The First WordCamp in Southeast Asia — WordCamp Philippines

Sep 6th, 2008 | By | Category: Banner Story, Blogging, Events

WordPress users, developers and advocates gathered Saturday, September 6, 2008 for WordCamp Philippines (Manila) at De La Salle – College of St. Benilde. The event served as a venue for socializing with other WordPress users, sharing, networking and learning more about WordPress.

When I first heard about WordCamp Philippines, I hurriedly signed up hence, I’m camper number 003! Well, it really pays off to be early. Since I’m camper number 003, I won a special WordPress mug courtesy of GenSantos.com. It was really unexpected.

My mom and I attend the said event though she left before the plenary session. Supposedly, my sister, Dianne would also attend the said event. But because of her class, she wasn’t available to attend. Aside from my sister, I believe a lot also missed the event because there were a lot of unclaimed camper badges and even excess food. Nevertheless, the venue was jam-packed!

The morning sessions were divided into two tracks – the Deployment and Development track. The deployment track covered topics like Blogging 102 – Basics & Beyond (Jayvee Fernandez), WordPress for Corporate Web Sites (Hans Koch), Building a Blogging Community (Blogie Robillo), Video Blogging with WordPress (Kring Elenzano) and lastly, Blogging & Journalism (Danilo Arao). On the other hand, the development track discussed topics like Creating WordPress Themes & CSS Power (Gail Villanueva), Developing WordPress Plugins (Markku Seguerra), Organizing & Optimizing Your WordPress Blog (Ely Apao), WordPress as a CME/CMS (Karla Redor) and finally, WordPress & SEO (Hans Koch).

One of the talks that I’ve enjoyed the most is Kring Elenzano’s Video Blogging with WordPress. Her talk is full of fun and helpful information. I can’t even remember a dull moment during her talk. I believe everyone who attended Kring’s talk enjoyed it as much as I do. Upon registering for WordCamp, I was really looking forward to Gail Villanueva’s Creating WordPress Themes & CSS Power. I’ve been creating WordPress themes since I started using it in 2005. During that time, I didn’t pay much attention to mark-up, validation and others. In fact, my themes were made out of tables. Well, I’m currently struggling to finish a valid CSS & XHTML theme for my other blog. I find Gail’s talk very helpful too. I hope she uploads her presentation online because there was a problem in the projector (the text were too small).

Of course, the highlight of the event is the plenary session where Matt Mullenweg known as Mr. WordPress delivered the State of the Word and the Future of WordPress. Aside from Matt’s talk, several topics were also given attention such as Demystifying Google Analytics (Aileen Apolo), WordPress & Web Standards (Regnard Raquedan) and Making Money with Performance Ads (J. Angelo Racoma). The campers were also given the chance to ask questions to Mr. WordPress himself, Matt Mullenweg. Giveaways and prizes were given in between talks.

Before the WordCamp Philippines ended, Ms. Ria Jose, one of the organizers presented the Cebu Pacific Blogging Challenge wherein winners will receive 1 roundtrip ticket to the local destination of their choice (within Cebu Pacific’s coverage). The contest is only open to 18 years old and above. Hence, your honor is not eligible to join the contest. The funny thing is, Ria Jose even mentioned my name on the microphone.

Let me congratulate the organizers, sponsors, speakers, volunteers and the campers for a successful WordCamp 2008. Blogie Robillo, one of the organizers closed the program by greeting the campers, “See you in WordCamp 2009!”

Aside from WordCamp, Ned and Ardy Roberto releases marketing business solutions book. A pre-Wordcamp Philippines was held in Davao last September 4, 2008. WordCamp Philippines is the first Wordcamp in the Southeast Asia.

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    1. Brian September 7th, 2008 12:12 am :

      hey hey whats that contest? :P hehe i am eligible! :) )

      Jeric: I don’t have the full details eh. :|

    2. mae September 7th, 2008 12:34 am :

      nice to see you jeric! next time uli ha? :D

      Jeric: Nice meeting you in person :)

    3. Jehzeel Laurente September 7th, 2008 2:23 am :

      you have a post na! Gggggggrreatt! :D

      Jeric: YEY! Kamusta ang after party? :P

    4. WordCamp Philippines 2008 September 7th, 2008 2:47 am :

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    5. FunnySexy September 7th, 2008 10:15 am :

      Hey! I know we weren’t really formally introduced at the event but thanks so much for the compliments (and for watching my talk). You were smiling the whole time and it was really encouraging! See you around! ;)

      Jeric: Thank you FunnySexy :D

    6. Prudence September 7th, 2008 5:09 pm :

      I had fun at wordcamp too! Sana may Wordcamp Philippines 2009! :)

      Jeric: Sana nga. But… Blogie closed the program with “See you in WordCamp 2009!” Isn’t that a clue na? ;)

    7. Philippine Travel Geek September 7th, 2008 9:57 pm :

      Wordcamp sounds like a great concept for all bloggers alike. Sounds like there’s many advance strategies taught at the event.

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    9. bariles September 8th, 2008 9:26 am :

      Hello from the Tuna Capital!

      Congrats for winning the Wordcamp Mug. :)

      However, it’s from gensantos.com and not gensan.com.

      Just the same, you’re lucky to have attended the event. Thanks for this post. :)

      Jeric: Sorry for the mistake. I already edited it. :)

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    15. Dexter | Tech At Hand Dot Net September 8th, 2008 2:30 pm :

      Ang dami post about wordpress camp ah.. at ang daming picture.. Sayang wala ako doon :) anyway.. Good to know you are there

      Jeric: I believe WordCamp is one of the best blogger events! :)

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    17. Micamyx September 8th, 2008 5:10 pm :

      Wala pala tayong picture na magkasama hehe

      Jeric: Busy ka kasi magplurk!

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    25. major September 8th, 2008 11:00 pm :

      nice pics, nakita kita dun…

      Jeric: Really? :) )

    26. Ria Jose September 9th, 2008 1:12 am :

      Thanks for coming! :D

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    28. rowjie September 9th, 2008 11:15 am :

      saw you there. :)

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    30. Joni September 9th, 2008 12:42 pm :

      At last nagkita at nagkausap na tayo!! hehehehe

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    36. Kevin Paquet September 13th, 2008 5:39 pm :

      Nice story about WordCamp Philippines, I’m Kevin from Pinoy Teens

      Care to link exchange? I added you already^^,)
      Hope you could visit back.

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