Author: Ian Limpangog

I'm iAn and I love the white beach, the blue sky, and the green massifs.

Technical Writing as a Career

Would you like to start a new career but couldn’t find a suitable job in the market or the competition may have been too stiff? Why not try technical writing. Do have any idea on the job? You may be reluctant to venture on a work that is unpopular and not-so-famous. The existence of such position itself is your question at this moment. But this is what I can assure you, technical writing is as old as the first television set ever built. It is because the individual who wrote the users’ manual you consulted for you to operate the ... Read more

Use Custom Domain for Gmail

Do you have your own domain and would like to use it with Gmail? For example, you purchased yourowndomain.com and would like to have an email account such as admin@yourowndomain.com and you need a mail space that is bigger that the usual 100 – 200MB bundled email account from your domain registrar, then Gmail is a good choice for you. The concept is simple, replace gmail.com with yourowndomain.com but continue using Gmail service. With Gmail, you can have 7 GB+ of mail space and can create up to 50 mail accounts for your customized domain. No matter where you have bought ... Read more

Get Free Hosting at Freehostia

I admit, Freedom Wall is hosted at Freehostia, but before that, I was using blogger and I was really disappointed when they (their virtual robot) tagged my blog as spam, thus, they put it offline and I eventually lost all my 200+ articles. Sad thing is, I wasn’t able to keep a backup. So, as a sort of advice make it as a habbit. Blog export is good way of backing up your blog because if you opt to change your host due to disappointment, you can always keep your articles’ publication dates. Yes, it was midst of 2010 when I lost ... Read more

Tsunami Alert is Causing Panic to Negros Oriental Folks

An intensity 6.7 earthquake struck 10 kilometers off the coast of Tayasan town in Negros Oriental at 11:49AM, February 6, 2012. Other reports said 6.8, 6.9, and even intensity 7.0 in Dumaguete City and I have completely no idea which report is saying the exact figure. A tsunami warning was raised after the said quake which had caused panic to the residents which, I believe, was lifted at 2:30PM today. And for an individual like me whose family reside in the affected area was to get an assurance of their safety. I am receiving text messages from my Mom that they ... Read more

eBuddy XMS: A Multi-platform, BBM-like Messenger

BBM is exclusive for Blackberry mobile devices and many individuals are buying Blackberry because of such service and a much cheaper data plans of course. Globe Telecom offers PhP599 for an unlimited data connection for Blackberry (BBMax) users while 400-peso higher or Plan999 is available for an unlimited data service for iOS and Android apps (SUPERSURF).But there are many techies out there that choose Android devices and iPhone instead of Blackberry and this may give the idea of the developers to create an app that will allow users across platforms to connect with each other called eBuddy XMS. Like BBM, ... Read more

Kingsoft Office: The Best MS Office Editor and Reader App

I am a technical writer, and MS Word is one of the tools I am using in my job. Since I don’t always bring a laptop with me, I look for an Android app which I can use for my HTC in case there are urgent edits or revisions in my work. I tried Polaris Office, but, aside from the bulk in app size which cannot be moved to SD storage, it has limited editing features and does not support PowerPoint. So I uninstalled the app. I tried looking for similar app and then I found Documents To Go, but ... Read more

A review on HTC Explorer A310E

After a careful consideration and evaluation on whether I go for Blackberry bold 9300 or HTC Explorer, I finally decided to take the later. The only edge Blackberry has against HTC is its BBM service and since only few of my friends use Blackberry and there are other several multi-platform messaging service available in applications stores or markets, I scratched the option of having BBM on my phone. Also, I am hearing that RIM (Blackberry OS developer) is considering options of making BBM be available on other platforms like Android and iOS, though its a paid app. December 23, 2011 ... Read more

2011 was a Tough Year

2011 was the most challenging year for me. If ever someone would be interested to know my biography, I would highlight such year to be the toughest year. I couldn’t count the intances that my heart beat faster than normal, the nights which I hadn’t get enough and restful sleep, and the workdays where I only kept on browsing on outside opportunities. Arrhythmia and sleeping disorder were some of the few harvests I raked from the distinguished people’s seeds. Why I say so? It was April when my father was diagnosed of Microscopic Hematuria, a disease secondary to possible cardiovascular ... Read more

My 7 unforgettable links

I really appreciate the one who initiated this project, My 7 Links Project, because of its aim to unite bloggers of various categories and niches. I wasn’t aware of this at first so thanks to Marxtermind for tagging me in his post. Pressure of course but then I believe that this would be an opportunity for me to look back on my previous posts. And here are what I found out. 1. Most Beautiful Post PUERTO PRINCESA SUBTERRANEAN RIVER: TRULY, GOD’S MASTERPIECE   One good reason for a visitor not to forget the Philippines is its natural wonders, to mention one ... Read more