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Help Victims of Typhoon Ondoy

Monday, September 28, 2009

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 [...]

WordCamp Philippines

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

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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 Collection WordCamp 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.

Emilio Aguinaldo

Saturday, March 22, 2008

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Today, March 22nd is the birthday of the Philippine’s first and youngest President, General Emilio Aguinaldo. If you’ve been to the Philippines or have seen previous Philippine currency, General Emilio Aguinaldo is the person on the 5 Peso bill (no longer in circulation). He’s known as one of the revolutionary leaders against the Spaniards and [...]

Proudly Pinoy Logo Design Winner

Friday, July 20, 2007

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If you remember my post regarding the “Proudly Pinoy” Logo Design Competition, yesterday was the deadline for submission and also the day that the winner would be announced. The total number of entries submitted reached 297. I’m sure if the competition lasted longer there would’ve been more entries. Anyways, the turn out was good even though [...]

“Proudly Pinoy” Logo Design Competition

Thursday, June 14, 2007

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A couple days ago, I received an email from Nick Tan of Ahyer.com inviting me to join a logo contest which they were sponsoring. Since I don’t have Photoshop on my laptop and I’m not really that good in graphic design, I volunteered to promote the contest. Oh yeah, I forgot that I’m not qualified [...]