Since the last time I touched upon the topic of microblogging, I have completely made the switch from Twitter to Plurk. This is mostly due to the fact that practically all my friends have pretty much abandoned the former for the latter.
But then again, what passes for friends in the interwebs can be placed under two categories: those who would gladly punch you in the face whether you want them to or not (and usually with greater enthusiasm than what is required by the situation), and those who would gladly watch.
“FREEEEEHHHHND”
And while we hurled threats of bodily harm and sexual torture of varying form, shape, and day of the week at each other before, it has never reached the level of venom it had since we started plurking.
Take for example how we debate about food, it usually starts and ends the same way: somebody professes their undying love or hatred for a given entree, then his so-called friends start posting their opinions as to the validity or lack thereof of said statement.
Continue reading ‘Food Wars’
UPDATE: As of yesterday afternoon. WebSapient has taken down its portfolio page. That’s well and good, but none of us who blogged about the whole affair are planning to delete our blog entries to serve as a reminder for them.
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You remember how much I hate plagiarizers? Well it seems like there’s no stopping them. Read on for the latest offense against a friend of mine.
Meet Marco Palinar, a very talented site guy (you can check out his portfolio here), and fellow asshole of the interwebs.
Now meet WebSapient (you can Google their website. I’m not about to link to scum like them if I can avoid it), a so-called design firm offering internet solutions to people who don’t know better.
If you bothered to go to WebSapient’s website, please go to their portfolio page and see if you see anything familiar. If you didn’t even go to their website, then good for you. But then I shall be forced to describe it by way of re-enacting my reaction:
“Hey, they have some pretty cool designs. They must be really tale—wait. This MV logo looks familiar”
Continue reading ‘WebSapient? More like HOMOSapient! (So-called design company rips off entire portfolio from Pinoy designer)’