WordCamp Philippines 2008

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The first ever WordCamp in Southeast Asia was a blast (WordCamp Philippines) and I was there.

It was so fun and for the nth time, I’m happy that Maja (my host for my other blog) requires that all of her hostees use WordPress and that I’m so easy to bully so I used it and learned the ins and outs of creating themes for it.

I was a little late for the event because, as always, I got lost and forgot some important stuff (I did remember to bring my camera, but the battery’s not charged, so yeah, I just love putting unusable stuff in my bag). Upon entering the auditorium of College of Saint Benilde, I already spotted Joni and Ganns with Normi. I unattached myself from the group to have a small talk with Marc about some work-related things.

After a couple of minutes waiting, the program started with the usual welcome speeches and it was time for the talks! Here’s the breakdown:

Gail’s presentation is about WordPress themes and CSS. Aside from some problems with the projector (not sharp enough), everything was OK. I still don’t know why we need to keep the wp_header and wp_footer tags aside from some plugins require it. I wanted to ask but I’m shy. As always.
Markku’s talk about WordPress plugins. He made it look so easy that when I searched for the list of WordPress hooks, I got dizzy either from hunger or because the list is extensive. But I’d still want to try it out sometime. Probably this weekend. If I feel courageous enough.
Karla Redor talked about using WordPress as a CMS or CME. While she’s talking, I suddenly remembered that theme I did for syndeo’s search team when I was still new, which coincidentally, Hans discussed in his talk too.
There was this girl from GMA who asked on how they can use WordPress to create a video gallery which sparked a colorful discussion about being on the 21st century and opening up. On my way home, I remembered that they can always upload a .swf file in a specified folder and create a key in the custom field that will pull the URI of the .swf file. I’ll be giving an example in another post.
And next is the main event of WordCamp, the talk of Matt Mullenweg. Some statistics and a sneak peek of WordPress 2.7 which is amazing! I can’t wait for it to come out. And that reminds me, I’ll be updating my svn copy of WordPress
Regnard Raquedan talked about the importance of Web Standards and Accessibility and how we, as bloggers, can help push the word out. (There is a Philippine Web Standards and a Philippine Web Accessibility group by the way, just in case you’re interested.) And I got mentioned in the end. I literally blushed. Thanks I hardly think people will be able to learn anything here though.

Sorry if I missed your talk, my memory’s that bad.

The highlight of the entire event is this, of course (I’m a fangirl, so sue me):

Matt Mullenweg and Mae

But of course, this event won’t be complete as well if I haven’t met anyone new (or saw the people I interact with online) so hi to: Marc, Mike (I don’t know his URI), Ia, Sarah, Helga, Ade, Peter, Sexynomad (I saw you at Mag:Net :)), Aja and Maria Jose or meet and greet with my old blogger friends who I haven’t seen in months: Tina, LA and Shari.

Tina, Joni, Sarah and I went to the after-party but did not stay long because it started kinda late. Joni was able to have Matt sign her WordPress for Dummies book and we did caught a last glimpse of him so it’s fine.

All in all, the event is a success and kudos to the organizers! More power and looking forward to WordCamp 2009 (there will be a 2nd WordCamp Philippines, right?)

57 Responses to “WordCamp Philippines 2008”

L.A September 7, 2008 at 10:33 pm

Long time no see? Haha sa PBA ‘08 ulet? I hate you all meron din kayong picture with Matt haha! I had a good time sa WordCamp…Enjoy!!!
Mae September 7, 2008 at 10:38 pm

syempre it’s a once in a lifetime chance no! Yeah, kitakits ulit sa PBA ‘08 Can’t wait, were you nominated?
L.A September 7, 2008 at 10:40 pm

Haha! Nominated nope! haha I guess ikaw nominated ulet? Hmppp…but yung EksenaManila.com nominated handled ko hehe Sana maka-pasok sa Vlogging Awards lolz
Mae September 7, 2008 at 10:45 pm

Even if I’m nominated di ko na i-eenter kahit alin sa blogs ko. Trauma Good luck sa eksenamanila.com! Sana manalo
Joni September 8, 2008 at 12:42 am

Hey! This is not at all the tone of the post that I was expecting from you.. LOL. Had fun with you guys! next time ulit
Regnard Raquedan September 8, 2008 at 1:18 am

Hi Mae!

No problem.

How could I attend WordCamp and not have my pic taken with Matt?!?
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Jehzeel Laurente September 8, 2008 at 1:43 am

wordcamp 2008 rocks! thank you for coming!
drew September 8, 2008 at 2:11 am

Thanks for supporting Wordcamp Mae!
Ria Jose September 8, 2008 at 3:54 am

It was nice meeting you too!
Matt September 8, 2008 at 4:25 am

Glad the picture turned out so nicely!
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Mae September 8, 2008 at 10:15 am

@joni I know! I don’t know where all the giddyness went, maybe because I think it’s inappropriate here, maybe I’ll post in lastleaf and that’s where all the hihihi will go
Mae September 8, 2008 at 10:16 am

@regnard exactly! That’s the point in this event right? wait that came out wrong, you did not have a picture with Matt? Shame on you, sir
Mae September 8, 2008 at 10:18 am

And thanks for organizing this event! Congratulations Next year uli? Volunteer na talaga ako >:D<
Mae September 8, 2008 at 10:23 am

Yes, I’m glad it did too, thanks for being such a sport. Hope you could come back here soon
Tina September 8, 2008 at 10:52 am

HAHA, Masaya si Mae! Kitakits ulit! I’ll do my best to go to PBA 2008…haha namiss ko to.
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Mae September 8, 2008 at 1:06 pm

@Tina Syempre naman <3
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Riz September 9, 2008 at 2:35 am

I HATE YOU ALL!!! lol

naiimagine kita Mae, haha, kilig ba sobra? (and omg matt left you a comment heeee!!)
ia September 9, 2008 at 7:36 am

Mae! Glad to finally meet you! I really wish the next WordCamp will happen soon.

(And I’m stepping on sacred ground here. Sana yung post ko rin. Hahahaha.)
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Mae September 9, 2008 at 8:39 am

@riz: ayan kasi! Hindi ka gumawa ng blog post eeeeh Oo grabe hanggang kahapon todo kilig talaga! <3 hihihih
Mae September 9, 2008 at 8:40 am

@Ia: Glad to finally meet you too! Sayang di ko nakita si kaffee

I hope mas mahaba yung comment na iiwan niya sa post mo weeeeee!
rowjie September 9, 2008 at 9:33 am

saw you there.
Mae September 9, 2008 at 9:50 am

aaww you should’ve said hi so we could have met
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Lexie September 9, 2008 at 2:27 pm

Yay, go Philippine Web Standards. It was nice meeting you, although I wasn’t able to stay long after the event.
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kaffee September 9, 2008 at 4:54 pm

Now that I’ve seen your pic (with Matt, no less), I may have caught you on cam at the lunch break lobby huddle Hopefully the next-one-in-planning will be a good opportunity to meet up. Regards - K
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Care to link exchange? I added you already^^,)
Hope you could visit back.
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