Octwelve – A Web Designer's Blog by Luc Melgar

Congrats to Petixe, Max Weir, and Jacen Nicely! You guys won 250 free business cards each. Kindly send me an email with your name and address.

Cheers! :)

Whilst I think I’m late, this is my contribution for The Blog Action Day. This year’s theme is about poverty. I’m writing here quickly in a very casual way.

I remember when I first put up a blog (not octwelve), my second post was about this baby who is in need of a very rare and expensive milk to survive, and this milk can only be bought overseas. He is one of the many poor babies in the foundation that I support. But that time, monetary donations is not enough. So I emailed the people overseas that I know if they know the milk and if I could buy from them and ship it to me. It’s so difficult to get that milk. And I tried to blog about it too. But the thing is it’s just a second post. I don’t think I have enough credibility by that time. Although I have the video of the baby posted too, that blog is not very popular. So to make my long story short, my blog to find milk for the baby is not successful :(

Now I’m thinking,  I hope I can use this blog to raise funds for that foundation. And I could sponsor other charitable institutions as well. Nice idea right? But I think to do that, I need some permit. Hmm let’s see.

And now we are talking about this. I’ve been searching for years for this orphanage in the Philippines which adopts babies till 2 years old. I forgot the name, House of Angels or something. If you know it, do let me know. I hope this reaches them too.

I think this is one of the many ways to make use of technology to fight against poverty or atleast try to help those who are currently in need.

PS: The baby found his milk and survived :)

Hey guys! UPrinting is giving away 750 free business cards to 3 lucky Octwelve readers (that’s 250 each).

Uprinting is an online printing company where you can get any of your designs printed in formats like business cards, posters,  brochures, catalogs, labels, stickers and more.

So how to win the free business cards?

Continue reading …

I’ve been receiving emails asking about L, L, L. Yup, no one asked about me! They’re all crazy about L! When I was introduced to my new friends, first thing they asked was “Where is L?” And when I took him out of my bag, they went crazy and had pictures with him and I’m out of the picture all of a sudden. lol

I just realized I haven’t introduced who L really is. That’s because somebody sent me an email saying that’s he’s going crazy thinking how on earth I get a small version of me haha.

First off, L doesn’t stand for “Luc”. L is definitely not me, like some of you have assumed. ^_^ He’s a him and I’m a she :P Anyway, L is a character from Death Note anime series. The only info I will give you is..he’s the best detective in the world. Death Note is a damn good anime series. It’s one of best anime of all time. If you haven’t seen it yet, I suggest that you get a copy of the anime series and the live action film. If you loved L here, you’ll  love him even more if you see him in action!

This L toy is called a Nendoroid and it’s produced by Good Smile Company. Go get yourself nendoroids too! They’re super cute ^_^

Here’s a few more pics of L. I know you guys enjoy him :) Some shots were taken by my friend Kala, who also misses L more than me! Damn! L, you’re stealing my lime light! :p

Continue reading …

Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion.

Woohooo! I did it guys! This is the biggest recognition Octwelve has ever had and ofcourse it’s the most special because it’s from my homeland. I really wish I was there at the event. Thing is I didn’t receive a notice earlier. If I only knew I could’ve booked just for the event. So shall I give my thank you speech here instead ^_^.

Ehemmmm…

I would like to thank those people who appreciate my designs and my blog. Thanks to Conrad for nominating me. Thanks to my followers for your support specially Jokay and Joni for their effort to vote for me for the People’s Choice Award hehe. Unfortunately, we didn’t make it to that award girls. But thanks a lot!! I’m really flattered. It really makes my day whenever I receive emails of compliments. And I’m really glad to know that I inspire some people and make some fellow filipino designers proud of me.You know these kind of words really gives me the motivation to continue what I’m doing. You guys make my stressful day good :) So big big thanks!! Thanks for all your support guys!!!

Haha Oscars?!

Lastly, congrats to all the winners!! Asteeg ng pinoy!

Check out the winners at www.philippineblogawards.com.ph

PS:
Somebody tell me how to claim my award!!! :D

The video streaming will start at 5:30pm of September 21, 2008, Manila time.

Ok guys, this is getting more exciting! I’m also a finalist for the Best Blog Design category. Too bad I can’t make it to the awards night. I really want to see the event! Luckily there will be a live stream! Yay!

Here’s a behind the scene of PBA ’08 Video Shoot

Behind the Scenes: PBA 2008 Video Shoot from Coy Caballes on Vimeo.

The nominees are:

Accidental Rebel
Blog of a Freelance Web Designer
Dodski
Noel Perlas – Perlas Design Studio
OctTwelve
Pinoy Teens Online
Redberger
Stellify
Strawberry Colada
Stylemo
Tonet’s Daily
Well Whatever

Good luck to us guys!

Event sponsored by: Continue reading …

Voting for the bloggers choice award is now open! And yes, I’m late :P

Anyway, I’m really really excited about this! A few months back, one guy told me that he nominated me for this blog award. It’s like the most prestigious blog award in the Philippines. I didn’t get a confirmation email about this so I thought I didn’t make it. But today, I’m totally surprised that I made it to the finals!! Wow!

So guys, vote for me ^_^ Why? I dunno why I deserve it. All I know is I want to be recognize in my own country. It’ll be very special :)  Thing is this blog is more popular in foreign countries than in my own homeland.

How to vote? Here’s the tricky part..

To vote, you MUST be a Filipino blogger, which means, you need to own a blog. You might be blogging on Blogger, WordPress.Com, Live Journal, Friendster, Multiply, or on a self-hosted blog—it doesn’t matter—the point is, you need to have a blog to vote. Your blog must be established at least three (3) months from today with a minimum of 10 posts.

Step 1.
On your blog, tell why you want me to win.

Step 2.
Submit that post URL and basic info to the Philippine Blog Awards committee using this form

What you get out of this? Well, you can make me happy, which I really need because I’ve been unhappy lately ^_^ Plus you also get a chance to win a Nokia N82.

Thanks guys!! Cheers!

I noticed so many people in Twitter started changing their avatar to some cartoonish icon. I asked around (well, around twitter) and found out that these are from www.faceyourmanga.com, a site which basically lets you create a cartoon version of your face.

Though I don’t plan on changing my Twitter avatar forever, I thought I’d give it a try and see how I would look like if I’m a manga ^_^

So this is my Face Your Manga avatar. Though the mole isn’t exactly on the right position, and I’m not really sure if my eyes are that huge and round but I think this is the closest  heehee