Saturday, November 26, 2011

Feed Syndication Service for Bicolano Blogger Republic

For our members who already have an account at the Bicol Culture and Arts Online Directory, kindly import your blog feed by following these short and easy steps:
1. Log in (then connect your user to your FB account].
2. On the top menu bar, go to "My Account". 3. Select "Settings", then "import a blog".
4. Enter the URL and title of your blog/s.
5. Click "Add feed".
It will automatically share your updates to the community; no need for you to post a link everytime you update your blog ;)




Non-registered member's blogs are currently imported under a user account named Bicolano Blogger Republic. We've done the same for registered members who have not yet imported their blogs.

If you wish to claim your blog, kindly sign up/login and follow the 5 quick and easy steps listed above.

Fresh post announcements are posted every 3 hours on the site and feeds are syndicated to various social media outlets such as Networked Blogs, the Bicolano Blogger Republic group page on Facebook, Musings of the Midnight Writer's Facebook Fan Page, Musings of the Midnight Writer's Twitter Page, to pages of followers/subscribers and other affiliate pages who opted in to our updates and share them to their own circles.

Monday, November 21, 2011

test post

 testing the rss feed syndication......

We're back in the game!

We've been through a lull over at the culture and arts community site for a few days, but we're back in the game now and with more features to power up the user experience.

Visual re-design is still in the works (we really need some help along this line!), anyhow, we all now enjoy the benefit of sharing our personal blog's rss feeds into the activity stream of the community.

Here's a quick rundown of the what you may expect out of the latest updates we've done:

  • Easier site access with Simple Facebook Connect and Simple Twitter Connect
  • Convenient artist collaboration space to encourage networking and boost production with CollabPress
  • Member blogger auto-RSS feed  updates streaming into BP activity feed/wall (like with Facebook)
Feel free to let us know your thoughts and pitch in recommendations on how to improve our collective experience in the community. Cheers!

Friday, November 18, 2011

Sawangan, soon to be out, pre-order your copies now!

Please watch out for the release of "Sawangan", Albay's Indie Culture and Arts Collective Journal.



This publication is made possible through the efforts of ABKAT (An Banwa: Kultura buda Artes kan Tabaco) Inc., Albayanong Parasurat, and our network of local artists, cultural workers, and concerned private individuals to further promote the local literature, language, and arts of Albayano pride, and in support of the local creative economy in the province.

Aside from working to promote further the use of our mother tongue in artistic and intellectual expressions, it will also feature updates and showcase works in the seven arts produced by Albayanos and Albay-based artists alike.

To pre-order a copy or be one of our sponsors, please contact us via +63 52 480 2766 (night phone) +63 928 660 7213 (SMS/mobile) or, email to minagayon_at_gmail_dot_com.

Sunday, November 6, 2011

The Midnight Journal | Call for Submissions

Musings of the Midnight Writer's main website, The Midnight Circle (Bicolano artists community site) is temporarily not available, sorry! (Don't worry, we're cooking up something ready to serve soon.) Anyhow, The Midnight Journal will continue to be up every week so please do feel free to check it out always!

If you'd like to join us up with your own story, art feature, or a poem or two, please email it to minagayon _at_ gmail _dot_ com and i'd be glad to include it in the next issue coming out in a week's time.


What's in it for you?

Aside from publishing your works and helping you express your ideas to a wider and more proper audience, you also get links for your blog and profile pages. One keyword link to your blog and maximum of two external links (as needed for the story) are allowed in the body of the article. You also get a link back to your author profile through the byline, with optional icon links to your Facebook and Twitter accounts.

The journal is set for release every midnight of Saturday, following Pacific Standard Time (PST). Deadlines for submission is at least 24-48 hours prior to release date.

Here's more: we are open for free advertising of all community activities organized as non-profit events, meet-ups, gigs, workshops, and the likes. Just feed in the info and we'll run it.

Musings of the Midnight Writer supports several advocacy campaigns, such as Green Albay projects of the local government and the public sector, boosting the local creative economy, strengthening and empowering the local artists community, the scholarly study and promotion of the native language and literature, and sharing the love of God. If you ever find yourself in any or all of these lines, feel free to chat me up or send me a message about your goals and the efforts you are doing to help realize them.


Basic Rules and Guidelines

Regular copyright and principles on social media ethics apply on all considerations for publishing, including comments and reactions from readers. It's not a requirement, but we'd appreciate fresh submissions (not yet published or available in the public domains). We welcome musings, poetry, and stories and artworks which depict or relate to fragments of life in the Bicol region or as a global Bikolano.

Let's see how the regular multilingual issues fare and adjust as we go along. Works in Bicol language will be out by the 3rd week of November via our Albayanong Parasurat's ventures (The working magazine title is "Sawangan", which is to be made available in digital and print formats).Cheers for Bicol culture and arts! ^_^


Conjunctive Project

Also, as there is a current need for it, I am reviving this blog to openly discuss a systems and design study for the artist community site we are developing. If you're adept with codes and visuals, and you are willing to collaborate on the project (gratis), as always, we will be thankful for your involvement and support on this project, so be sure to check back frequently for updates and pitch in your ideas and suggestions as you deem necessary.


P.S. If you are looking for the older blog posts, you can still find them here.