Archive for the ‘Community’ Category

Leaving Yahoo!

The end of 2011 will also mean the end of a chapter in my career.  This December 31, 2011 is my offical last day in Yahoo. The decision to leave wasn't a spur of the moment thing.  Various factors took place that ultimately led to this.  Simply put, I knew it was the right choice to [...]

Q&A with a Community Manager

I was recently interviewed by Social Media Citizens as part of it’s ongoing series of interviews of professionals who in the social media and community management industry.  It’s a huge honor to be asked about what you do and why you love doing it so there was no hesitation on my part when I was [...]

It's Community Manager Appreciation Day!

I’m not making this up.  Jeremiah Oywang, columnist for Forbes and blogger at Web Strategy, has just declared every fourth Monday of January as Community Manager Appreciation Day.  He said this is the day to “pause, recognize, and celebrate the efforts of community managers around the world to improve customer experiences.” I believe it’s about [...]

Join Open Hack Day 2009 – Southeast Asia!

Calling all Pinoy developers!  Yahoo! Souteast Asia will be sponsoring a developer to the first Yahoo! Open Hack Day Southeast Asia to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 21-22, 2009. As mentioned in the site, the objective of Open Hack Day is to “push the envelope of web innovation and creativity to meet the [...]

Flickristas Ikatlong Banat, Panalo!

To translate my title, what I just said is “Flickristas Third Hit, a Winner!”  And indeed it was, last October 15-18, the Flickristas, the largest Pinoy group in Flickr, successfully held its third exhibit entitled Ikatlong Banat: Flickristas Shoot Eight” at the TriNoma Mall, Quezon City. This exhibit was the off-shoot of their photo contest [...]