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BEING BUDJETTE TAN


Gerry is part of ph-cyberview@yahoogroups.com and he sent me this message thread.



Message 3
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 01:23:23 +0800
From: Jim Ayson
Subject: Budjette Tan's mobile blog


Those of you who are into the local comics scene may know of Alamat comics and its head honcho Budjette Tan. I just found out he maintains a mobile photo blog at Phlog.net.

The URL is http://www.phlog.net/user/budjette

It's updated often (through the mobile I think) and is a little strange, as you eavesdrop on meetings etc... It kind of reminds me of that Spike Jonze movie "Being John Malkovich" where you get to enter a portal into the actor's brain and see the world through his eyes.

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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 06:05:33 -0000
From: "Miguel A Paraz"
Subject: Re: Budjette Tan's mobile blog


About the pics with the meeting with Globe's president (Budjette's day job is for Harrison Communications) - maybe he's proposing a mobile blogging service! I think he had something to do with building Globe XTM - which didn't turn out to be so hot, I think.

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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 06:08:56 -0000
From: "Miguel A Paraz"
Subject: Re: Will Mobile Photo Blogging Save MMS?


Technically, it's easy to build a mobile blogging system... the existing ones you listed are apparently built using scrappy scripts and glue. The commercial supplier I pointed out before just hacked on Roller Weblogger, which I use.

However, it seems to me that to date, there has been no successful "media" web service based on mobile stuff. I can think
of "communications" apps like Chikka, or Bidshot.

Maybe it's because the critical mass of web users is too small to make an impact.

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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 15:02:14 +0800
From: Jim Ayson
Subject: Re: Re: Budjette Tan's mobile blog


Globe XTM's ad campaign centered on a comic/superhero theme - I understand he was involved in that project.


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Wow... I'm semi-famous! I'm quasi-famous! I'm... IN-famous! he he he

Anyway... to kinda answer their queries...

Yes, all the photos are taken with my Nokia 7650 and uploaded via MMS.

The meeting with the President of Globe was partly to celebrate Emily Abrera's 25th Anniversary in the advertising.

And yes, I think mobile blogging will save MMS because people, especially Filipinos, love to show off their pictures, love to see themselves in some form of media (TV, a magazine, a web site), and it's the best way to "save" all the pictures taken because one can only save some much photos in their phone. Mobile blogging will also allow people to upload/back-up those precious "sweet"/ memorable/ life-changing text messages they don't want to delete.

So, there...

Wow... people are talking about me. ME! ME! ME!

Maybe I should start referring to myself like royalty.

We are flattered by your kind word and we would like to thank you for all your support.

Ahem...

Enough.

It's 2am.

Time to go home.





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