http://pinoylancer.com/blog PinoyLancer (PL) is your only gig, project, and freelance hub Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:27:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Spreading the news Date: August 7, 2008 (Thursday) Time: 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Venue: Isla Ballroom, Tower Wing, EDSA Shangrila Globe Labs is a new organization within Globe Telecom whose mission is to help ... http://pinoylancer.com/blog/2008/07/23/globe-innovation-convention-globe-labs-launch-enriching-lives-through-innovative-communications/ What do you think motivates a person to quit his day job and go web working full time? Well, there are many reasons and each individual has his own story. But overall, I think one of the primary reason behind this decision is that we think we’ll ... http://pinoylancer.com/blog/2008/06/13/life-as-a-web-worker-are-you-disciplined/ Just wanted to let you guys know that one of my projects, Mployd.ph recently received honorable mention at SEOmoz' Web 2.0 Award. Some coverage from my blog over here and the official Mployd blog over here. Have a great weekend guys! --aj http://pinoylancer.com/blog/2008/05/31/mployd-receives-honorable-mention-at-seomoz-web-20-awards/ There was an issue on the RSS feed the past few days. It was some characters showing on the project title. Those were single and double quotes not properly decoded on the XML. What I should have done is instead of just placing: htmlspecialchars_decode($str); It should be: htmlspecialchars_decode($str, ENT_QUOTES); The latter will decode both ... http://pinoylancer.com/blog/2008/05/28/feedburner-rss-feed-fixed/ Venue: Engineering Library and Computer Science Building, Velasquez Street, UP Campus, Diliman, Quezon City Note: Limited seats,First come, first serve basis. Registration is open until June 2, 2008. Your registration expires if no payment is made within 2 days. ########################################### #Joombie Section# 1:00PM - 2:00PM ... http://pinoylancer.com/blog/2008/05/27/php-and-mysql-for-the-lazy-joomla-day-philippines/ Our partner Egghub just pushed a Zeitgeist today for their user's collective consciousness. If you are like me who dig discs, check Egghub. It'll help you collect and organize your discs. --aj http://pinoylancer.com/blog/2008/05/22/egghub-just-pushed-a-zeitgeist/ Brought to you by PHP User Group Philippines, Inc. (PHPUGPH) In cooperation with US Auto Parts Network (Philippines) Corp. Event Details Date: May 24, 2008 Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Venue: US Auto Parts ... http://pinoylancer.com/blog/2008/05/21/phpugph-event-triphpletreatusautopartsphilippines/ Many web designers fall into a trap by pricing their services lower than they should, which can have a serious impact on their business. Here is a quick look at the many different ways that under pricing your services can hurt you...  Most Inspired A very good read for all freelancers. --aj http://pinoylancer.com/blog/2008/05/17/the-costs-of-under-pricing-your-design-services/ We all know that most freelancers don't want to go and scour the web for active projects to just find out that there's nothing for them to take on. That might just be a waste of time. Well, I've been a freelancer most of my life and I know how freelancers ... http://pinoylancer.com/blog/2008/05/16/subscribe-to-pinoylancer-by-email-rss-xml-feed/ Freelancer feedbacks are very important to a career in freelancing. Commonly known as "sideline". PinoyLancer provides an easy way to provide a feedback to any freelancer or project owner. Here's how: 5 easy-steps: 1) Login to PinoyLancer (we require it to avoid Spam) 2) Go to my a user profile (ex http://pinoylancer.com/member/ajbatac) 3) Click ... http://pinoylancer.com/blog/2008/05/16/freelancer-feedbacks/