Just got home from Wordcamp Philippines ‘08 at CSB. I gave away something new to those who attended my talk today. I talked about dreams and goals ala Randy Pausche - and equated these to 3 important aspects of publishing: editorial, sales, and marketing. In detail, discussed one way to determine engagement, two sources in dealing with patrons, and four ways to determine media value for blogs in the Philippine setting that are actually being practiced. To those who attended, thanks so much!

“Serious” Photo Matt

“Let your hair down” Photo Matt

I also got to spend some time with Matt Mullenweg. This episode of Wordcamp is significant to the Philippines because it is the very first State of the Word address in South East Asia. It was also the first time globally that Matt did a live demo of the “CrazyHorse” WP 2.7 release (movable objects, security, better auto-plugin install, post stickies, etc). He also mentioned that the Philippines had the most kick ass WordCamp tees + logo ever designed. On an impressive note, Matt singled out Markku “Mr. Plugin” Segguera of Rebelpixel, being one of the first WP users in the Philippines.

Blogging is a huge global industry. And in South East Asia, the Philippines is leading.

Thanks to the Mindanao bloggers for setting up this event and see you next year for WordCamp 2009 in Manila! More photos from the event can be found here.

Matt Mullenweg is the founder of Wordpress, one of the most popular blogging platforms used globally by consumers, corporations and government agencies.

BONUS: My inaudible recording of Matt talking during the impromptu press conference:


Matt Mullenweg in the Philippines from jayvee Fernandez on Vimeo.

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  1. Darn it! I wish I had my pic taken with Matt as well. :P

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  3. My friend was raving about your talk! Wish I was able to witness it. Hehehe. Nabusy kasi sa pagdating ni Chow King. :s

    4. drew on September 8th, 2008 at 2:06 am

  4. ngayon ko lang nakita ang theme mo! i love itttttttttt! yay :D WordCamp Phils 2008 rocks!

    5. Jehzeel Laurente on September 8th, 2008 at 4:45 am

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  7. Loved your talk - I sat at the front row taking in every word. Did you post a copy of your slideshow on this blog or anywhere? I was looking forward to seeing it in the giveaway CD but it wasn’t there.

    8. Mike Aquino on September 8th, 2008 at 10:31 am

  8. Nice to see you at the wordcamp hehe sayang i wasn’t able to attend your class, Sir Fernandez :D

    Love the new theme yay ! :D

    9. Micamyx on September 8th, 2008 at 11:54 am

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  19. You did a great job with the talk, Jayvee! Congrats, super!

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  21. Hi Mr. Jayvee!
    Too shy to approach with you.. Sayang wala akong picture kasama ka :( Nice photshoot btw!

    Best Regards
    -sabrina

    22. xsabrina.chic on September 8th, 2008 at 10:55 pm

  22. hi sabrina! ako shy din! sana nag-hi ka also! :P

    23. Jayvee on September 9th, 2008 at 12:11 am

  23. @Sab - punta ka sa PBA :D

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