Joey Alarilla

Joey Alarilla is the husband of Ellen and the father of Sam. A geek and tech advocate, he has worked for different media and tech companies such as Metropolitan Computer Times, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, INQUIRER.net, Yahoo! Southeast Asia, Lazada, and e27. He is the author of the Philippine Internet Commerce Society’s E-Business Made Easy handbook for SMEs and the former president of the Information Technology Journalists Association of the Philippines, more popularly known as CyberPress Philippines. In 2004, he won a Palanca Award for his essay Surviving the Zeroes, which talked about his daughter Sam and parenting in the digital age. He is the founder of Manila-based media startup Digital Life Asia, which covers technology, science, gaming, and geek culture across Asia. Follow him on Twitter: @joeyalarilla