Archive - Hack the Diaspora: Oliver Segovia's Newsletter

Why BBM is Winning

We’ve been bombarded with explanations of BBM’s dominance: from historical revisionism and disinformation to paid trolls and uneducated voters. None…

May 3, 2022 •

May 2021

A Silicon Valley VC's Startup City in Asia

And its Cautionary Tale for Platform Power

May 11, 2021 •

July 2019

Facebook’s Trilemma is the Reason For Libra

And why Calibra is the real story here

Jul 27, 2019 •

Welcome to Hack the Diaspora: Oliver Segovia's Newsletter by me, Oliver Segovia. ... > Sign up now so you don’t miss the first issue. In the…

Jul 27, 2019 •

December 2017

The Honest Guide to Startup Fundraising in the Philippines , Part 1 of 2

“At some point, everything’s gonna go south on you. And you say to yourself, ‘This is it. This is how I end.’ Now you can either accept that or you can…

Dec 27, 2017 •

September 2017

Unsolicited Career Advice Ateneans Will Ignore

Photo credit: Marty Ilagan By now, you might have seen the infamous post about an Atenean’s ranting about his/her less than favorable job prospects…

Sep 8, 2017 •

February 2017

This Valentine’s, Skip the Roses. Pay Your Damn Child Support Instead.

Daddy, you owe Mommy. Dear ladies: chances are, you’re gonna get pregnant tonight. Actually, the data shows that your chances of getting pregnant remain…

Feb 14, 2017 •

Jollibee Broke the Internet by Breaking Millions of Hearts. Here’s an Inside Look into the Playbook.

Seriously, Pure Evil. I fucking hate that bride. “Thank you,” she whispers at the end. “I’m gonna take your tears, turn them into a crystal dagger…

Feb 10, 2017 •

Why Would Anyone Invest in Rappler if it’s Losing Money?

Pierre Omidyar’s fund invested in Rappler. Is he trying to destabilize the PH? Uhm, no. A blogger posed this question, and posited that the reason…

Feb 6, 2017 •

May 2016

Who Should Be DICT Secretary? 5 Pegs for your Consideration.

Aside from an acronym that can be the basis of a whole generation of Facebook memes, one thing that is worth pointing out about the Philippines’ new…

May 28, 2016 •

Who Should Withdraw, Mar or Grace? The Data Says Mar Should.

As of May 7, Rodrigo Duterte is about to win the presidency. When Duterte first announced his candidacy, I seriously considered him because of his…

May 7, 2016 •

April 2016

The COMELEC Data Breach is the Philippine National Disaster We Should Be Talking About

In the 2002 film Red Dragon, Francis Dolarhyde (Ralph Fiennes) is a serial killer who murders his victims as they sleep in their homes, at the behest of…

Apr 10, 2016 •

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