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Reviewing 2005 and Planning for 2006

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Nope, this is not your typical 2005 political review but more of looking at what happened to me this year. I think this is the first time that I'll be doing this so here it goes.

1. Congressional Oversight Committee for the E-Commerce Law (COCEC)
I think the biggest thing that happened to me this year is my appointment as consultant, functioning as an executive director, to the COCEC. It has brought the big picture of e-commerce to mind and gave me an opportunity to work with Senator Mar Roxas and Representative Junie Cua. At the same time, once again, work with Senator Ramon Magsaysay. The task at hand were delicate and things have to be done by protocol, respecting each agency's status and disposition. Being careful not to overstep and go beyond one's function. It is also learning about patience, political powerplay, respect for ownership, and looking at the greater good of the country and those who deserves to be prioritized. There are a lot of concerns being spotted today. However, for as long as these are seen as efforts to improve the situation, things will turn out ok, I hope, in the long run.

2. Blogging
My interest in blogs rised thanks to the offering of 21Publish.com and to the Digital Pinay issue. A lot of my articles this year were pretty focused about this subject. The GloriaGate scandal further contributed to the recognition of blogging as an influential opinion media. It also paved the way for the 1st Philippine Blogging Summit - iblog, to take place.

3. DigitalFilipino.com Club
The DigitalFilipino.com Club has transformed greatly this year. Eyeballs became more frequent and we started accepting institutional partners that can greatly contribute to the benefit of our members. We finally found our baseline membership price as well at US$30 for individual while US$180 for corporate. We also became on O'Reilly Group User Program member as well. Becoming part of this program shall have a great influence in my 2006 programs as you'll see below.

4. eBiz Training for SMEs
I got the chance to do an eBiz Training for SMEs under APWINC (Seoul, Korea) and APEC (ADOC-Manila). It was a great experience and hope to get the chance to do it once again next year.

5. CyberFair Roadshow
Our campaign for the Philippine Schools CyberFair went on a high gear this year. We started doing provincial roadshows too. Although it will take a lot of time before elementary and high school institutions get prep to recognize the value of competitions like CyberFair, I believe it will all be worth the wait when the proper time has come.

6. One Internet Day
Having One Internet Day in Manila and Cebu was totally unplanned for this year, it just happened. However, both turn out to be ok. For 2006, the tradition shall continue and reach out to those, especially the young ones, to learn about the impact of the Internet in our lives.

Having the privilege of owning one of the biggest ICT communities (not an NGO), the challenge is on retaining it and provide the highest value as well. For 2006, here's what peers in the industry can expect:

1. Setting up a network neighborhood watch
As early as January of 2005, I already thought of putting up a fraud database. However, there were a lot of concerns raised then by club members that I had to back track with such an idea. But this time, things have changed and have found a way on how to go around this. In the DigitalFilipino.com Club, a network neighborhood watch program will be launched where club members will learn the basics of Internet forensics. Those who will participate in the training shall be committed to share their discoveries in the forums section. In the long run, this will also allow us to find out if there's a pattern on the spams, scams, being sent to us via email.

2. More technical and hands-on sessions
Putting up the DigitalFilipino.com Club has been quite tough. Although we are a venue for networking and sharing of expertise, the pressure remains to outdo yourself the previous. In this regard, apart from the network neighborhood watch that I mentioned earlier, more hands-on session shall happen this year like eBay trading, agile web development, among others. I do hope that this will allow us further in increasing our membership in the provinces and provide them with valuable services as well.

3. Development of community leaders
We shall be developing a community leaders program as well. In this process, each city/town shall have a community leader who can organize their own eyeballs in the said area, with proper coordination with us. Of course, be compensated in the process too.

4. Launch of PH-SPIN
PH-SPIN will go full blast in 2006. I shall start accepting paid members and in return will get to participate in our monthly briefing on topics in relation to software process improvement.

5. Launch of a niche retail/wholesale/service site
We just finished PrimaPlaySchool.com and in process for our fashion accessories website. I can't say more about this yet but a lot of challenging things are happening.

Thank you for all the support in DigitalFilipino.com!



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joey alarilla (Homepage) on December 29, 2005 at 10:28 AM
hi janette! thanks for visiting my blog.
yup, was great to see you again too :) happy holidays to you and all your loved ones.
cheers,
joey

   

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