This is my commentary about Prof. Danny Arao’s blog post: Huwag Kang Magblog Kung…
Prof. Danny Arao’s blogpost about bloggers who become “sell outs” in the blogosphere is indeed thought provoking. I have been blogging for a long time but it was only until now that I get to meet some other bloggers in “real life” through the the different blogger or media events organized by different marketing or pr agencies. It’s only now I realize that there are some perks by becoming a blogger. I must admit it was fun since I get to experience things I have not done before ( especially the food that I have not tasted before). In exchange of letting me experience those perks of course I should return the favor by writing about their product or event etc. That’s ‘social exchange theory’ in real life, but it’s not being forced. Even though they feed me with all the food they want, nothing can control me on what I will say. I will still write a bad review if I didn’t like the taste of the food or if the service is bad. I make sure that it’s being done constructively and not because I am being too personal about it. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sept 6, 2008 at College of St. Benilde, Wordcamp Manila 2008 was held. It was actually my first time to attend a conference like this. You know, I’m not really a techie person but this is also for non-techie people like me.
I arrived the venue at about 8:30 am. By the way, I went home at about 3 am the night before, coming from Oktoberfest 2008 hehe. I really woke up early for this 
Anyway, I took my Wordcamp Badge and entered the auditorium. It was good to see some familiar bloggers there and get the chance to chat with some of them. The plenary started at about 9:30 am and then were were asked to go to the talks that we’re interested to hear.
I first went to Blogging 102: Basics and Beyond with Jayvee Fernandez as the speaker. It was a helpful for me I believe as someone who has just graduated on being an “emo” blogger ( one who releases emotional stress through blogging or one who just talks more about personal stuff) this could help me make my blog productive in someway so that I could attract more readers. After that, I went to Blogie Robillo‘s talk on Blogging as a Community. He actually discussed about the Mindanao Bloggers and some tips on organizing an online community. Being a person having a sociological background, it actually interested me about the group dynamics of their community. If time and money permits me, maybe I could do a study about them ( assuming I will be taking my master’s degree hehe). The last talk I attended was of course, Karla Redor‘s talk about WordPress as CMS.
The highlight of the event is that Matt Mullenweg, Mr. WordPress himself was there! He actually looked like one of the members of a popular boyband Westllife. Hehe. He looked young and soft spoken. He actually came from Davao because Wordcamp Davao. Everybody was excited to have a picture with him.
(here’s our class picture with Matt in the middle)
( here are the photographers who were taking our class picture hehe)
( here’s Matt Mullenweg with me and Karla Redor)
Congratulations to the organizers of Wordcamp Philippines 2008. Job well done! Can’t wait for the next one!
**photos were grabbed from Norman Dellosa’s multiply.
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I’m excited in the upcoming Word Camp Philippines 2008. This will be the first in the Philippines and the Southeast East Asia. It is imperative for me to be part of this event, being a newbie in WordPress. The event will happen in College of Saint Benilde ( along Taft Ave, Manila) on September 6, 2008. So if you’re a blogger, or even a non-blogger and would be interested in attending the event you may register here. You may also check this site for further details of the event You can also check the list of sponsors here:
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