We are hiring .NET Developers, Graphic Artists and Xhtml Experts - Davao City

August 14, 2007 in davao, hiring developers, job oppurtunities

We open positions to all aspiring/experienced developers and designers graduate, undergraduate, or was not able to pursue tertiary education, it doesn’t matter. We are looking for passionate people who are willing to learn, be trained and can get things done. People who value simplicty, code quality and take ownership of it. [...]

Thai Massage at BodyBliss

August 6, 2007 in davao, life, spa

A lot of great things happened this week. We had a good build on our product and several major issues has been resolved. We are four now, and we’ll try to hire one more developer to join our team. This has been a great week, and as always, I want it to [...]

MicroISV: Day 4 - Finding A Business Lawyer

May 25, 2007 in business of software, davao, micro-isv

Perhaps one of the services hardest to find in Davao City are business and corporate lawyers. We googled for business lawyers directories practicing in Davao and we found only one site. But its also disappointing how much these lawyers charge, 6k/hr! We cannot afford it (period!).
In need of a business lawyer.
What we’re looking is a lawyer with [...]

MicroISV: Day 3 - Evaluating Broadband (DSL) Service Providers

May 24, 2007 in business of software, davao, micro-isv

Today, I spent several hours evaluating the best DSL provider in Davao City for a business subscription. Basically the following is what we are lookup into a DSL provider.

Speed. It has to be very fast both Uploading and downloading. But I think we can only wish so much as ISP can only [...]

MicroISV: Day 2 - In Pursuit of Strategic Location

May 22, 2007 in davao, micro-isv

Davao City has great potential for IT hubs and business process outsourcing, given its vast resources of graduates, security, and limited cities competing in Mindanao region. But as a business locator, I personally find it hard to locate a strategic development center for small ISV company like ours here. There are only two buildings in [...]

MicroISV: Day 1 - Impressive Davao

May 20, 2007 in davao, life, tours, travel

Its really nice being here in Davao City. For the mean time, I’ll be staying at White Mansion until we have fully setup our office and good to go. A very nice place, fully furnished with complete basic amenities situated few kilometers from the city proper. Impressive city.
Nice people. I think common dabawenyos are generally [...]

Davao Trip : Waiting, Take-off, Turbulence, Descend

May 19, 2007 in davao, travel

Manila Domestic Airport. The initial checkin goes fine except on pre-departure security check when I forgot to put my perfume and toothpaste inside my checked-in luggage. It was an honest mistake, so I have return and find my baggage on the conveyor. I have to go thru the pre-departure security once [...]