Matt and Me
The idea of organizing an event such as Wordcamp is something that would never cross my mind. But being in the almost constant company of a guy named Blogie Robillo, wacky thoughts are inevitable. He gathered the Usual Suspects – Me, Ria, Migs, Winston and said hey, we’re doing Wordcamp! Faster than we can say “Whoa, wait a minute!”, we already had our individual assignments. We only had 4 months to pull it off. I swear I didn’t think we could make it.
Fast-forward to September. Preparations are going crazy. Fortunately, at this point, I only had a slightly minor part in it. My job started way way back when I was tasked to make the event “look good”. That means designing the logo, shirts, collaterals, badges and banners. It’s not the easiest job in the world, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. My years at Pratt are paying off! Okay, I also had the distinction of being the official Wordcamp chauffeur. Had it not for Manila’s horrible traffic, I would have thanked the MMDA and my driving school as well.
Wordcamp Badge
Wordcamp Shirts
September 6, 2008. D-day. I was running a little late. Ria was texting me to come na, now na! I was in charge of the camper registrations which I forgot to mention. Our sponsor, Lane Systems, created a neat little app for us to easily scan camper badges to instantly record the attendance. Cool eh? I arrived at College of Saint Benilde at exactly 830am. A few campers were beginning to pour in while I was setting everything up. Took me under 5 minutes and it’s all systems go. The super cool volunteers from the blogosphere and CSB handled the registration like pros.
My friend RJ of Comicgasm said that Jayvee’s talk was awesome. Other talks that got great reviews that I heard firsthand were that of Kring Elenzano, Gail Villanueva and Danny Arao. During his interesting talk, Markku Segguera unveiled his Wordpress Strip! plugin which, oddly, isn’t available on his site. It’s a shame that I wasn’t able to sneak into any of the talks. I think I was too busy taking pictures and sleeping in the theater. Kidding aside, I was observing the press conference graced by a few reporters from the Philippine Inquirer and GMA News. I was also helping out with the food preparations. Kudos to Chowking for providing our delicious lunch lauriats and Spot.ph for the yummy and colorful cupcakes! Shoutout to Aileen for working her magic on Chow King! I’m so gonna eat at Chow King now! :p
Chow King Goodies
Spot.ph Cupcakes
An additional shoutout to bloggers that I saw/spoke to: Jay “Sweetie” de Jesus, AJ, Hannah, Ada, Sabrina, Phoebe, Coy, Mica, Jeff and Fiel.
Mighty thanks to our blogger and student volunteers! — Shari, Gwen, Paul, Arbet, Melo, Jehz, Rein, Chiq, Fritz, Fitz, Jonel, Arpee, the kids from the CSB Computer Business Association and the Association of Information Management led by Luigi Dollosa and Angelique De Leon.
Student Volunteers
More thanks go to fellow organizers Juned Sonido and Dave Quitoriano. You guys rock!
To cap the whole affair off, Matt Mullenweg signs an autograph on the back of my Wordcamp badge.
WICKED!
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September 10th, 2008 at 10:29 am
After Parteh pics!
September 10th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Congratulations Andrew for a very successful event!
September 10th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Nice.
September 10th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
I couldn’t have asked for a better team!
September 10th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
and i’ll say it again.. twas a pleasure to have met you and work with you guys.
mabuhay!
September 10th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
why didn’t I think of having him sign my camper pass as well?? :’(
hehe congratulations! WordCamp was so fun! Hope there’ll be another one next year!
September 10th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
wordcamp is wow
September 10th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
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September 11th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Congrats on a job well done, Andrew!
September 11th, 2008 at 12:55 am
Ganda ng pic! Parang LOMO. Oh Lomo talaga sya? heheh. Eto ang tunay na young generation
Congratz and maraming salamat sa isang matagumpay na wordcamp.
September 11th, 2008 at 1:17 am
@RJ: I used Matt’s camera the whole time. Ask him! :p
@Janette: Thanks Ate Janette
@Matt: Hey
ArchangelMatt! Glad to see you here! I miss.. your camera hahaha (kidding)@Blogie: Thanks for the props. ;P
@Gwen: Ditto!
@Mae: Thanks. Definitely next year!
@Jehz: It is. Thanks for your help! Regards kay Zach ha!
@Joni: Thanks Joni
@Ada: Young Generation FTW! Hahaha. Bah, someone at the gym asked my age. Damn, I wish I was really that young.
September 11th, 2008 at 1:49 am
Glad to have met and worked with you. NAKS! As if we don’t see each other everyday.
September 11th, 2008 at 3:49 am
Woohoo! Congrats Kuya!
September 11th, 2008 at 5:50 am
KUDOS!!! job well done!!
September 11th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Ayos yung black shirt. May available pa ba Drew?
September 11th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
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September 11th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
weeeee….ang saya!
September 11th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
@Ria: Same same!
@Aileen: Salamat Ate sa iyong tulong!
@Iceman9: Thanks ;p
@Cesar: I’m not sure if we’re going to sell the black shirts. But we’re reopening the store soon.
@Winston: Saya talaga! Wah!
September 12th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
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October 11th, 2008 at 7:18 am
Ah! You met Matt! Wicked, indeed!
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