My Wordcamp 2008 Experience

September 15, 2008 by ChiQ

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My Wordcamp Philippines 2008 experience was a blast! I arrived in Manila a day before the big event for the Wordcamp Ingress. As a volunteer, I was assigned to take care of the Wordcamp Kits and assist in the Registration. During the ingress, I got to meet the Mindanao Bloggers group (organizers) and my fellow Volunteers. I stayed longer that day because I was having so much fun just trying to get to know everyone.. they were suprised that I actually had to travel from Cagayan de Oro to Manila just to join..

Wordcamp 2008

Check out more Pix Here (some are not mine.. thanks to melo, drew, shari, jehz.. and others for letting me steal them, lol).

So on the Big Day itself, I was totally energized and was up and ready for anything! I started with running through the badges given out to every camper during the registration.  Prepared the kits, around 400 bags I guess.. we counted it but I can’t remember the exact number anymore. During Lunch, I was this little creature getting in their way at the Entrance repeatedly saying “Badge pls, have it scanned and grab your lunch!” Lol!

Thanks to our Student Volunteers from the Computer Business Association and the Association of Information Management of the College of St. Benilde. Who made our lives easier.. I even managed to persuade some of them to join the fun world of Blogging!

The highlight of the event for me was to meet Filipino Bloggers and WordPress Enthusiasts.. An entire day talking about Page Rank, Google Adsense, Alexa Rank, DoFollow/NoFollow, Technorati etc.. etc.. never got me tired. I was with people who are in the same wave length as I am. Our jokes were very geeky and yet have remained very funny! I hope to be able to attend more Bloggers/Blogging Event in the future.. it wasn’t just a mere exchange of Business Cards or Website URL’s, rather it was about establishing solid friendships that could go along way. By the way, thanks for inviting me to plurk! Lol! I am now starting to get addicted to it.

Too bad though, I never got to join any sessions. I would have wanted to listen on Wordpress for Corporate Websites by Hans Koch. It’s a direction I’d love to take later on.. Mr. Hans, it was a pleasure to have finally meet you. Thank you for the compliments on my designs.. He was even kind enough to introduce me to Mr. Danny Quitoriano who in turn introduced me to Mr Wordpress himself, Matt. Yeahp, got to talk to Matt about what I do and my site. Gave him my business card and all.. as someone who supports WordPress, it’s truly a privilege to get to know the guy who created it.

DoFollow link love to my fellow volunteers  Melo,  Gwen, Fitz , Jonnel, Shari, Paul, Rein,  Jehz, Arbet, Arpee, Fritz.

Congratulations to the Organizers Blogie, Ria Jose, Migs, Drew, Batang Yagit, Juned for the successful event.

Lastly, you rock Matt Mullenweg! Don’t worry.. I’ll keep on releasing Free WordPress Themes on this site for everybody to download.

See you all on WordCamp 2009!

More Pictures from Wordcamp 2008:

0. WordCamp Philippines 2008 by Jehzeel Laurente
1. WordCamp 2008 Photos by Jayvee Fernandez
2. First WordCamp in Southeast Asia by Hannah Rika Villasis
3. WordCamp Philippines 2008 by Tess Termulo
4. WordCamp Philippines by Ada Lajara
5. WordCamp 2008 by Regnard Raquedan
6. WordCamp Philippines 2008 by AJ Matela
7. WordCamp at Benilde by Normz
8. WordCamp Philippines 2008 by Micaela Rodriguez
9. Wordpress Philippines 2008 by Shari
10. WordCamp Philippines by Sofimi
11. WordCamp Philippines 2008 by Andrew Dela Serna
12. WordCamp Candy by Flair Candy

Check out the Complete List Here compiled by Jehz.

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