Save the Date: Pre-Startup Weekend Bootcamp!

April 20, 2013

10am to 6pm (Doors open at 9am)

MINT College, Taguig (Map)

Register Now!

UPDATE 04/16/2013: Regular tickets are now sold out! At this point, we will be sending tickets to registered Startup Weekend Manila attendees only.  Please add yourself to the waitlist so we can manually send you a ticket.  Once we send it out, you need to respond within 24 hours in order to secure your slot.

What can we expect from the Bootcamp?

During the bootcamp, we will be covering everything you will need to survive the Weekend. Talking points include:

• Intro: What happens in SWM? What's the agenda? Is there a schedule we should follow?
• Pitching: What's it like? Should I pitch? What should I have in my 60 second pitch? What should I include in the final Sunday pitch?
• Teamwork: How are teams formed? If my idea isn't picked, should I leave or join another team? Team culture starts on day one. Don't screw it up.
• Google Technologies: AdSense, HTML5, AppEngine, Maps

We'll be talking about a whole bunch of stuff, including...

Building a Business for the Web & Your App - Cathy Candano, Strategic Partner Manager, Online Partnerships Group, Google SEA
Maps API - Wayne Manuel, GDG PH Community Manager, Geo Advocate, and MapMaker Global Competition Winner
Voice API - Michelle Santos, Developer Relations Manager, GlobeLabs

Is this event free?

Yes, the bootcamp is free! Should you wish to attend Startup Weekend on April 26 to 28, please head on over to the Startup Weekend Manila registration page.

How will GDG members benefit from this partnership?

Just like before, GDG members get 20% rebate on Startup Weekend tickets! Please send an email to gdgphilippines@gmail.com to request for instructions. Don't forget to include your name, location, and the last GDG event you attended.

Rebates will be given during Startup Weekend Manila.

Also, Google is offering startups $1,000 of credit to start building applications on Google App Engine. Apply for App Engine for Startups at http://cloud.google.com/startups. We'll be discussing the program in detail (including the GAE verification code) during the event.

Event Sponsors

We'd like to thank everyone who made this bootcamp possible: Google, Startup Weekend, GlobeLabs, and MINT College!

GDG DevFest: Until next year...

First off, we'd like to thank everyone for coming to the first community-organized DevFest in the Philippines. We hope you had fun!

We're quite at a loss for words and did not expect awesomeness to happen --- turnout was much better than expected given the horrible weather, plus #DevFestPH trended on Google+ and Twitter!!! THANK YOU!!!

Attendees started to trickle in at around 8am...

... for the 9am hangout out with Christine Songco-Lau, Timothy Jordan and Stephanie Liu

Keynote by Nelson Mattos, Vice President of Product & Engineering for Europe and Emerging Markets

Innovation at Google by Sebastian Trzcinski-Clément...

...and Samuel Cheung.

Pinoy Googlers Dan Delima (App Engine Bootstrapping) and Cathy Candano (AdSense)

Maps API for Beginners and MapMaker by Anna Chernova

JM Ibanez of CodeFlux on HTML5

Francis Plaza and Oshani Seneviratne of MIT-AITI  with Leah Castonguay

Aaaand that's a wrap! :)  For more photos and event updates, you can visit the GDG Philippines Google+ page.

We'd like to know what you think! Comments? Requests? You can shoot us an email at gtugphilippines@gmail.com. We're also on Twitter and Facebook.

GTUG Philippines in 2011

It's almost the end of 2011! This year has been another great year for GTUG Philippines. Here is our year-end report.

Highlights:

• Official domain name, www.gtugphilippines.org
• Our official Google Chrome Extension and Android App
• New subchapters (GTUG Philippines Singapore, Bacolod GTUG)
• Summer of MapUps (mapping parties) for the Philippine Red Cross and the community

Here are our events and meetups for the year:

• Show-and-tell meetup (January 26) at the Orange & Bronze office
• Google Adsense and Doubleclick for Publishers Meet-up (March 22) at CodeFlux office [Photos]
• Google I/O Extended 2011 Manila (May 10) at UP Department of Computer Science [Photos]
• Mapping Party (May 21) at Redfox Innovative Technologies Center [Photos]
• HTML5 and Chrome Extensions meetup (July 20) at CodeFlux office [Photos]
• Google DevFest 2011 Manila (September 19) at Asian Institute of Management Conference Center [Photos]
• Google Analytics Meetup (October 11) at Smart Jump Experience Center, MegaMall [Photos]
• GTUG Philippines Christmas Party (December 4) at RedBox Greenbelt 3 [Photos]

Thanks to everyone who attended our events, and those who sponsored the food/ venues. We hope you continue to support us next year. If you have suggestions/recommendations or if you want to sponsor food/venue, contact the group managers or just send an e-mail in the mailing list. See you all again on January!

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The Google Adsense and Doubleclick for Publishers Meet-up

Our small meet-up Tuesday last week was packed with website publishers/developers and bloggers.

Amrita Kamat from the Google APAC Adsense team gave an overview and tips. Here are some resources on Adsense:


Google Adsense Blog
Google Adsense Videos
Google Adsense Support

Carrol Lapsys from the Google APAC DoubleClick team spoke about DoubleClick ad serving technologies, specifically DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) Small Business. DFP Small Business is an ad management tool that's free to use for up to 90 million ad impressions per month! Here are some resources on DFP Small Business:

DFP Small Business website

DFP Small Business YouTube channel, with tutorial videos

And here's our class picture!

More photos!





Many, many thank yous to CodeFlux for hosting the meet-up!


Please watch out for the mapping party in April with the Philippine Red Cross!

GTUG Meet-up in Manila

Topic: Adsense and Doubleclick for Publishers

Guest: Carrol Lapsys, Partnership Development, Google SEA
Amrita Kamat, Adsense, Google SEA

Date & Time: March 22, Tuesday, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Venue: Makati (will send info when we confirm if you are part of the first 20 to register)

We have limited space for this meet-up, so we can only accommodate 20 attendees.

Kindly sign-up at http://goo.gl/iurPA if you are interested to attend.