I’m an impulsive person. It wasn’t until 2 days before the event that I decided to run. Glad someone offered to sell me their racing kit. I would’ve gone 21KM but since I had no training I might get myself injured so I opted to go 10KM. It wasn’t my best 10KM but I sure felt accomplished crossing the finish line!  Next up, training for marathon!

The Tech Community Leads met last July 12, 2017 at Penbrothers to discuss what tool we use as we manage our communities. Attended by DevCon, AWS Users Group Philippines, Python Philippines, Philippine Flash Users, Mozilla Philippines Community, WordPress Philippines, UX Philippines, International Game Developers Association (IGDA), Bicol IT Group, Philippine Android Developers Community (PADC), Drupal Pilipinas and Virtual Reality Philippines (VRPH). In summary, we shared what we use for communications, Marketing & Promotions, Events & Ticketing, On-the-day Tools and Post Event Tools. More on the specifics on a separate blog post. Thank you Raph of Penbrothers for hosting! Philippine Tech…

Last June 15 at the Philippine Tech Community Leads Meetup #8,  I gave a presentation on How to Close the Deal: Sponsorship Tips & Tricks. We had a really good discussion with lessons and stories from our own struggles as tech communities whose main source of funding is through sponsorships. I’ve was the former Executive Director of DevCon Philippines, a national non-profit volunteer organizations for developers for almost 4 years who now has a reach of over 50,000 developers in the country. Like fellow tech communities, DevCon’s main source of funds come from sponsorships. During the 4 year course, DevCon raised…

On my first solo travel outside Philippines, I stayed at EZ Lodgings, a small colorful place in #Gadong #Brunei I found through #AirBnB. Owned and run by Dina, a very accommodating Bruneian interior designer. Some rooms are for dailys and some are for monthly tenants. I made friends with 4 of the monthly tenants who apparently just knew each other quite recently. They accompanied me for the two places I wanted to visit and the rest of the trip I spent hanging out with them: chilling at cafes, eating takeout pizzas, and hanging out at each others’ rooms.  The room…