About

Hi, my name is Gerry Ilagan and I own this blog. I started blogging several years back to write about technology and several other things I am interested in. I have a degree in Engineering and have been involved with Technology as a profession ever since.

I have been working for banks for a major portion of my professional career. I have been a vocal supporter of Linux in the enterprise during my stints in banks and have implemented some projects involving Linux as the major platform. I have used quite a number of Linux distros like Redhat, Fedora, OpenSuse before. I have just recently started to use Ubuntu as my computer’s operating system again.

My love for technology focuses on a few topics like Linux (mostly Ubuntu and Linux in the enterprise), mobile technology (mostly Android and mobile Java nowadays), the web (Wordpress, development, SEO) and mobile gadgets (cell phones, notebooks, netbooks, UMPC, MIDs).

Blogging

This 2009, I have decided to put more focus on blogging about Ubuntu Linux, Wordpress, PHP, Java and mobile technology especially Android for a number of reasons.

  • I’m a believer of open source software (OSS). I think that OSS has several advantages to both the enterprise and the individual. For this reason, I want to be an advocate of OSS by blogging about OSS.
  • I like sharing my day to day experiences using OSS like Ubuntu, Wordpress and Android.
  • I want to write about some of my views and opinions about OSS especially on how people can better adopt it in their own homes and offices.

Aside from the topics above, I also love games. With cell phone processors becoming more and more powerful, I have love to play mobile games every now and then and write about them.

Of course you’ll see me write about other things too especially things I get to read on the Net while I surf.

Earning Online

I love the web. There are a lot of ways to earn an income online and I have experimented on a few of them. For instance, I have learned that putting ads on my site can pay for my online expenses. It has been paying for them ever since and has paid for some of the gadgets that I have. I hope to be able to earn a steady income from them and by creating blogs for other people.

This year, I plan to make more money online to be able to do several things that I want to do ( besides earning a living of course :-) )

  • To make it my primary source of income
  • Support the OSS movement by putting more time in advocacy especially in my country
  • Help in the education of less privileged children in my country
  • Buy my own digital camera to learn about digital photography and travel to different places

If you have the same interests that I have, I’d be happy to hear from you. You can leave me a note using the Contact form on this web site. You can also subscribe to my site via RSS.

If you want to put up your own web site

If you’re interested in having your own site, you can also contact me using the contact form. I offer serveral web site related services like web design, web development, PSD to HTML conversion, banner design.