(This article about TXTPower convenor Trixie Concepcion was lifted from m-trends.org.)

While some of us are working and wondering what’s going to be the next new business model or next killer application in mobile technology, other people in different parts of the world are using the mobile phone to fight injustice. Trixie Concepcion of TXTPower, the group that popularized the Hello Garci protest ringtones in the Philippines, is one of them. I think it’s essential for m-trends.org readers to know a bit more about her and her activities (thanks to Katrin Verclas from mobileactive.org, now at N-TEN for putting me in touch). * Picture by Justin Oberman.

The Hello Garci scandal (or just Hello Garci) is a political scandal and electoral crisis in the Philippines started somewhere in June 2005. The scandal involves incumbent president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who allegedly rigged the 2004 national election in her favor.

Trixie explains what actually created the Hello Garci incident and craze: Continue reading