Its been months of planning and getting things in place… But last Saturday, September 6, 2008, bloggers, developers, and soon to be bloggers converged at the the De la Salle College of Saint Benilde for the first gathering of mostly wordpress bloggers and developers here in the Country and in South East Asia… WordCamp Philippines!
I was overwhelmed by the large number of participants. We did not expect that everyone will attend… that’s a fact in every event… but still.. more than 250 campers came to learn, have fun, and talk with Mr. WordPress himself, Matt Mullenweg.
I was surprised with the interest of mainstream media in covering the event. What surprised me more is that i was looking for them but i was told that most of them attended the Morning Breakaway sessions! AHA! They wana learn more about blogging!
We had some problems here and there.. but every problem has solutions and we were able to provide those.
I’ve extended my vacation to give time to recuperate.. Got very exhausted in WordCamp… I was chosen as the host. but it was sooooooooooo worth it. I’ve been reading blogs post about their great experience at WordCamp.
I would like to thank my co-organizers:
Andrew dela Serna
Winston Almendras
RIa Jose
Blogie Robillo
Dave Quitoriano
Paul Pajo
Chuckie Dreyfus
Juned Sunido
And the Blogger volunteers:
Arbet Bernardo
Sharline Cruz
Rein Langit
Jehzeel Laurente
Arpee Lazaro
ChiQ Montes who flew in from Cagayan de Oro City
Gwen Nava
Fritz Tentativa
Jonel Uy
Paul Villacorta from Cotabato City
Fitz Villafuerte
Melo Villareal
(Thanks to ate ria for the list)
College of Saint Benilde (CSB) Volunteers:
Association of Information Management
Luigi Dollosa
Theo Collantes
Miguel Cueto
Ruther Evaseo
Vince Morales
Tasha Reyes
Aldrich Dorado
Angelie ALcoriza
Shelyn Chua
Mrylyn Lim
Computer Business Association
Angelique De Leon
Casylyn Pantaleon
Steph Tiu
Junette Villahermosa
Louie Lam
Bernadette Buhat
Sheena Payabyab
Christie Garte
And to the staff and management of CSB headed by the School of Management and Information Technology (SMIT) Dean Benhur Ong (Astig si DEAN! cool and friendly!) Ms. Grace of Logistics/Maintenance, those from GAS and Security, MCO, ACTC, LRC, Engineering, Computer Applications Program, and Information Systems Program.
Thank you to our speakers!
Aileen Apolo
Danilo Arao
Elymar Apao
Gail Villanueva
Hans Koch
Jayvee Fernandez
Karla Redor
Kring Elenzano
Markku Seguerra
Matt Mullenweg
Regnard Raquedan
And finally, thank you to our gracious sponsors:
College of Saint Benilde with AIM and CBA
Cebu Pacific
Spot.ph
i.Ph
Smart Bro (astig smart Bro.. lakas ng signal sa venue.. aside from the wifi of CBS)
My Image Media
Wazzupmanila.com
Buddy Gancenia – the official photographer of WordCamp Philippine 2008
Nuffnang
Performancing Ads
CHOWKING! big thanks to them for the food! (thanks aileen!)
Free Online Flash Games
Real Estate CRM
Real Estate Website Designers
Orange County Real Estate
Auto Insurance Quotes
Lane Systems Inc.
RedMedia
Orange County Business Lawyer
I’ll be making another post about WordCamp… a backstage view of what happened during the event!
To Mr. WordPress, Matt Mullenweg, thank you for trusting us, Mindanao Bloggers, to head the first WordCamp here in the Philippines… and the second… (hint hint..) and maybe the third, fourth, fifth..
So, See you at WORDCAMP Philippines 2009
waaaaaaaaaaa! not Jhez… it’s JEHZ!! hmmmmmmmp! hehehe
kuya migs, DJ ka ba dati? 
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Hi Mr. Migs!
You’re very cool MC! WOWOWOW!
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[...] 64. WordCamp Philippines 2008 by Rowjielogy 65. I was WordCamped by The Industrious Time-Waster 66. HURAH! for WordCamp Philippines by Migs Hipolito 67. WordCamp is on today at De La Salle – CSB by AIM CSB 68. WordCamp Philippines [...]
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Thank YOU for verifying our posts!
And BTW, I remember you. Na-special mention mo ko. Ako yung namumukod-tanging nilalang na nilalamig sa teatro. Hahaha. Well, yeah.
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[...] from here. EDIT 2: Sept 10, 2008 12:50pm a rundown of everyone who made the WordCamp possible here. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Icanhaz WordCamp 2008!Disqus launches improved [...]
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[...] Blog Awards: Nominees September is full of big blogging events. After the successfull WordCamp Philippines, next to watch out for is the Philippine Blog Awards.. an annual event that gives recognition to [...]
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Hey Migs! Congratulations… Galeng galeng!
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congratulations Migs.. you’ve been thanking alot of people., and i say, thanks to you and the team.. Also sorry for bothering you on ym just to get me listed., and thanks for the cool keyboard., hehe God Bless
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[...] 64. WordCamp Philippines 2008 by Rowjielogy 65. I was WordCamped by The Industrious Time-Waster 66. HURAH! for WordCamp Philippines by Migs Hipolito 67. WordCamp is on today at De La Salle – CSB by AIM CSB 68. WordCamp Philippines [...]
Thank you din po sa inyong lahat!!!
See you at WordCamp 2009!
[...] 64. WordCamp Philippines 2008 by Rowjielogy 65. I was WordCamped by The Industrious Time-Waster 66. HURAH! for WordCamp Philippines by Migs Hipolito 67. WordCamp is on today at De La Salle – CSB by AIM CSB 68. WordCamp Philippines [...]
[...] HURAH! for WordCamp Philippines by Migs [...]
[...] HURAH! for WordCamp Philippines by Migs [...]
[...] 64. WordCamp Philippines 2008 by Rowjielogy 65. I was WordCamped by The Industrious Time-Waster 66. HURAH! for WordCamp Philippines by Migs Hipolito 67. WordCamp is on today at De La Salle – CSB by AIM CSB 68. WordCamp Philippines [...]
[...] Mindanao Bloggers core team (Andrew, Ria, Winston & Migs) was a joy to work with. Sa [...]
[...] Mindanao Bloggers core team (Andrew, Ria, Winston & Migs) was a joy to work with. Sa [...]
WOWOWWOW.. this is the great event of the year..
And again about this. If the search engines learn to understand the meaning, the bloggers have poizgolyatsya to be readable and do not like the others.
[...] 64. WordCamp Philippines 2008 by Rowjielogy 65. I was WordCamped by The Industrious Time-Waster 66. HURAH! for WordCamp Philippines by Migs Hipolito 67. WordCamp is on today at De La Salle – CSB by AIM CSB 68. WordCamp Philippines [...]
[...] Mindanao Bloggers core team (Andrew, Ria, Winston & Migs) was a joy to work with. Sa [...]
AIM… rocks
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