WordCamp Philippines, below expectations

September 10, 2008

I arrived in Manila at around 10PM of September 5, Friday. My Uncle was there to fetch me from the airport. I was so excited about the event happening the following day, WordCamp Philippines Saint Benilde. Dubbed as the first WordCamp in Southeast Asia.

I woke up at around 5AM, prepared myself for the said occassion. I pulled out my red WordPress shirt that I got from the Mini-WordCamp Davao. It was quite early when I arrived at Saint Benilde, so I decided to see my girlfriend first.

I entered the gates of Saint Benilde at good 8:10 in the morning. My Campers ID had the number 095 on it. Unfortunately, not a very lucky number. Since, I did not won anything during the raffle. It took a while before things got started. And as things finally kicked off, the morning sessions began. So was this yhe start of my disappointment.

Blogging 102, basics and beyond was a pretty nice start though. There have been a couple of new thoughts and ideas that I gained. In this session, I also learned about AIDERSS, and some of it’s cool features. But still, I’ll remain using FeedBurner.

The next session seemed to be a bit boring. WordPres for Corporate Websites followed. Introducing the page feature and some other CMS common functions of WOrdPress. All these little things have been pretty familiar to me ever since I started using this blogging software. CFORM plugin, page as frontpage, and all those basics, you know. I even consider the documentary more interesting than the speaker that time.

The most anticipated session was WP and SEO (based on the jam-packed room of Campers even standing on the side and at the back). But, unfortunately, I’m not the only one who feels a little disappointed about this “supposed to be” awesome session.

Hans Koch listed down 10 pretty useful SEO related plugins, all of them, which I came to make use of very often. And yes, again, nothing new that I have gained. I really expected a lot more.

After the morning session, we had lunch all together. Yet, I was unable to pay much attention to the Campers as I had to great my girlfriend for lunch. She had been waiting for quite a while already outside the Saint Benilde Campus. When I came back, the afternoon sessions begun, which was pretty boring as well.

Topics discussed include Google Analytics, Performancing Ads, i dot PH blogs (correct me if I’m wrong), WP 2.7 and beyond and Q&A with Matt. Among all these topics, WP 2.7 and beyond really gained my attention and interest, and that was all.

I totally hated those sponsored talks, like performacing ads for example. With this, I’d like to come to a conclusion about this event. This is all that I would like to share about WordCamp Philippines. I hope that WordCamp 2009 will be a bit better than this year’s WordCamp.

Bloggers:

Other Media Coverage:

1. Wordpress developer previews new version in RP by Inquirer.net
2. Wordpress enthusiasts meet for WordCamp by GMANews.tv
3. Wordpress Developer lauds RP blogging community by Alexander Villafania

Photos from the WordCampers:

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

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Picture Picture!

June 15, 2008

Getting over the routine and usual way of living during this summer, classes are coming up! And I have only less than 15 hours time for handling everything that needs my attention right now which is site related to this or my other sites.

I’ve got to say, I did a bad job in one of the SEO Contests I’ve mentioned in which I’m joining, just a single keyword messed up everything in an instant. Instead of standing at the front of the results, I end up at the 3rd page and keep on dropping. But well, let that be of no worry to me, I ain’t loose anything besides the fact I’ve lost my pride.

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I’m moving.. I’m moving..

June 10, 2008

A good question now, where? I’ll move my personal blog to Pinoy Teens! A good question, how? I’ll simply create a sub-domain on Pinoy Teens so that I can put my personal blog there! Another question would be, why?

I’m doing this because I want to keep traffic on Pinoy Teens, of course, kp.com won’t vanish, it’ll stay where it is, to keep on earning money. But my personal diary will move to either kp.pinoyteens.net kevinpaquet.pinoyteens.net or whatever, I still have to think of a nice sub.

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May 2, 2008

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