I know. What am I supposed to do with this site now, huh? I’m starting to detach myself from the online identities I’ve carried for the past so-and-so years. I guess that includes PinkSEO too.

For now, just in case you’re looking for the person who used to blog here (and who used to be obssessed with pink and SEO), she’s somewhere else now, uhm, chasing dreams. c”,)

Well, at least according to Michael of Basapa.com, who released his list of Top Pinoy Probloggers for 2007 a few weeks ago. I was ranked number four (whoa), trailing behind Teh Yugatech, Bryanboy, and the infamous 13 year old blogger Carlocab.

According to him,

I’ve rank the pinoy probloggers using the Highest Blog Juice (HBJ) per person. At first I was tempted to use the Total Blog Juice (TBJ), but upon closer inspection, I found out that it can skew the rankings. A person can create dozens of blogs with low-ranking juices, and will rank very high on this list. So I gave a much higher weight on the HBJ, which measures authority or popularity of a certain blogger, which is the purpose of this ranking in the first place.

I’m surprised. And honored. I’m not quite sure if I could call myself a problogger at this point. Sure, I blogged for a blogging network for several months at the start of this year, but even then, problogging is not my main source of income. I did get my Nikon D40 with blogging moolah, a percentage of which are from Google Adsense.

So okay, I may not be a hardcore problogger like Yuga, but in some essence, a problogger just the same. And a proud pinoy at that — at least that one I can brag about. :)

Cheers to all pinoy probloggers out there. :)

After barely three months of drooling over Nikon D40, I finally got myself one. Yay me! I wasn’t really planning to get one yet because there are far more urgent things that I need to save up for, but my ever influential Ninong Dave (photography guru slash spiritual adviser slash supportive cousin) presented me an offer I couldn’t resist. I had to grab it, impulsive as it may seem. So Thursday night, I had my very own Nikon D40 in my hands. Woohoo!

Then again, you can’t expect anything from the first try. I’m still getting myself acquainted with Konks (that’s her name), and I’m uber-excited. And Click Happy is happier too. :)

With my cousin, Tracy, and Konks, The Nikon D40 that Blogging Bought.

Good for me, Konks came in time for the Digital Photographer Philippine’s Sampaloc Street Photoshoot 2 (slash EB) which happened last Saturday. It was the second event of the same kind, and I was there the first time also. Back then, however, I was using a Kodak point-and-shoot. Now in spite of all the pressure and frustrations that came with being a newbie, I couldn’t think of a better way to learn serious photography than learning first-hand from the best photographers in the land! So I clicked and clicked, learned about apertures and shutterspeeds, and asked a lot of questions!

The result — my 1 gig SD card bursting with high-quality shots, about 60% of which were blurred, 20% were overexposed, 15% were too dark, and just about 5% worth showing to the public. Haha. Oh well, there’s always a first. I’m sooo excited to learn.

So here’s my addition to the list of things that blogging bought — may it forever be cached in Google, along with the house, the car, the laptop, the mobile phones, the Canon 400D, and well, there’s a lot more I’m sure. Yay me! :)

Although, I would have to agree with Lauren in her very objective post (ha!) that the bag is perhaps, improperly labeled as we, bloggers, don’t need a specialized bag anyway. Most of the bloggers I know don’t even have laptops. And well, professional bloggers are mostly home-based too. So what’s the point? I shall not reiterate what Lauren has said on her blog already, so just go over there coz some of my thoughts reflect what she already said. :D (Uh, why was I invited in this launch again?)

But I also have to say, that it’s pretty interesting (right, “interesting” is the word of the day) to have a line of bags named after and designed for bloggers. This only goes to show that, indeed, the blogging community has evolved into one big online market that the media, the society, and some companies have started to recognize. How many million blogs are there again? They mentioned it during the presentation — I forgot how many, but there’s definitely a lot. So what could be the next product for bloggers? Shirts? Laptops? The possibilities are limitless.

So, here, you see, is the widely-talked-about Blogger Bag. You can view full product specs here.

I think, however, that the Blogger Bag is a bit too bulky for me. And wooot, they don’t have it in PINK. (Bummer!) But not to fully disappoint female bloggers, Timbuk2 also has some bags designed for women that are pretty nice. I like the Marina Computer Bag and I probably won’t have second thoughts buying one if it’s available in other colors besides that yellowgreen-ish shade. Or if the Rumor Day Pack is available in pink. And I sure hell won’t mind if that Void Day Pack (which had a shade of pink, by the way) that was given away in the raffle landed on my hands, instead of Anton’s. Grr.

I’m actually kind of looking for a laptop bag, as I don’t have one yet. I only bought a slip-on case so that I can put my Acer in whatever bag I have. I still haven’t found what I’ve been looking for. Timbuk2’s bags are great, and they have specific details that you mostly won’t find in other gadget/laptop bags. I mean, seriously, if that cute Timbuk2 guy, Jose Tanada, took more time talking to me about stuff besides bags (you know, about his future plans, or what he loves doing, or if he has a girlfriend and stuff like that LOL), I probably would have given in. Hehe. Too bad.

Seriously though, the “girly” look for a laptop bag that I’ve been imagining in my head — I haven’t exactly found yet. The Void Day Pack comes close, though.

Over-all, it was a fun event as I’ve gotten to spend time with other bloggers — Jayvee, Lauren, Miss Noemi — and got to know new ones as well — Luis, Anton, Shari, AJ, among others. And *sigh* there was Jose the Bag Guy (right, I mentioned him already). Good thing he doesn’t blog. LOL. (But just in case you happened to land here, Jose.. uhm, Hi!)

Aight. I think that’s it. There goes the Blogger Bag for you. Know more about other Timbuk2 bags here.

It’s been a while since I last did a blog layout for someone, and well, it was definitely refreshing and nerve-wrecking at the same time for the designer wannabe in me. I blogged my thoughts about this project on the other blog, check it out.

I used to make Blogger layouts for friends, but that was a long time ago when CSS was still alien, and tables are the in-thing. Now, the new Blogger system is too complex for me, gaah, and while it’s frustrating, I’ve come to admit that I’m not cut out for it anymore. I mean, I just don’t have time anymore to sit down and master CSS, like Joni the Wordpress guru. I can, however, do blog headers (such as this one I made for Midlife Mysteries) and modify existing themes.

So, say, if that’s what you need, a hired help to modify the look of your Blogger/Blogspot, holler at me and maybe we can work something out. ;)

On another note, notice my new blog header? Well, no, this didn’t evolve to a Beauty Blog overnight. It’s still my geek blog, yup, and no, I have no intention writing about make ups and eyeliners and stuff, and the only MAC I intend on blogging about is that which is made by Apple.

I guess I just need a change of look, even for a bit. This blog’s been gathering dusts and cobwebs. About time I start filling this up with more pinkness again. :)

I thought of adding this one to my “is a woman” series of posts but “Junior Problogger is a Woman” just doesn’t sound right. :P Anyway.

13 year old Sarabeth Jasmine of Junior Pro Blogger Dot Com earns from Adsense, offers Ad space, features fellow teen-er’s blogs with her very own “Site of the Month” project, and blogs about stuff that are foreign even to us older bloggers (such as pixeled art and vector graphics). Really now. I remember playing Barbie dolls and rollerblades when I was thirteen. Sarabeth is surely doing something productive out of her time. :)

Take a look at her prettyful site that’s screaming girl power:

Browsing through her site not only amused me, it opened my eyes to the reality that kids these days are more technologically advanced than most of us are. Sarabeth says, in her domain information page:

I start blogging when I was 11. I started my point using Blogger. I blogged there for 2 years. I also blogged in BlogSource that time. After 2 years of bloging in Blogger and BlogSource, I was hosted by TheVanityAffair, one of my sister’s blog partners. I blogged there for less than a year because my sister gave me JuniorProBlogger. It was supposed to be a business blog but she told me just to use ot for my personal use. I opened up a pixel site on 1 April 2007, hosted by Ate Grace. I also opened a PhotoBlog hosted by Blogger on 31 March 2007. Then I closed them eventually.

Pixel site? Photoblog? She’s 11 when she first started?? She’s been blogging for two years? Amazing. :)

I did mention something about being frustrated at having no time to learn and create my own wordpress themes. Sarabeth, a decade younger than I am, makes her own! And it’s nice to find out that she once used the Pink-kupy theme before she created a more personalized theme for her domain. Cute. :)

Look around the web and you’ll find more kids making some noise in their own territories. (You can start from her blogroll.) Sarabeth’s not the only one. There’s also Luke Rivera, 12 years, founder of this start-up for kids, Switcheroony. Both Sarabeth and Luke are Filipino. :) Soon enough, the web will be dominated by more junior probloggers.

Amazing what kids can do these days. Amazing.

Ok, sorry, I just have to say it again: Amazing. :)

Via BBN.

Wanted: Wordpress Blogger

Bedzine Inc., a start-up online media and e-commerce company, is looking for blogger who can blog about the latest trends on the following topics:

• Bedzine.com – beds
• Sleepzine.com – sleep
• Mattresszine.com – mattress
• Keetsa.com – Eco-friendly and Green
• sfblogg.com – San Francisco and Bay Area

We’re looking for an experienced BLOGGER, who:

• has been blogging on their own site for at least 6 months
• has a positive and fun personality
• can write at least 10 original entries per day, with pictures, links, and tags
• has an interest in one or more of the topics listed above
• We are looking for someone who can find interesting things fast and also blog fast.

I had to blink a couple of times to make sure I was seeing it right. 10 posts a day? This clearly isn’t just any freelance blogging stint. IMO, ten posts a day is just too much if you have an 8am-5pm job. I once did freelance writing which required me at least 2000 words a day on top of my dayjob, and I’m telling you, it’s not easy at all. Barely three months into it, I realized I had to stop and get a life. I swear I can still remember those sleepless nights…. but okay, let’s not go there. Hehe.

What caught my attention in this particular blogger opening, however, aside from having to blog 10 posts a day about beds and mattresses, is the amount the job is worth.

Compensation is $1000 a month.

Yay. Must be why they require at least 10 posts a day. Hehe! $1000 a month may not be much, but in Philippine currency, $1000 (about 47,000 php) is just about the average compensation of a managerial position in a local company. But inasmuch as I’d welcome any blogging stint (I don’t care if I’ll have to write about beds, or paper clips, or pedestrian lanes), I seriously cannot imagine 10 blog posts a day.

If only I was more of a risk-taker, I’d probably resign from my full-time job, apply for this blogger position, and blog about beds and mattresses my whole life. Then I won’t have to worry about the rent, and gas allowance, and credit card bills. I’ll just stay home and blog. But I’m not a risk-taker. And I still kindof love my job. So I’m not going to let the $$$ blind me.

But of course that’s just me. If you’re looking for a challenging and lucrative blogging job, and you can do it on a part-time basis, then maybe you can do this one. What do you say, Rico? :P