Talk on Database Basics and MySQL at Mapua Institute of Technology

I went to Manila to attend the DevOpsDays Manila 2011 organized by DevCon Philippines last December 2, 2011. And since it was a weekend, I re-booked my flight until Sunday evening to attend a couple of events more, maximizing my stay in Manila.

One of the event was a talk on an IT Seminar. I saw a status update from the DevCon Philippines Facebook page, few days ago before flying to Manila, calling for volunteer speakers for the IT Seminars in Mapua Institute of Technology (Makati) which I group of students organized for their school requirements. I contacted them and committed to share, I guess it’s my little way on giving back to the community.

I was suppose to talk about Java/Android but the organizers said that they already attended a seminar about it, and so I was re-assigned to discuss about Database Basics and MySQL. It was a refresher talk to most of them… and I hope they learned something new.

Thanks DevCon Philippines for the referral and IT students from Mapua for giving me the opportunity to share. Until next time!

DevCon Philippines Summit: DevOpsDays Manila 2011

I attended the DevCon Cebu GeekUp last October 27, 2011 held at  Kul Kitchen (The Strip Branch). During the geekup, we brainstormed and shared ideas on how to improve the community in term of its goals and future activities. At one point, before ending the session, someone reminded us about the  raffle contest for the most anticipated event of the year by DevCon Philippines, it is the DevOpsDays Manila 2011. When I went back to the office after the geekup, I submitted my entry for the contest and was just trying my luck. It was actually the last day for submission. Days later, and guest what? I received a call from Ms. Jo Eduardo, one of the officers from DevCon Ph, informing me that I won the  round-trip airfare and hotel accommodation to attend the DevCon Philippines Summit – DevOpsDays Manila 2011! Hooray!

Anyway, going to the DevOpsDays Manila 2011… With three other lucky winners (which DevCon labelled us as Scholars) flew to Manila last December 2, 2011 to attend the Summit which was held at Makati Palace Hotel (which where we also stayed for a day).

I was so excited for this event as this is the first in South East Asia; satisfied and glad I took the opportunity to participate. The event basically aims to bring the development and operations in one venue and share ideas on how to collaborate.

It was a jam-packed event. Lots of developers and operations personnel from different companies attended, around 200 to be exact. Also participants from the academe (instructors and students) took the opportunity to explore and learn about DevOpsDays.

The event started with the Opening Remarks by Mr. Winston Damarillo, DeCon Philippines Founder and followed by the Keynote speech by Mr. Lee Thompson, one of the founders of DevOpsDays which he talked about concepts of DevOpsDays and Data Manufacturing Systems. You can read Lee’s latest blog post here. Read more…

DevCon Game Development Camp

Last September 2-3, 2011, I attended the DevCon Game Development Camp here in Cebu City. It was a 2-day geeky event brought to us by PhilDev, IBM, Morphlabs, Exist, and IGDA Manila. It was held at TechBar, IT Park wherein 20+ attended the bootcamp.

I tried creating a game years ago but wasn’t able to give enough time to continue with it. And so I attended this event to learn more and try again game programming and hopefully find time to play around in this field. Also learned a new API called SFML (Simple and Fast Multimedia Library) which is an open source tool for multimedia which game programming needs.

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Invite: 1st DevCon Cloud Camp

Hi Guys! Here’s another event brought to us by DevCon Philippines, the first of  its kind in the country – DevCon Cloud Camp come December 4, 2010 in Davao City. The event will have architects showcase different Cloud Computing technology. Unfortunately I will miss this event…. *Sigh*.

The event will feature a side-by-side comparison of Microsoft Azure and the Amazon EC2 + mCloud. This will include walk-through briefings and a hands-on activity via a hackathon.

The Cloud Camp is intended to provide a good overview and walk-through on cloud computing technologies for students, IT professionals, entrepreneurs and business owners.

In addition, Microsoft will also discuss the Microsoft Web Platform. The Web Platform includes popular free applications for a great site for your business or your agency clients. The technology scales from simple sites to large enterprise capabilities.The talk will revolve around WordPress, Drupal and Joomla on Windows.

This is an RSVP event, so please visit their Facebook event page to confirm your attendance.

DevCon Philippines Celebrated its First Year Anniversary in Cebu City

A year ago, June 25, 2009, a number of developers gathered together in an event with a vision of bringing together people from the IT industry and academe, forming a community. It was a jam-packed event at the venue at Techbar, IT Park, Cebu City. Although I was not there that time, participants shared experiences about the event with enthusiasm.The event is so-called DevCon (Developers Connect) Philippines, with its famous tag line – “Sync. Support. Succeed.”

Yesterday, June 25, 2010, DevCon Philippines celebrated its first year anniversary with a blast. Developers from the IT industry and academe across the Philippines gathered again in Cebu City, not anymore in Techbar but at Casino Español, Cebu City, with ample space for the participants. Initially, Mr. Winston Damarillo, founder of DevCon, gave an overview about DevCon and its activities, like the recent DevCon Geekup wherein fellow  IT professionals and from academe shared their ideas on how to bridge the gap between the industry and academe. He also started an informal discussion among participants by asking questions. They sponsors gave aways from freebies to those who participated.

Just right after the opening remarks of Mr. Damarillo, Mr. Lope Doromal of IBM gave the keynote with the topic about  having a “Smarter Planet.” He stressed out the three I’s – Instrumented, Interconnected,  and Intelligent – in order to have a smarter community. Read more…