Filipino Takes Over Blog Herald
Tags: Abe-Olandres | Blog-Herald | Blogging | J.-Angelo-Racoma | PhilippinesTop Filipino problogger Abe Olandres takes over The Blog Herald, a blog providing blogging news for bloggers. Assisting him is fellow full-time Filipino problogger J. Angelo Racoma — y’know, the PayPal for the Philippines crusader.
When it comes to showing Filipinos how to monetize their natural affinity for social media, Abe leads the way. I’m meeting with the Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry tomorrow; I’ll definitely cite this local sunrise industry milestone. They hear a lot about Americans taking over Philippine businesses; bet they rarely hear about a Filipino taking over a US business.
Philippine government people talk a lot about IT “leveling the playing field”. In the heavily disintermediated social media industry, that tired old catchphrase could actually mean something around here.
December 8th, 2006 at 2:14 pm
[...] Mike Abundo has this to say: When it comes to showing Filipinos how to monetize their natural affinity for social media, Abe leads the way. I’m meeting with the Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry tomorrow; I’ll definitely cite this local sunrise industry milestone. They hear a lot about Americans taking over Philippine businesses; bet they rarely hear about a Filipino taking over a US business. [...]
December 8th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
Right Mike — but Abe and Angelo weren’t management before BloggyNetwork’s purchased it. Am I quibbling over semantics?
December 12th, 2006 at 3:07 pm
That’s okay, Tony. Thanks for the clarification.
January 3rd, 2007 at 7:35 pm
[...] First Abe Olandres takes over The Blog Herald, then Kevin Codamon takes over PC Gamers, and now this. I figured Filipinos would quickly adopt blogging, but I never dreamed they’d take over the blogosphere. Share this… Close [...]
January 5th, 2007 at 12:19 am
[...] The relentless Filipino takeover of the blogosphere continues. Last month, Abe Olandres and J. Angelo Racoma took over The Blog Herald while Kevin Codamon took over PC Gamers. This week, Jayvee Fernandez took over b5media’s technology channel. Yesterday, Kevin took over That Damn PC. [...]