WORDCAMP PHILIPPINES 2008
And now, finally, it’s WordCamp! Straight from a night’s full of work, I headed to College of Saint Benilde early Saturday (9/6) to meet my fellow Campers.
I was a bit apprehensive because I am not a type of person who socialize so much. But when I arrived there, my fellow WordPress users in the blogging community were so warm and their joyful dispositions are contagious. Minutes after I arrived, I met Eric (Byahilo) and had breakfast with him, even if it’s the first time we’ve met, and Dante (Dukeward). Further during the day, a number more of people became ‘more familiar’. They were my plurk buddies’ plurk buddy or they were, after all, ‘the person behind the blog’ that I am a fan of.
Putting faces into the names made the world more friendly and small. All of a sudden, they seem to be friends from way back and as if it was not the first time we’ve met each other.
Series of talks were held during the day but it was Matt Mullenweg’s (Mr. WordPress himself) that made the house rock. Of course, topics about WordPress, both future and feature are, without a doubt the main course of the day.
I was in awe. Knowing that in front of me is a guy who can be the next Bill Gates, I can’t help but notice how this young, soft spoken man had changed the word and the world from his talent and dedication by developing a free “state-of-the-art publishing platform” that is WordPress.
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