Swift vs. Spotify: Which side are you on?

I am not a big music fan. I listen to the radio when I drive only because driving in traffic is generally boring. I owned an iPod Nano whose music was first downloaded when I first bought the device just so I can play something from it when I run. I didn’t update its content since, that was 3 years ago. My car also has 3 CDs which I received as a gift from family and friends. Incidentally, one of those CDs was Taylor Swift’s Red Album which I think I asked for a Christmas wish list because I couldn’t think of anything else.  Continue Reading “Swift vs. Spotify: Which side are you on?”

#LabanPilipinas: Philippines Most Improved Country since 2010 in WEF Global Competitiveness Report

How do you measure a country’s success? Is it the percentage of tax you have to pay the government? Is it the availability of convenient transportation like trains? Is it the reliability of law enforcers and how they make us feel safe? Is it by the number of beggars on the street?

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Happy 2nd Year Anniversary to Us

Hello everyone!
August 1 marked the 2nd year anniversary of Creating Info! We are truly grateful for God’s grace in sustaining us in this business and the continued privilege to serve you guys. It had been an exciting journey for us, with its many ups and downs, and we look forward for many great things to come.

There’s a lot to be thankful for and we would like to take this time to recount the milestones we’ve achieved this past year.

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#ChickenSad: Case Study

I’m running way behind on my blog posts to you guys and I apologize for that. 🙁

We have spent the past couple of blog posts doing some introduction on basic system types. I hope you find them informational and feel free to let us know if you have questions by emailing us through hello@creatinginfo.com. For today, I am taking a break from the informational piece and going back to general interest.

As I was trying to scout for relevant technology topic to discuss, the #ChickenSad Craze really spark my curiosity. Continue Reading “#ChickenSad: Case Study”

What a layman needs to know about SaaS

I wanted to write you guys an introductory piece about Software-as-a-Service but I couldn’t decide a proper theme for it. So as usual, I browsed the internet for details related to the topic to find inspiration. As I am researching for this article, I realized that the term Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is a very technical term that perhaps only IT industry practitioners understand.  In fact, I looked up Software-as-a-Service for dummies on Google and it returned various definitions associated to SaaS such as – multi-tenancy, highly elastic, and modular. Wow!  🙂

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The Rise of the Chinese Copycat Websites

When I was writing the 8 Iconic Technology People on Forbes 2014 Billionaire’s list, I noticed that following the footsteps of these American Technocrats came several Chinese Technocrats who earned and raised great fortunes running copycat websites of these giants in China. When I heard of them for the first time, my initial question was is that legal? Apparently, in China, it is. 🙂 I found it interesting that there is even a term for it called C2C (Copy To China). This term was specifically reserved for situations when a Chinese company copies the business model of a successful foreign company especially in web and IT companies.

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Understanding the Philippines’ Digital Landscape

I wonder how many businesses in the Philippines takes the time to do market research before jumping or investing in something. Of the many businessmen/women I met, I know most of them makes their business decisions on rough estimate on their understanding and point of view of the world. It truly helps if they are well informed – like if they read the newspaper everyday. But in case not, sometimes basing your market research on your personal point of view may cause you a potential costly decision.

Here’s some of the common misconception I encounter when trying to come up with a new idea or innovation, or just my general understanding of business.

1. If a business idea or innovation is meaningful to me, it must be meaningful to a lot of people and is a worthy investment.

I don’t think I’ve ever had a friend who ever claimed to be an upper-class Filipino citizen. It doesn’t even matter if they own more lots/houses or cars than the number of family members they have at home; or even if they drive a different sports car in a month. Everyone will just claim that they are middle class or lower class – period. I think it’s good not to brag or be arrogant, but if you are applying the same mentality in your business decisions – you might be in trouble.

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