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Help Victims of Typhoon Ondoy

Monday, September 28, 2009

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Help Victims of Typhoon Ondoy

UPDATE: Added new photos Time to take a break from the regular programming here in JaypeeOnline to do some public service and help the victims of typhoon Ondoy in the Philippines. Last week, I heard about typhoon “Ondoy” hitting the Philippines on the news and saw several photos posted and forwarded by people on Twitter, Facebook and [...]

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WordCamp Philippines

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

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WordCamp Philippines

If you're a Pinoy blogger or a WordPress user/fan then most likely you've heard or read of this already. But in case you haven't, I have good news for you. There will be a WordCamp held in the Philippines this coming September 6, 2008. If you don't know what I'm talking about here's a little info.What is WordCamp?WordCamp is a conference type of event that focuses squarely on everything WordPress. Everyone from casual end users all the way up to core developers show up to these events. These events are usually highlighted by speeches or keynotes by various people. WordCamp is a spin off from the popular BarCamp which was a spin off of FooCamp. - Weblog Tools CollectionWordCamp Philippines will be the first ever WordCamp organized and held in Asia. WordCamp Philippines is being organized by a group of Filipino bloggers based in Mindanao who were also responsible for organizing the successful 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit held last year.What are the objectives of WordCamp Philippines?...to encourage more developers to use and deploy WordPress, not only as a blogging engine but also as a full-featured content management system for Web sites. Another is to increase the number of WordPress users and developers in the country. By developers, we mean programmers of WordPress plugins and designers of themes & templates.

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