbled upon this brilliant presentation by David Gillespie, thanks to Misty Belardo’s tweet, and I just wanted to share it with you and give my own views about it.

Be warned, though, it has 263 slides, but it’s worth going through the whole presentation and digesting all this food for thought.

Read the full story.

Tags: David Gillespie, Digital Strangelove, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Internet, Misty Belardo, mistygirlph, SlideShare, social media, social network, social networking, twitter
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Ragnarok World Championship 2009 results: Follow Level Up!’s RWC 2009 social media coverage

Want to get updates on the results of the Ragnarok World Championship 2009 tournament that will be held on Nov. 1 in Yokohama, Japan?

Then follow Level Up!’s social media coverage of RWC 2009.

Here’s an excerpt from my Level Up! blog post.

To get updates on the RWC 2009 results, become a fan of the official Level Up! Page on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/levelupinc

Read the full story.

Good luck to Team Philippines!

Tags: coerce, facebook, japan, Level Up!, levelupinc, microblog, microblogging, Philippine Ragnarok Online, plurk, Ragnarok World Championship 2009, RWC 2009, rwc2009, social media, social media coverage, social network, social networking, Team Influenza, twitter, Yahoo Meme, yokohama
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Single mom puts up blog for 5-year-old son fighting cancer

Here’s an excerpt from my latest CNET Asia blog post.

To help her fight her son’s battle against cancer, a single mom has put up the blog The Enemy in Mio’s Body.

The link to the site is now being spread across social networks by Filipino Internet users who have been touched by the plight of five-year-old Mio.

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Tags: blogging, blogosphere, cancer, mio, mom, mother, philippine blogosphere, single mom, social network, social networking
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Follow Level Up! on Twitter, Plurk and Facebook

Want to get regular updates on Level Up! games, events and promos? Then follow us on our social networks and help spread the word.

You may follow us on Twitter @levelup_inc and on Plurk @levelupinc.

You can also become a fan of our Facebook Page.

Did you upload photos and videos from the Ragnarok Philippine Championships 2009 event held on Friday, August 21 at the SM North EDSA SkyDome? Go to our Facebook Page and post the links there so that you can share them with the LU! Community.

You can also read the entries from our blog coverage of the event by going to the RPC 2009 live blog page.

Tags: facebook, live blog, live chat, plurk, Ragnarok, Ragnarok Philippine Championships 2009, RPC 2009, SM North EDSA SkyDome, social network, social networking, twitter
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Browse Friendster on your mobile all day for just 20 Philippine pesos

Here’s an excerpt from my latest CNET Asia blog post.

With over 13 million monthly unique visitors in the Philippines, Friendster remains the top social network in the country.

Facebook may have made a lot of headway in the Philippines, overtaking Multiply, as fellow CNET Asia blogger Ignatius Javellana recently posted, but many Filipinos, particularly the youth, still seem to prefer to interact online via Friendster.

Read the full story.

Tags: Friendster, Globe, Globe Telecom, mobile internet, mobile phone, prepaid, social network
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