Congratulations! You have reached Rank 28!
You have gained Intelligence +1
You have gained Wisdom +2
You have gained Strength -1
You have gained Endurance -1
You have gained skill: “Receding Hairline Rank 2″
You will now take an additional 10% Fatigue from running
You have gained ability: “Peace of Mind” which can be used once per day
A rant to self:
You’re probably the most stubborn person I know, who can’t afford to glue himself to work in an office desk. You try your best to be calm and composed outside, but inside you are probably laughing, because you like to imagine people wearing clown suits (red nose, white make up) while they walk the streets or when they are talking to you. You are passionate and to a fault unbridled and it’s hard to predict what you’re going to do. You’re lazy. You’re not lazy. You get lost in what you do and when you finally come to your senses, you always wonder - hey, what did I just do? Thankfully you haven’t embarrassed yourself in public, at least not yet. Talk less. But make it count. Remember to always protect those close to you and never step on anybody if you want to succeed.
You need to play more guitar and drink less. Even though you claim to look like Joaquin Phoenix, you will still be Mr. Bean.
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 goalsala 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:
This afternoon I accompanied Noemi (2008 Blog Awards head) and Juned (”Vice Head”) to finalize the venue for the blog awards this 2008. We signed the contract as sunset approached 1 Esplanade, laying fame to a glistening bay view.
To those who see us often at events we ran across several bumps along the way especially when it came to finalizing sponsorships, incorporation, and finding a decent venue. But yes, there is a God and we were fortunate enough - almost by accident really, which is usually the case when commitment is being tested - to find 1 Esplanade just waiting for us even though it has been booked to the max this September ‘08. So we were able to book the better part of the sunset of Sept 21 (that’s a Sunday - a weekday would have been harder for volunteers and Friday / Saturday was wishful thinking as events have been lined up months in advance).
Stay tuned to the Philippine Blog Awards website for additional details on finalizing nominees, and call for volunteers.
I’d like to extend a special shout-out to the SM Group, especially to Mrs. Riqui, Mr. Noel Sanchez and the Sy family for helping us get this really beautiful venue. The SM business units have been very helpful with blogger efforts - case in point the famed Taste Asia parteh series. I mean, just take a look at these shots:
And when you look towards the horizon, you see this:
Wew.
Thank you so much, especially to everyone who’s been patient with us in planning this event. We really cannot do this without you! We have roughly a month and a half to iron out a number of logistics for the event and we are asking the help of the community’s different expertise (lights, sounds, entertainment, making pa-cute, etc).
