Az video blog - iblog4 Philippine blogging summit coverage

here's my video coverage of the event. I was looking for a music intro for the photo slide show of my edited video coverage, and I was rushing things and found American Reject's music "move along". so I used it! haahaha.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF3P_g1JusY

if the video is unavailable, try watch the video here in my other page at
http://popazrael.multiply.com/video/item/179/Az_video_blog_-_iblog4_Philippine_blogging_summit_coverage

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iblog4 : 4th Philippine Blogging Summit 2008 @ UP Diliman ( photo coverage)

the stage


the bloggers


my ID

here's my photo coverage of iblog4. will post a blog article tomorrow about the event.

more photos and album link below after the jump


more photos in my album at
iblog4 : 4th Philippine Blogging Summit 2008 @ UP Diliman ( photo coverage)

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Spot Pass : AN EXCLUSIVE BLOGGERS' TOUR @ TriNoma Mall (photo coverage)

my team


the food

and now here's my photo coverage of the bloggers event, will post a blog article tomorrow as for I will take a rest and resume all internet activities after I rest.

see more photos and album link below after the jump


there are more photos in my album at
Spot Pass : AN EXCLUSIVE BLOGGERS' TOUR @ TriNoma Mall (photos)

there are more photos and blog too, posted by my group at

http://hotchiqqa.multiply.com/photos/album/339/SPOT.ph_Exclusive_Bloggers_Tour_-_2008_FOOD_TRIP_to_the_max

http://cigarette-girl.tabulas.com/2008/04/26/my-corss-section-is-a-square:-bloggers-tour-at-trinoma/#comments

http://yummyfied.livejournal.com/4135.html

http://edarevalo.multiply.com/photos/album/3/Spot.ph_Bloggers_Food_Tour_at_Trinoma

here are the photos

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iblog4 : The 4th Philippine Blogging Summit ( video live streaming today)

Janette Toral is streaming the iblog4 in video.

check out her video page and join the chat at http://www.justin.tv/janettetoral

or view it here
Watch live video from Ask Janette on Justin.tv

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Free Comic Book Day May 3, 2008 (Comic Odyssey,Robinsons Galleria)

- check out this message from Comic Odyssey in Manila, Philippines.
Also I will be broadcasting the FCBD event via internet and video stream, will post more updates and a link of the page in the coming days.

COME JOIN US ON SATURDAY, MAY 3 2008 FOR the Free Comic Book Day at our ROBINSONS GALLERIA Branch from 12pm-5pm. We will be giving out FREE COMIC BOOK DAY edition comics from various publishers.

These FCBD edition comics will be limited to (3) copies per customer, however, we will also be giving out THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of other comics for FREE with no set limit.

To celebrate Free Comic Book Day, we will also be offering:
*50% off all back issues in the comic bins
*Raffle prizes every half hour

*Guest artists Gerry Alanguilan and Edgar Tadeo
The first 200 people in attendance will also receive a FREE copy of:

featuring art and cover by GERRY ALANGUILAN

Gerry and Edgar will be in attendance to sign your comics and create sketches.

Autographs and quick sketches will be free of charge.

Full sketches/drawings of the character of your choice will cost P500 each.

We are now taking advance reservations for full sketches/drawings by Gerry and/or Edgar.

Simply send me an e-mail request with the artist and character of your choice.

First come first served.

THANKS EVERYONE…SEE YOU ALL ON FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2008!!!

Comic Odyssey - nixshop at gmail.com

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iblog4 : The 4th Philippine Blogging Summit

I'll be out again and will attend the iblog4 summit today and I'll just stay there till 1pm.
will post updates tonight.

so what's iblog4??? check out the details below

iBlog4: the 4th Philippine Blogging Summit will be held at Malcolm Theater, College of Law, in UP Diliman, Quezon City this April 26, 2008. This event is organized by the University of the Philippines - Internet Society Program.

We would like to thank Yehey (http://www.yehey.com), WikiPilipinas (http://www.wikipilipinas.com), Morph Labs (http://www.morphexchange.com) Alfox Computer Center (http://www.alfoxcomputer.com/), and Buddy Gancenia (http://www.buddygancenia.com) as our sponsors. Parties interested to support this event can e-mail me at digitalfilipino@gmail.com

Registration, which will reserve your seats, stuff and schwag, and get you into our announcements mailing list, is now open.

Of course iBlog 4 is still FREE in the beer sense, as long as we can help it, free in the speech sense.

for other info http://iblogph.org/wp/

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Spot Pass : AN EXCLUSIVE BLOGGERS' TOUR @ TriNoma Mall

full details can be found at http://www.spot.ph/bloggerstour/index.html

I'll be at a blogger event this afternoon, I'm excited because I missed the other blog events and this is my first time to attend a food event for bloggers. Will post updates and also photos later.

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I'm back in Manila ...again

Im back in Manila,.

will post updates and news tonight.

me and family went to Hundred Islands in Pangasinan
hehhehehe. got lots of exciting stories to tell.

see you later

btw, Im in EDSA
using Seiche tunnel.com free internet access on the road

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20 Q's with Azrael's Merryland

This was an online interview and I like to post it here and I might lost this article in my pc when time goes by. I like to share this and maybe you can get some tips in how I blog.


* How long have you been blogging?
I've been blogging for 5 years already, I started blogging in June 2003. and Azrael's Merryland ( http://azraelsmerryland.blogspot.com ) is the first blog that I published.

* How did you get into blogging?
A friend comic artist, Ariel Atienza and Jaclyn Lim told me to try blogging and because that i love publishing stuff online like website, email newsletter for pop culture stuff. They taught me and showed me what is blogging and how to publish your own blog. for free!

* Which blogs do you manage, and what are they all about?
I manage many blogs, but I focus more on my main blog site, Azrael's Merryland ( http://azraelsmerryland.blogspot.com), this blog runs for personal stuff only and then it evolves into a news site into a pop culture news blog for everyone, I still discuss many personal items about me and the stuff I do, but all of it are content-friendly and entertaining. So I don't worry even that I post Out of topic stuff to my readers, but still they are amused and it get to know more about me.

2nd blog I managed is Transformers Philippines blog ( http://www.transformersph.com ) mainly about Transformers animation and toys, and also it is a main website for our group Transformers Philippines - First, premiere and original Transformers fan group in the Philippines.

3rd blog - The Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention blog ( http://www.toyconph.com/blog) were I post updates about our convention and also about toy news and events.

4th blog is from my clients ^__^ won't post some details about it, because it has relation to one of my day job.

* Follow up: which is your main blog among those?

Azrael's Merryland, is my main blog site, because that I started with it from the beginning and I love the way it reflect more about me and the work I do.

* What's your day job?
I'm a webmaster for Glass House Graphics, Inc. an International Comic Art and Graphic Agency And Studio ( http://www.glasshousegraphics.com) sometimes I do marketing and events for the company.

for other side jobs, I'm a freelance event organizer and also main organizer for the Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention, we do that every year so for me, theres a routine already every year that I need to work on for events.

* Does your life revolve around blogging, or does blogging revolve around your life?
Both, my life revolve around blogging, because my life turned me into something different when I started blogging and it changes me into this (points to my face) and also blogging revolve around my life, because all of the contents in my blog are from me, my interest, my knowledge, and mainly my LIFE.

* What do you like doing when you're not blogging?
Go to malls, eat in restaurants or hunt for the biggest hamburger or pasta. Play Nintendo Wii at home, play with my pet cats, reading comic books, listening to music, play guitar, hobby photography, and think of crazy concept and ideas and try to materialize it into something cool.

* What's your PC or laptop of choice (for blogging) and why?
I'm using a laptop, Compaq Presario C500, Intel Celeron M (Az reads laptop label )
Its one of my good choice for using it for work and at home, I saw my friend, RG Guanzon, got the first early models of it years ago and I like its big screen, soft keypad, Altec Lansing speakers and speed. I like also the new models like with the duo core processor, but its pricey for me and can't afford. But I'm glad my loving parents gave money to me and told me to buy my own laptop, its a super gift last I got from them last year, right after I graduated college in F.E.U. ( I took BS MATH major in Com sci )

* Know any great places with free wi-fi where you can just hang out and blog?
Its a hobby for me now to check out wifi spots in malls and restaurants. and then I wrote some experience to it in my blog. The most comfortable wifi spot to me is in Starbucks, Podium, wow they got the speed!, and every Saturday morning from 8am-12nn, I stay there and surf the net while I wait my partner, Lace, to log out from work at 12nn. Starbucks in Podium is a great wifi spot. You can catch me there sometimes staying in the couch area up in the 2nd floor of the cafe. (they got electric plugs too! )

Also Kape Isla is a great venue for wifi, we did the Jelly in Manila meet up once and I like the ambiance of the place.

* Other than your own, which blogs do you usually check out?
I check out blogs of my friends, and my vast network in multiply.com (that includes you Renzie! )

I have a big list here and I visit them everyday, there's a widget in my igoogle and I receive their RSS feed updates. Most of the blogs I read are themovieblog.com, epicfu.com, toyrewind.com, komikero.com, drawwriteplay.com, suzakulace.blogspot.com and many more.

most of the blogs I visit are more on the stuff I do for work and hobby, comics, animation, toys, tech, gadgets, and showbiz stuff hehhehe.

* What is/are your favorite social networking site/s?
Multiply.com is the best! Then I'm into Facebook.com and I concentrate more to it, because I just found a way that it gives benefit to me whenever I promote an event that I organize and its easy to invite people to come. Same goes to Multiply.com great site to promote my upcoming event 7th Philippine Toy Convention for June 14-15, 2008 in Megamall.

I still use Friendster.com, but its already like an old book that already stored in my shelf.

* What is/are your favorite social bookmarking sites?
I don't use social bookmarking sites. But I try to make my own, like using the Link post in Multiply.com. I use that tool for bookmarking a site and share it to all. I have Stumble, but haven't got an idea how that thing works hehhe.

* For you, what is/are the most effective way/s to drive traffic into your blog?
To drive traffic and get lots of readership for your blog, first start sharing your blog to your friends, family and classmates. Then publish a content that interests you, write what you love and don't force yourself writing content that gives you an uncomfortable mood. Visit other blogs, and make friends with the bloggers, publish content that will make them visit again, create your own buzz and identity from your blog, that way you can label a certain blog genre and meet readers/bloggers that have the same interest and content with you.

well, this is only what I observed when I did this when I started blogging and for me its effective

* What effective link-building tactic worked best for you and your blogs?
social networking sites is a great link building tactic, all of the people in socio-networking sites are spending a lot of time on the net, and it means that the traffic and target readers are in there. Go and join, then promote it there.

* What is your favorite blog widget?
the News feed widget, I used it one time and it display some news that I want to be posted in my sidebar, it looks good for your blog to see related news that is under your interest.

* What is your favored way to monetize your blog?
My way is that I use google adsense to monetize my blog, at first I thought that it wasn't effective but when my blog gain readership and traffic, I notice that my adsense earnings is firing up everyday. There are others like links advertisements, and banner ads, for me they work and easy to use, sometimes I get paid by making reviews and post their press releases in my blog, they are from clients who contacted me directly to publish it for them.

* What advice can you give to a newbie blogger who's just starting out?
For a newbie blogger, before you start blogging, you should think first if you have the guts and the responsibility to write and post a content that will be visible to hundreds of readers, if you are ready for that then you can now publish one. Some newbies are too shy in writing, especially to those who will reveal their selves in blog as the author. It happens only at the start, but when you gain readership be prepared for comments, reviews and critics from your readers, you will learn more about blogging from other blogs and bloggers too, just continue reading books, magazines, newspaper and blogs. It will give you ideas on how to write a blog post and have your own content, and warning - blogging is habit forming

* What's the best blogging habit you can share with fellow bloggers?

Video blogging!
Thats a new content for your blogs, readers will be entertained or learn something when they see a blog post in video form. They can see the blogger talking to their readers in video and it will give you great interaction with fellow bloggers and readers

* Do you think this country needs more bloggers? Why so?
If a blog is all about Batibot. Then we need more bloggers for our country.
I haven't seen a blog about Batibot, about Pong Pagong and kiko Matsing. But I will be happy if I saw a blogger creates a blog dedicated to people who grew up with Batibot. Well its an idea but I really like to see blogs that has all Pinoy material in their post.

many thanks and credits to Mr. Renzit Baluyot for the 20 Q's

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Apipaks Prod. [Rumbled Sessions] @ Freedom Bar

Ducklings

The night was young and these young rockers didn't stop in playing the music that they love. Even that the event started late, I made it on time by arriving late and caught the band Ducklings opening the event with their high powered performance and also with guest participation by Kirby as the vocals for their hit song "Kawawa naman ako".

the night was full of impromptu acts, well, I joked around and said that impromptu is the word of the day hahahaha. other bands like Molded Sushi, Le Strange and many other. The event was jampacked with rocker, pinoy, japanese and koreans!. So surprise to see other foreigner at the event, but I was expecting for a 80% jrock night, but it was not that I was expecting. the gig was more on rock covers and original songs. It was a great night and nursing my beer for 10min. was a blast too hehehehe. too bad that I went home early and failed to watch other great bands like 7thursday and Do Ahou.

more post, photos and etc below after the jump


the crowd during break time


Kirby




















more photos at Apipaks Prod. [Rumbled Sessions] @ Freedom Bar

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