Sell ye therefore @ Multiply

SELL YE THEREFORE AT MULTIPLY

Been on the net since 1994 and have been in most social network, chatrooms and sites that would have at least a handful of my contacts irc rooms, msn, icq, yahoo, hi5, 6 degrees..

I tried and stayed at multiply since it has the easiest album upload back in 2007, life updates were user friendly. I was doing events and projects that I wanted to share then. No facebooks then, friendster and myspace were king..

But the friendster network became unfriendly when the world migrated to facebook, and myspace more for the multimedia artist than for me, multiply has the good mix of friendster's social interaction, flickr's photo album, yahoo's chat interactions with its message boards, tagging, video and more.. has been resilient to pass obsolescence. I maintain other blogsites, a website, fb but still i kept or at least visit my multiply site until now, i still see friends update or mirror update from their main site to multiply but most of the dynamism is brought about by the selling activity in the site. Online catalogs, merchandise displays from the album facility of the site.. these activities have been keeping my interest in multiply then and now. On-line selling has been infused in the multiply vein, hehe talamak even if this activity was a violation of the rules that one clicks as EULA when you open an account. Actually, I have had a good amount of purchases through multiply.

Multiply has not just showed resilience, it is even reinventing itself.

Yesterday, i went to a gathering of hobbyists at the Secret Fresh Gallery at the RONAC Art Center sponsored by multiply. Multiply showed their new arsenal for e-commerce encouraging entrepreneurship for this League of Hobbyist, how to cash in their passion for comics, toy collectibles and artworks by display selling their wares and the rest will follow.

Multiply's updated platform actually compromised their initial EULA in an "if-you-can't-beat-them-join-them" manner. They realized that in South East Asia, heavy on the Philippines, they have the largest unofficial merchant listing, ka-ching ka-ching! They went to them to dialogue, asked for some wish list and made the network buyer and seller friendly.

What's new?
- Secure Multiply backed payment system
- Credit investigation c/o the multiply network
- list of insurance, courier suppliers with good rates and hassle free update
- best for selling interface that thought of ways how to present your wares to the world,
color, size, variations, special features.. super detailed descriptions, near to front side back side close up photo gallery for visual appreciation
- easy steps to open a store
- customer support for both merchant and buyer
- 0% mark-up from multiply until December 2011

Additional side,
It was my first time for me to go to the RONAC/ Secret Fresh gallery. Interesting collectibles and exhibit, coming from a mainstream toy distributor, it was eye candy and a lesson in niche marketing to enjoy the tokidoki, from tv- pop culture- for the big kid toys at the gallery, i want the CARINA. :)

the gas blog

Baby tummy was too hard, she cries on regular intervals. Poor BBB, i can hear her discomfort from her mouth and butt. Burps and farts. In times like these, we need a juicy :)

1. Induce burps every 5 minutes, even if its in between feedings.
2. Head should be higher than tummy to avoid reflux.
3. Massage the tummy.. I do this while humming a tune for timing. Gently massage from ribcage to tummy to diaper using alternate hands. Then move the knees to touch the tummy/ chest with the same tune. Massage again the tummy in a circular clockwise motion. And another session of knees to tummy/ chest.
4. let her rest on her left slide.. remember our pregnant days, this is the best position even for baby. It assist gravit to keep the liquids down.
5. Supervised tummy time, i have a 1 month old child who still does not have much neck control. She sometimes get too comfortable with her tummy pressed while her mouth and butt that airflow becomes easier.
Just a caveat, stomach sleeping can increase the possibility of SIDS on infants, the Amercan AAP recommends back sleeping.
6. And the manzanilla, tried it once, scared actually of possible skin irritation for baby so I used it super thinly on her tummy and applied more of it on the back of my elbow so if the chamomile properties really calm, she'll get aromatherapy.

she's 1 month today

I have read her first book HOP ON POP*

"since you are 1 month old today
i will read 1 book per day
is it ok?"

*I've read yesterday from a homeschool blog that a mom read to her baby daily since week 2 and regretted not to have started from day 1 since her baby was on NICU. I didn't have much access on 0 year baby books but I have my collection of Dr. Seuss.

Hooray! BBB and I would enjoy Theo together. :)

google parenting

My hubby and I are both youngest in the family, never had a chance to experience newborns in the house so we are totally clueless with a lot of baby facts. I have been looking for the "what to expect" book version of the first year since this book has been my companion during my expectant months. My hubby got me another first year book but it still is not the same. I haven't seen one yet so the net has been my primary resource.

earlier i was doing a bit of refreshing my baby, dabbed a moist washcloth over his head and got some 5 hair strands.. hair fall?? wahhh

two days ago, baby had a bout of gas, was thinking can i allow her to stomach sleep? manzanilla, what are the myths and facts?

my baby had major muta manisfestation on one eye. what to do?

now, i am so interested in 0-6mos home school curriculum..

I am offered some confident parenting solutions through forums and articles.. or else I'll be txting, calling, chatting my mom and siblings about their opinion. yey technology.