A brand new month. Let’s start it with Google’s April Fools Joke and the increasing power of blogs, go figure by watching this news video.

Update (4/2):
On today’s news – Korina Today’s feature is about a blog. Watching such topics on the local channel is something new. I saw the big question marks on my fellow viewers eyes. As a matter of fact, nahirapan akong mag-explain sa bahay kung ano ang blog. So I tried – in the most comprehensive way:

Blog – Ang blog ay isang online journal. Isang pang-publikong diary na puwedeng basahin ng sinuman na may access sa internet. Na kung saan ang mambabasa nito ay pwedeng mag-comment o magbigay ng reaksyon ukol sa topic ng isang blog entry.

Blog – singular; Blogs – plural.

Dalawang klase ng blog:

A. Personal – para lang siyang diary na kahit ano pwede mong isulat.
B. Niche – specified, isang topic lang ang concern ng manunulat. Halimbawa technology blog, photography, o sports. Pwede din tungkol sa wedding o kaya shoes.

Blogger – eto naman ang tawag sa taong nagsusulat ng blog.

Blogger – singular; Bloggers – plural.

Sino ang pwedeng magsulat ng blog? – kahit sino na marunong gumamit ng internet , magsulat o mag-express ng ideya, at marunong ng basic HTML.

Bakit naman sikat ang blog? Hmm, bakit nga ba. Malamang ito ay naging sikat dahil sa:

1. Ang blog ay para na ring isang billboard sa EDSA na kung saan open na siya for advertisers. Ad space for lease parang ganun.

2. Ang blog ay punong-puno ng freedom of speech. Pwede kang sumigaw ng Gloria Resign, o kaya magbigay ng  feedback tungkol sa poor service ng isang restaurant, o kaya magkwento ng tungkol sa lovelife mo.

3. Ito ay lalong sumikat dahil sa nasobrahan na freedom of speech (lolz)- na kung saan hindi na naiiwasan maka-pagbanggit o magbatikos ng mga pangalan ng kilalang tao o lugar.

Going back to the said TV news – I think there’s something wrong about the title phrase of the said Korina Today’s edition – “Beware of the Blog” Huh, blog of who?

Whoever wrote /conceptualize the title should review the blogging 101 above in case he or she is confused.

Maybe it means:
Beware of the blogger – Focused on one controversial blogger only.
Beware of the blogs – Sounds general though. Which is, I think, unfair.

Also, the word “beware” is funny. We, bloggers indeed are powerful eh?

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