Comments on: Blogging Tip: How To Build Your Personal Brand

By: jan

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:05:00 +0000

Ah, Roy. The gentleman blogger. Do you know what somebody called him names recently. Very bad name calling. And he did not lose his cool. That's Roy. If it happened to me - well, I will hit back hard fast and quick. Well, may be not. I'm not that yet well known to be taken down by trolls anyway. 8-)

By: elmot

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:57:00 +0000

now, roy is making his trademark here. ehehhe! that is the roy's way.which i think i share the same line of thinking. hit or run...or you can do both...hit and run!

Recent blog post: The Grand Engagament of Romance and Politics

By: Jan

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:19:00 +0000

@Mizdi: You said, "I have seen you as a responsible writer which is very good, but you don't need to be too cautious.. if it will suppress your inner self thereby depriving you of real happiness and freedom of expression.... don't let others define you.. define yourself .. you are real.. you are a human.. you aren't Tupperware."

Cool. Well said, Mizdi. Hays,there goes my anxiety out the window. Thank you. :)

@Dee: Thanks. I have no difficulty expressing contrary views in respectful language, Dee. It's those rare moments when confronted with crap masquerading as good content that gets me occasionally. Perhaps I should practice counting up to 77 more often? lol.

By: fifi

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:42:00 +0000

hala ka jan, biglang nalagot kay mizdi! lol. would have made a comment to correct your honest oversight but found out that mizdi discovered it herself at the bottom of the comments.

@mizdi: are you sure you don't want the marching band? jan may have paid for it already. sayang naman. *grin*

By: Jan

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:17:00 +0000

@diTesco: Oh, let me assure you those schools did not have a hand in shaping what I am today. I can almost hear their collective sigh of relief with this statement. lol.

I'm a product of public schools from Grade 1 to college. State university specifically. But I occasionally pass by Ateneo to buy sweet corn. I wonder if it's still there though. lol.

@Terry: I love how you put it: "work into the fiber of your own thoughts and the combination creates synergy."

I was praying the transplantation to be a success. Thanks for finding that it creates a synergy. I'm quite relieved. Thanks.

By: Terry Heath

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:20:00 +0000

I sound so much smarter when people quote me. Maybe I need social proof before I start believing myself!

Really, I think what happens is someone takes part of what we say and makes it relevant. They work it into the fiber of their own thoughts and the combination creates synergy.

Thanks for turning my quote into something meaningful.

By: ditesco

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:12:00 +0000

Hello Jan. Yep, I am made in the Philippines alright. Born in Manila (Lepanto) and did my grade school in San Beda College (hope you are not from Ateneu or San Sebastian or Mapua, hehehe). Then I left for Brazil and now live in Portugal.

And yes, I did notice your Tweets and comments and recommendations. I am grateful that I am worth being recommended by you. Maraming Salamat

By: Dee

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:41:00 +0000

Good for you, Jan. It's always good to be true to ourselves. As long as we are respectful in our comments, we can always disagree with another blogger's opinion. It wouldn't be good to just keep on parroting other's opinion because it would then question our credibility. :D

By: mizdi

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:36:00 +0000

oh my friend,

Actually you don't even have to explain yourself why you had an "angry" tone on that comment. If you wrote this post because you felt u had to (otherwise ur online reputation is at stake), ..4get it.. it doesn't hold water.

Part of being a real person is being "touched" by something not human at all.. a song, a poem, a movie, a book, a write-up, my blogpost (ehem..) and reacting to it doesn't in any way lessen your personality branding as you call it.

I have seen you as a responsible writer which is very good, but you don't need to be too cautious.. if it will surpress your innerself thereby depriving you of real happiness and freedom of expression.... don't let others define you.. define yourself .. you are real.. you are a human.. you aren't Tupperware.

Be earnest. Do and say whatever you feel in your heart to be right, you'll be criticized anyway.. or be loved the other way... Its because nobody can be everybody's somebody... if you are facing east, you have to turn your back on the west. What i am really saying is..

just be yourself. If people love you for what you are.. what could be better than that..

if they hate you.. don't give damn....

life is too short to think of others who thinks "what is he thinking?".

By: Jan

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:00:00 +0000

@diTesco: I thought you were Portuguese or Spanish, diTesco. Now, I'm even more proud knowing you're a Filipino. I don't know if you notice, but I keep recommending my other readers to visit your blog to learn about SEO and blog monetization. I like that you're several steps ahead of other bloggers who write about meta blogging.

@fifi: Good point there. I'd rather be known as that bloke who leave meaningful comments rather than one who fosters forced congeniality. And I'm all about world peace, too. lol