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April 19, 2006


 

 
 iBlog2 is now history.  We had more speakers (5 times more than that original 5 in iBlog), 2 separate rooms, and surprisingly, more attendees (a total of more than 200 sign-ups) than the first Philippine Blogging Summit.  The day was kicked off by Rebecca Mackinnon’s inspiring keynote and then the six tracks on everything we thought bloggers would be interested in (i.e., Professional Blogging, Media, Podcasting, Legal Issues, Arts and Writing).  Given that we scheduled this on a weekday, we were blown away by the number of people who trekked out to the UP College of Law for this event.

I spent the day taking pictures and basically running around like a headless chicken. My overall impression is that blogging is coming into its own in the Philippines.  We’re seeing more newbies, more dedicated bloggers, and deeper concerns about where all of this is headed.  I can assure you, the folks at the UP Law Internet & Society Program will be here to do its part.  We hope to mount iBlog3 either next year or if we can hack it, as early as the end of the year.  (more…)

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