Browsing all posts tagged "Matt Mullenweg"
“Oh, WordPress.”
Several Davao bloggers and I had the privilege to meet in person the U.S. ambassador to the Philippines, Kristie Kenney, this morning at the Ateneo de Davao University college library. At one point, we were talking about traveling across Mindanao, so I mentioned to her about Matt‘s visit to Davao in September 2008. Me: “Matt [...]
Matt: one of 25 most influential people on the Web
In March 2007, PC World declared Matt Mullenweg as 16th out of the 50 most important people on the Web. And a few days ago, BusinessWeek released their own list of the most influential people on the Web: Matt is one of the top 25. This prestigious magazine has dubbed him “The Publisher” for creating [...]
The WordCamp that was
After months of preparation, and a flurry of activities over several days, WordCamp Philippines 2008 is now just a memory — but still an exhilarating one! Being the organizing team leader of the event, I am reluctant to proclaim it a huge success, but judging from the many blog posts and news stories published about [...]
Touchdown!
No, not football. Matt Mullenweg, the main man at our WordCamp events, has arrived in Manila early this morning! He’ll be flying to Davao today and will stay here for a couple of days. The mini-WordCamp in Davao will take place tomorrow evening. Then on the 5th of September, we both fly to Manila for [...]
WordCamp in Davao!!
The core group of organizers of WordCamp Philippines 2008 are all from (or based in) Davao City. So it shouldn’t be any surprise that, before the main event on the 6th of September, there will also be WordCamp Davao! Matt Mullenweg, the founder of Automattic, will be in Manila and in Davao to join us [...]
Happy 5th, WordPress!
The blogging platform and content management system that I’ve come to love is now 5 years old!!! Congratulations to Matt Mullenweg and Automattic for all these years of awesometastic WordPress development and community-building — not to mention, for giving us Akismet as well. You guys have made my blogging life so much easier. Happy Birthday, [...]
WordPress users in Davao
Two weeks ago, WordPress 2.3 was released, and now I’m contemplating on upgrading my blogs from their current WP2.2.2 version. Based on what I’ve read so far, WP2.3 promises to be an exciting development from previous releases — native support for tagging (for better SEO!), plugin ugrade alerts, and much more. Matt, the founder of [...]
A conversation with Matt: short but sweet
In my position in life, I’ve gotten to rub elbows with a few industry bigwigs and even some celebrities, but I don’t really get gushy or tense around them. So last night was mildly surprising when I found myself rather schoolgirlishly nervous as I waited for my Skype chat with Matt Mullenweg. I’m embarrassed to [...]
