edwinsoriano.com

Yes, that’s me, Edwin Soriano. I have a couple of namesakes out there. This is the Edwin who’s also known as “Ka Edong”.

Visit my different websites and see what my web presence has been like in the past 10 years.

• Guro Sa Cuyo - A journal of my 1 year as a volunteer high school teacher in Cuyo, Palawan. (1998)
• Technobiography - My Technology Life Blog (technobiography.blogspot.com in April 2004, transferred to edongskey.com in Sept 2005)
• eOFW.Net - Information on financial and communication services for Overseas Filipino Workers and their families
• Purposeful Penguin - My personal leadership, success and development seminar
• Ka Edong’s Photos - Photo gallery of travels, places, events, food, technobiography articles and others.
• Mobile Tulay - My consultancy blog about mobile commerce, microfinance and other technology for development initiatives.
• Biyahe! - My travel blog

Group Blogs I write for:

• Pinoy.Tech.Blog - The Philippines’ Premier Technology Blog
• Pinoy Travel Blog - a Group Travel Blog for travellers, by travellers

Seminars and Trainings

m-Commerce for Microfinance: The CARD-NGO and RBAP-MABS pilot study experience
International Development Research Centre of Canada – Makati, Philippines
Presenter: m-Commerce for Microfinance: The CARD-NGO and RBAP-MABS pilot study experience
April 2007

e-Banking for the Masses
MicroSave - Johannesburg, South Africa
October 2005

Publications Authored
The Innovative Use Of Mobile Applications In The Philippines – Lessons For Africa
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Sept 2007
 An analysis of Philippine mobile applications and lessons to share for nation building

m-Commerce for Microfinance: The CARD-NGO and RBAP-MABS pilot study experience
Department of Science & Technology (DOST) and International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada
March 2006
 Comparison, lessons learned and recommendations from two pilot studies on m-commerce for microfinance

Action Consultancy: Pilot Testing of m-Commerce Applications In Microfinance Institutions
Asian Institute of Management
May 2005
 Book: A Management Research Report involving pilot testing, analysis, planning, formulation of solutions and implementation strategies
 Case study: An analysis of mobile commerce for microfinance pilot initiatives in the Philippines for case discussion

Digital Review of the Asia Pacific – Philippines
UNDP-APDIP
Jan 2004 & Dec 2002
 An authoritative overview of how technologies are being deployed to facilitate socioeconomic development in the Philippines

e-Primers for the Information Economy, Society and Polity – Nets, Webs and Information Infrastructure
e-ASEAN Task Force, UNDP-APDIP
June 2003
 This primer captures the essence of current info and communications technologies relevant to policy makers in developing countries

Look around, there’s much to read

Edwin Soriano aka “Ka Edong”
http://www.edwinsoriano.com/

16 April 2008; Updated 4 Aug 2008