Philippines Freelancers Blog October Archive

Games have always been the most profitable apps sold through the AppStore for both the iPhone and iPod Touch. Not surprisingly, this is evidenced by the fact that the iPod Touch's newest update was marketed by Apple as a next-generation mobile gaming device. A recent slogan of the i{pd Touch update carried the tag name, "The Funniest iPod Ever," complete with screenshots of a number of popular games.

Read more: The 12 Best Games for the iPhone and iPod Touch [click]

When Typhoon Ondoy hit the country, organizations and non-profit groups immediately set donation campaigns for the victims of Ondoy. One of which is a TXTPower, an organization by a friend and also a known blogger Tonyo Cruz, sitting as its president.

Read more: PayPal's Asia Pacific Operation Is Grossly Unfair [click]

Definitely one of the main antagonist in the life of someone who deals with writing as a profession is writer's block. And when it attacks, you can either fight it or surrender to it. I've seen a lot of people who fell to their knees because of this dreaded condition.

Read more: Attack of the Writer's Block [click]

Amazon recently announced that it will make the Kindle available for shipping to over 100 countries, including the Philippines, China, and Europe. This, of course, intensifies the battle in the growing digital book market.

Read more: Amazon to ship the Kindle worldwide [click]

Just how often do you check your email? I know people who do so every other day, when they are already used to opening a few dozen emails everytime they do. They even allot an hour or so just to read and answer the emails one-by-one.

Read more: Smart offers unlimited GMail and Yahoo! Mail service [click]

Tragedies like that of tropical typhoon Ondoy (international name Ketsana) only come once every few decades. In fact, this particular storm beat a record that has been there for 40 years already. I am hoping that the next time such a storm comes to the country, it will be after a very long time.

Read more: Typhoon Ondoy in the Google Blog [click]

Aside from the hundreds of people left dead and billions worth of property destroyed during Ondoy's (international name Ketsana) visit to the Philippines, a few hundred more are left missing. Whether they are dead or alive is something that these people's loved ones do not know yet.

Read more: Report a missing person through GMA's Missing Persons Database [click]

An online freelancer's main weapon for finding a freelancing job is the internet. If this major necessity is deprived, a freelancer is said not to make the most out of his earnings due to the high rental price of internet in most computer shops. Also, his work is not maximized due to the environment in most computer shops, which is most of the time is noisy and chaotic.

Read more: Net-less Freelancer [click]

Google announced in a blog post in its official blog that starting September 30, it would be sending out 100,000 invitations to preview Google Wave, the latest big project in Google's line-up.

Read more: Google Wave to enter private beta [click]