Gail Villanueva, Cutey Kutitots
By Jose Illenberger

I guess one of the major things about blogging is that it has evolved from being just journal entries into something much, much more—a powerful new media. It’s viral. Personal websites remained to be just personal websites. But blogs? Blogs have become influential on the internet that companies are actually paying bloggers to review their products and services. It’s so unlike the personal site mantra of “me, me, me, me!” It’s social, and viral. read more

Jowee Alviar and Mon Punzalan, Power TM
By Jose Illenberger

Team Manila was born from our desire to start a graphic design scene in Manila and be recognized locally and internationally. The studio was also an avenue where we could put the Philippines on the Graphic Design map. read more

Bryan Veloso, SXSW Blog of the Year Winner
By Jose Illenberger

Actually, I have no creative education. I really loved communicating using the online medium, as I wasn't really that good at any other outlets, such as sports, music, etc. I have been self taught ever since and like to stay that way. read more

Donald Martinez, The Badongers
By Jose Olarte

Actionscript was never really taught, but we had exams na kailangan mong gumamit so we were forced to learn it on our own through the Flash help file which is probably the most comprehensive help file na nabasa ko, I mean nandun na lahat eh.. if you really know the basics of programming and wanted to learn actionscript just read the help file. read more

Luis Buenaventura, Community builder
By Jose Illenberger

I still don't consider myself an expert in any of those languages though, but I do know enough that another developer wouldn't be able to intimidate me with geek-speak, which was the reason why I studied them all in the first place. read more