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Student Uses Twitter To Get Out Of Jail

5. June 2008 ·

Was checking my mail earlier morning when this headline from CNN caught my attention: "Freed man now uses Twitter to help friend". Here's a short summary and some excerpts from the article that I read from CNN. James Karl Buck James Karl Buck, an American student working on a photography project in Egypt for his master's thesis was arrested together with his interpreter while taking photographs of local anti-government protests over low wages and rising food prices. He was able to get out of jail with the help of Twitter. James Karl Buck was released from a Mahalla jail after sending a one-word blog post from his cell phone through the Twitter Web site. The message -- "Arrested" -- alerted all of his friends on the site of his detention. When his college found out about the situation, they hired a lawyer who then got him out of prison. Now that he's a free man, Buck is using his Twitter network (611 followers as of writing) to help free his friend Mohammed Maree.

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AT&T Tilt aka HTC TyTN II

4. June 2008 ·

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Got me a new cellphone 2 weeks ago. I wasn't able to blog about it right away coz aside from being preoccupied with personal matters, I was also busy installing programs, games, themes, transferring contact information, updating contacts, adding ringtones and other stuff on my cellphone. My previous phone was a Sony Ericsson W810i walkman phone from Cingular and the reason why I got a new cellphone wasn't because the Sony Ericsson W810i sucked, it was a nice cellphone with good features but it wasn't enough for me. What I wanted needed was a PDA/Smartphone which I can use as an organizer, planner and let me browse the web, check emails and lots of other stuff. One option was to get an unlocked unit but because it was quite expensive, I decided to get one from my carrier, AT&T's (formerly Cingular) website. I chose to get my cellphone online because that way I wouldn't have to go out and drive, I could take my time browsing through the different cellphones without being bothered by the salesperson and I can check product ratings and reviews on the Internet. Aside from that, I could also avail of certain discounts which are only available online. I ended up choosing the AT&T Tilt which is also known as the HTC TyTN II or HTC Kaiser. Retail price for the AT&T Tilt is $549.99 but with a 2-year contract extension, you can get it for $299 after a $100 mail-in rebate.

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WordCamp Philippines

3. June 2008 ·

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If you're a Pinoy blogger or a WordPress user/fan then most likely you've heard or read of this already. But in case you haven't, I have good news for you. There will be a WordCamp held in the Philippines this coming September 6, 2008. If you don't know what I'm talking about here's a little info. What is WordCamp? WordCamp is a conference type of event that focuses squarely on everything WordPress. Everyone from casual end users all the way up to core developers show up to these events. These events are usually highlighted by speeches or keynotes by various people. WordCamp is a spin off from the popular BarCamp which was a spin off of FooCamp. - Weblog Tools Collection WordCamp Philippines will be the first ever WordCamp organized and held in Asia. WordCamp Philippines is being organized by a group of Filipino bloggers based in Mindanao who were also responsible for organizing the successful 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit held last year. What are the objectives of WordCamp Philippines? ...to encourage more developers to use and deploy WordPress, not only as a blogging engine but also as a full-featured content management system for Web sites. Another is to increase the number of WordPress users and developers in the country. By developers, we mean programmers of WordPress plugins and designers of themes & templates.