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  • Weekend Snapshots #6: WordCamp Philippines

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    After reading a bunch of posts about the WordCamp last Saturday, I’ve decided that writing my own post might be a little redundant. If you wanna know my experience at the first WordCamp Philippines, you can read the posts written by Mae and Tina. I was with them the whole day so what happened to them was pretty much what happened to me too!

    The reason I came to WordCamp was because The Matt Mullenweg’s going to be there and the event’s all about WordPress, which is only my favorite blogging platform. Because of WordPress, I have a freelance job at E.Webscapes. I’m not gonna deny it, the money is good in the blog design industry. Thank you, Matt, for WordPress!

    These three girls are witnesses to my being a pathetic fangirl last weekend. I’ve been wanting to talk to Matt the whole day of Saturday, not just for a small talk but to really converse with him about WordPress. I actually have a lot of questions for him (which I was too chicken to ask in front of everyone in the Q & A). But because there was very little chance I can approach him and because I’m actually very shy (I really am!), having one two photos with him and getting him to sign my WordPress for Dummies that Lisa gave me should be enough to make me all giddy! IT’S MATT MULLENWEG, GUYS!

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  • Registering for WordCamp Philippines

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    Today, I did two WordPress-related things. First, I upgraded my blog to version 2.6 — thanks to Dreamhost for making this easier for me with just one click — and I registered for the 1st WordCamp Philippines, an event brought to us by the Mindanao Bloggers.

    When I found out this morning that I have to write a post about the WordCamp I honestly hesitated for a bit (coz I was lazy). Then I realized that the event is completely free and writing this post is the least I can do for them. Heh. Beggars can’t be choosers. :P And I do love WordPress to bits!

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    The first WordCamp Philippines will be on September 6, 2008 at the Augusto-Rosario Gonzalez Theater in the College of St. Benilde (Taft Ave., Manila). Both WordPress and non-WordPress users are encouraged to come. The following are the topics that the organizers are considering:

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  • Windows Live Writer

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    You know how you try to write your blog entries off line first before you publish the thing to the web? Well, say goodbye to Notepad and Word doc, and hello to Windows Live Writer. This baby allows you to blog from your desktop without having to connect to the Internet. You can use it when you’re out with your laptop or when your connection at home is down (happens to me a lot, but whatever). I’m even writing this entry from Starbucks right now. No, I’m not about to pay for their ridiculous P100/hour wifi rate.

    What’s even greater about this Live Writer is you can connect directly to your WordPress.com or self-hosted WordPress.org blog (just enter your login details in the configuration popup screen) then it copies your “Weblog Style” so you can see the actual layout of your post while you’re typing. Here’s a screenshot of my Live Writer:

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    Pretty nifty, huh? You can can also choose the Web Preview option:

    web preview

    It’s packed, of course, with all the other useful blogging thingamajigs like “Save Draft”, “Spell Check”, “Insert Picture, Hyperlink, Table, Map, Tags, Video”, “HTML Code Editor”, and more. It also provides the quick links to your blog and your Dashboard on the left side of the screen, and it automatically uploads the images on your post to the “Uploads” folder in your server.

    Windows Live Writer can be downloaded FREE from this page. Read more about it here. I tried to install Live Writer on my PC in the office, but apparently it doesn’t work with MS Office 2003. I’m not sure what it actually requires, but it works well with the MS Office 2007 on my laptop.

    Evidently, Live Writer is only for PC users. Mac users can enjoy the same capabilities by purchasing MarsEdit at $29.95 with a free 30 day trial.

    Btw, I got this desktop blogging idea here. This is not a sponsored post!

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