Spruce up your desktop with these nifty Wordcamp wallpapers, available in 10 flavors! Enjoy!

Download them here.

There’ve been quite a few more requests for the WordCamp Philippines 2008 T-shirts — specially since Matt talked about it in San Francisco (see video here) — and that’s why we’ve decided to reopen the t-shirt order form.

However, we cannot promise that the succeeding orders will make it to WordCamp in September anymore. So, the only option available now is for the t-shirts to be delivered to your address.

Also, the order form is now linked to the PayPal checkout system, so that you can immediately pay for your order, plus shipping & handling. If you don’t have a PayPal account yet, click on the link in the line that says, “Sign up for a PayPal account and continue checkout” (in the PayPal checkout page).

WordCamp’s just 3 weeks away! See you all soon!

Click here for the WCP2008 T-shirt order form.

If you’ve received your camper’s pass from MiGs,™ you’re in! Those of you who are attending only the morning sessions, please make sure you’ve signed up to let us know.

[UPDATE]
We’re working closely with CSB’s Computer Business Association and the Association of Information Management, who’re going to make sure the campers will have enough power outlets at WordCamp. (Still, it wouldn’t hurt to come prepared with a fully-charged battery!)

CSB has in-house WiFi, which we will be able to use. In addition, SmartBro has come on board as our Internet sponsor. We expect people to bring laptops, palmtops, PSPs, WiFi-capable mobile phones… Hopefully, we will have enough bandwidth for everyone!
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We’d like to take this opportunity to express our gratitude in advance to those who have wholeheartedly expressed their willingness to volunteer their time and effort towards the successful conduct of WordCamp Philippines 2008. (more…)

The schedule of activities for WordCamp Philippines 2008 is now published. Most of the talks are now final, but one or two might be updated in a few days.

There is also a sign-up form for the morning breakaway sessions. We would appreciate it if campers could let us know which sessions they’re attending, just so we’ll have an idea how many there will be for each session. It is not required.

[UPDATE]
The venue for the Davao leg is Bryan’s Grill & Café (see reviews here and here). Click here for the locator map.

[UPDATE]
The registration form for WordCamp in Davao is now online! If you plan to attend, click here to sign up.
 

News flash!!!

Before the main event in Manila, we will hold a mini-WordCamp in Davao City on 4 September 2008 (Thursday), from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Venue to be advised soon.

Matt Mullenweg will be attending this occasion as well, and will be meeting up with the bloggers and developers of Davao. Hopefully, people from the neighboring cities — our fellow Mindanao bloggers — will find the time to join us too. (more…)

We’ll soon be publishing the schedule of activities and birds-of-a-feather sessions. However, we are still a couple of people/topics short. Specifically, we need resource speakers for the following:

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Check ‘em out!!

We have WordCamp t-shirts that are available for ordering right here. There are two colors: royal blue and maroon. They’re selling for P400 each — tailored, great fit, the works! You’ll also get your hands on WordPress t-shirts and mugs, but that’ll be for the event proper. For now, you can order WordCamp Philippines t-shirts ahead of September.

Click on this link to see the t-shirts and to reserve yours! (more…)

As of press time, we have 220 registered campers. We would like to announce that the number of participants will be limited to 350.

Please be reminded of the required blog post [view instructions] — only those who have fulfilled this requirement will be given their camper’s badges and kits. No badge, no entry… and no food. (more…)

The online registration form for WordCamp Philippines 2008 is now up!

The form is rather detailed, but only a few of the fields are required. The organizers are trying to gather meaningful statistics regarding WordPress usage in the country, so we hope that you will fill out the registration form as completely as you can. (more…)

Last Saturday, the organizers, joined by coordinators from Manila via online conference, met again to decide on the venue for WordCamp: the College of St. Benilde, Taft Ave., Manila.

We would like to express our gratitude to the administrators of DLS-CSB for generously agreeing — nay, volunteering — to provide their facilities and accommodate the first WordCamp in the country. Our thanks go to Dave Quitoriano as well, who has made this arrangement happen. (more…)

We’ve been getting requests for sponsorship details already, and so we have now published the sponsorship packages for WordCamp Philippines 2008. (more…)

The people behind WordCamp Philippines 2008, Mindanao Bloggers Inc. (a non-stock, non-profit entity), have just finished the first organizational meeting. We have not decided yet where the specific venue will be, but it will be in Metro Manila. (more…)

Official meeting el primero for WordCamp Philippines 2008 will take place this Friday, 9 May 2008, 8:00 PM at Fagioli Coffee Club in Davao City.

Ang samahang Dabawenyo at inyong masusugid na mga tagapaglingkod ay ang mga sumusunod: Blogie, Andrew, su prima Ria, Winston, at Migs. Nais po naming ipabahagi, gagawin po namin ang lahat upang maihatid ang isang makabuluhang kaganapan para sa lahat ng lalahok. (more…)

Welcome to the official blog of WordCamp Philippines.

WordCamp Philippines core groupA group of WordPress enthusiasts, developers, advocates and users are embarking on this project to bring WordCamp to the Philippines for the first time. The core of this group successfully organized the 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit, which was held in Davao City last 27 October 2007. This time, they are targeting a more nationwide scope, but for more focused content. (more…)