Mission Statement

Without a doubt, technology has made life a lot easier for all of us, and has presented a lot of opportunities to us as individuals and as a society. Along these lines, it is the aim of PinoyTechie.com to help spread the use of technology for individual growth, and to help our country’s economy move forward. Indeed, this is a wonderful time to be alive, with technology developing at an exponential rate. There is thus a need to be current with technological advances and developments. In this regard, PinoyTechie.com strives to be of assistance.

Moreover, PinoyTechie.com seeks to be the portal, or at least one of the portals, of Philippine Technology. Let us not just be a community of individuals, but a community of web sites, blogs and online businesses, and let our collective voices propel ourselves, our endeavors, and the country forward.

All these goals, however, will be spearheaded by the PinoyTechie.com community, for -- to modify the popular saying -- more heads are better than one. Everyone therefore is invited to share his or her technological know-how with the rest of the community. The intended effect is to help the rest of the country, and hopefully, even the rest of world. The good news is that the site is set up so that everyone stands to benefit for sharing their knowledge. In other words, may we all help one another and be prosperous doing it. :)

You may include a product or service -- yours or someone else's, Filipino or foreign -- in our database by going to your Navigation Menu and clicking create content->product or create content->service. Only the product or service name/title is required, but it will greatly help other users of the site if you can be as detailed as possible with your entry.

For the purpose of reaching the international market, posting in English is encouraged. However, posting in Filipino is allowed.

So if you’re pumped up enough, you may start posting by registering and logging in. You may now go to the Posting Guidelines, and the Earning Guidelines.

Who owns PinoyTechie.com?

PinoyTechie.com is published by Dino Manrique.

A graduate of Ateneo de Manila University's B.S. Computer Science progam, Dino is a web developer and freelance writer who has written literary works -- short stories, poetry -- for Philippine publications such as Philippines Free Press and Philippine Graphic. He has also written for international magazines and web sites, including Pool & Billiard Magazine, Billiard's Digest, Doll Magazine, San Francisco Weekly, New Jersey Journal, and Asia Times Online among others.

Included among his unpublished works is the unproduced historical screenplay, Ang Heneral at Ang Supremo, an imagined and well-researched account of the feud between two of the Philippines' national heroes, Andres Bonifacio and Emilio Aguinaldo.

He has also developed websites for independent filmmakers (JP Carpio's Balay Daku and Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil's Angels), scriptwriter Ricky Lee, and two online communities on writing and literature, FilipinoWriter.com and WriteLit.com.

He is currently working on his thesis as part of the requirements for an M.A. English Studies-Creative Writing degree at the University of the Philippines, Diliman.

Aside from writing, filmmaking, and web development, he is also passionate about music.

Dino, who was born and raised in Iriga City, Camarines Sur, is based in Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines. You may reach him at pinoytechie.com [at] gmail [dot] com.

Can I edit or delete my posts?

In the meantime, you can only edit your posts. The delete button will not work; it has been disabled primarily to maintain the integrity of the site's structure, particularly with respect to product/service and and review content types.

How do I add an event to the calendar?

Just use the event content type. Anything that is time-bound or has a deadline like a grant or workshop is considered an event.

In case of a single-day deadline, start time should be 12:00 a.m. and end time should be 11:59 p.m. or any specific end time.

How Do I Earn From Google AdSense?

You can earn from Google AdSense just by posting any kind of content type (ad, blog, event, job, review, forum topic, product service, etc.).

Here’s how it works:

1. You create an account with PinoyTechie.com if you're not yet a member of the site.

2. You create a publisher's account with Google Adsense if you don’t have one. You will be asked for the name of your site. You should, by order of priority:

a. Enter the name of your site -- http://www.mysite.com, for example -- if you already have one.

OR

b. Create a blog at http://www.blogger.com. You will then have a blog name in the form of http://yourblogname.blogspot.com. You should then enter this blog name when applying for a Google Adsense account.

OR

c. Enter the name of this site, http://www.PinoyTechie.com. 

3. You enter your Google Adsense publisher ID (make sure it is in the form of 'pub-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX' including the 'pub' prefix) into the designated box in the "revenue sharing" tab of your "my account" page on PinoyTechie.com.

4. You login and post entries of any content type (ad, blog, event, job, review, forum topic, product service, etc.) at PinoyTechie.com. Make sure that it is an original entry and/or you’re not violating anyone’s copyright.

5. PinoyTechie.com serves Google ads with every post you make. 70% of the time the ad is yours, 30% of the time, it's PinoyTechie.com's (in other words, the set-up is a 70-30 sharing of revenue).

You can test this by viewing the page source of your browser (in the Firefox browser menu, for example, it's View>Page Source). You'll see that 7 out of 10 times when you load a page and view the source (in the Firefox browser, it's View>Page Source on the menu), the Google AdSense ID of the ads is yours. 

6. PinoyTechie.com visitors click the ads. You make money. PinoyTechie.com makes money.

Important: Do not click OR tell others to click on the Google ads served ON YOUR OWN POSTS. This is called click fraud, and you risk losing your Google Adsense account since Google Adsense is very strict about these things.

I have also enabled adsense click tracking to determine the users who may be clicking on their own posts.

7. Google sends you a check. Google sends PinoyTechie.com a check.

That's it. Good luck and happy posting!

How do I include a product or a service in PinoyTechie.com's database?

You may include a product or service -- yours or someone else's -- in our database by going to your Navigation Menu and clicking create content->product or create content->service. Only the product or service name/title is required, but it will greatly help other users of the site if you can be as detailed as possible with your entry.

How do I include photos in my post?

You may include photos in your post through hotlinking, that is, by inserting the URL or web page of a photo which is hosted or uploaded in a photo online service which allows embedding or hotlinking, like Flickr.com or Photobucket.com. (Register with these sites if you don't have an account with them yet. I personally recommend Photobucket.com).

You may do this by enabling the rich-text editor and clicking the 'Insert edit/image button' -- the button with the image of a 'tree' -- and entering the photo's URL and other details. So as not to break the format of the site, enter 400 x 300 (pixels) as the maximum dimension of the photo.

Make sure that you are linking to an image which allows hotlinking like the aforementioned web sites, or to an image hosted in your own site. 'Illegally' posted photos will be unpublished.

 

How do I include videos in my post?

To include a video in your post, just:

1. disable the rich-text editor, or click the 'Edit HTML Source' button, and
2. insert the embed code of the video hosted on a video upload service like YouTube.com in your post. (The embed code is the code with the 'embed' tag.)

Make sure that you own the copyright to the video or that you have permission to post it. Videos violating this rule will be unpublished. When in doubt, just link to the video.

How do I post product or service reviews?

You may post reviews by:

1. Finding the product or service (Filipino or foreign) you want to review using the different search boxes of the site. Once you find the product or service, enter your review in the textarea provided beneath the product or service. If you did not find the product or service you want to review, you may create and include the product or service in our product database or service directory by going to your Navigation Menu and going to create content->product or create content->service.
2. Posting your review on your blog.

 

How do I use my blog?

You may use your blog in the following ways:

1. Record your activities related to technology.
2. Share your thoughts about technological developments in the Philippines or abroad.
3. Post helpful articles on technology, e.g. articles on earning online, software, gadgets, etc. Keep in mind that the more helpful your blog is to the site's user, the more likely he or she is to click on your Google AdSense ads.
4. Review technology products.
5. Use your blog as your personal diary.
6. Any creative use can come up with -- the more technology-related, the better.

What language should I use in my posts?

For the purpose of reaching the widest audience possible, you are encourage to post in English. However, posting in Filipino is also allowed.

Disclaimer

PinoyTechie.com Disclaimer

• The information contained in this site is provided 'as is' without warranty of any kind. The entire risk as to the results and the performance of the information is assumed by the user, and in no event shall PinoyTechie.com be liable for any consequential, incidental or direct damages suffered in the course of using the information in this site. Use of the information contained in this site is governed by their respective license agreements and may contain restrictions on use.

• All parties submitting materials, web site addresses, articles to PinoyTechie.com represent and warrant that the submission, installation, copying, distribution, and use of such web site addresses, articles, materials in connection with PinoyTechie.com will not violate any other party's proprietary rights. The user understands and agrees that the PinoyTechie.com governance is not responsible for any errors created in, or damage to such materials as a result of the installation or maintenance on PinoyTechie.com servers, or their use by anyone accessing PinoyTechie.com servers.

• All messages made available as part of this interactive website (including forums and chat rooms) and any opinions, advice, statements or other information contained in any messages posted or transmitted by any third party are the responsibility of the author of that message and not of PinoyTechie.com (unless PinoyTechie.com is specifically identified as the author of the message). The fact that a particular message is posted on or transmitted using this PinoyTechie.com website does not mean that PinoyTechie.com has endorsed that message in any way or verified the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message. We encourage visitors to the site to report any objectionable message to PinoyTechie at Gmail.com. This site is not monitored 24/7. PinoyTechie.com has the right to remove any such objectionable message.

• All information on this site is for information purposes only, and not intended to constitute professional advice as circumstances will vary from person to person.

• PinoyTechie.com shall not be responsible for the content of any external web sites mentioned or featured herein.

Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement for PinoyTechie.com

PinoyTechie.com has created this Privacy Statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: PinoyTechie.com.

What this Privacy Statement Covers

• This Privacy Statement covers our treatment of personally identifiable information that we collect when you are on the PinoyTechie.com, and when you use our services.

• This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to people that we do not employ or manage.

Information Collection and Use

• You may visit PinoyTechie.com without identifying yourself, but if you'd like to use most of the features of PinoyTechie.com you will need to register and create an account.

• Any information you provide during the registration process are considered part of your PinoyTechie.com account. We use this information to improve the content of our site so that we may better serve you.
• PinoyTechie.com believes that your personal information belongs to you. We collect this information when you provide it, but we do not rent or sell this information to third parties.

• When you register with us, we ask for your name and email address. Once you register with the site and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us.

• We may also automatically receive and record standard information on our server logs from your browser including your IP address, Drupal cookie information, and the page you requested.

• We may generate statistics using these logs, in aggregate form only. None of your information would be published in these statistics.

• We will use information for these general purposes: to fulfill your requests for certain products and services, and to contact you about support issues.

Cookies

• We may set and access cookies on your computer.

• These cookies are only used in connection with your session and login information, and are only used within our site.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.

• Your Account Information is password-protected for your privacy and security.

• You should never re-use the same password on multiple services. The password may be transmitted in the clear, and it may be possible for an attacker to intercept it during transmission.

Your Contact Information

Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information. We use customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information about our company. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary, like when informing the customer of recent updates to the site.

Correct/Update

This site gives users options for modifying the information they previously provided in their account.

Public Forums

This site makes blogs, forums, events, and most of its content types available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may edit this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on our pages.

Other Sites

This site contains links to other sites. PinoyTechie.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact the publisher, Dino Manrique at pinoytechie.com [at] gmail [dot] com.