Pre-Startup Weekend Workshop [Updated]

As part of our ongoing partnership with Startup Weekend, we are organizing a series of talks for you to prepare for the event.

We know that during a Startup Weekend event there isn't a lot of time to learn new things. You come in with the tools you have in your belt, and you do the best you can with those. But sometimes those tools aren't enough, which is why we're running this pre-Startup Weekend bootcamp.

For the Manila leg, we’ve prepared technical (Android, HTML5/ Chrome Apps/ Google App Engine) talks as well as non-technical (Pitching, Marketing, Monetization) talks to help prep you for the Weekend. We will then be off to Cebu to talk about Android, HTML5, Google App Engine, and Design. All GTUG/GDG members are invited, please use the registration links below.

In case you haven't see our last post, GTUG/GDG members get 20% discount on tickets! To request for the discount code, please send an email to gtugphilippines@gmail.com.

Lunch and snacks will be provided.

Schedule, Registration and Venue

Manila Bootcamp
This is a whole-day workshop, on April 14th, 2012. Doors open at 8:30am.
To register for the Manila event, please visit http://swgtugbootcampmanila.eventbrite.com/

MINT College
1030 Campus Ave, 2F CIP Building
McKinley Hill, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig
Google Maps Link: http://g.co/maps/c9amz
Official Website: http://www.mintcollege.com/

Cebu Bootcamp
This is a whole-day workshop, on May 5th, 2012. Doors open at 8:30am.
To register for the Cebu event, please visit http://swgtugbootcampcebu.eventbrite.com/

ILC-AVR, Administration Building
University of the Philippines - Cebu College
Gorordo Avenue, Lahug, Cebu City
Google Maps Link: http://g.co/maps/d7tcg
Official Website: http://www.upcebu.edu.ph/

Notes

Please bring a laptop and usb/wifi stick (+ extension cords) with the "Getting Started" software requirements, depending on your preferred topic.

Android:  http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
App Engine: http://code.google.com/appengine/downloads.html
HTML5: http://www.html5rocks.com/
Chrome: http://code.google.com/chrome/devtools/

Event Sponsors

Contributing Sponsors 

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Pre-Startup Weekend Manila Bootcamp

GTUG/GDG Philippines, with the Startup Weekend Manila organizers, conducted a Pre-Startup Weekend Bootcamp last April 14, 2012 at MINT College. Pre-Startup Weekend Bootcamps are part of the partnership between Startup Weekend and Google. These bootcamps are designed to help prepare the Startup Weekend attendees by giving them technical and non-technical talks.

To open the bootcamp, Jomar Tigcal, commmunity manager of GTUG/GDG Philippines and Vanessa Orendain of Google Business Groups Philippines introduced GDG and GBG, respectively. The topics discussed in the morning were Startup Weekend Overview (Christian Besler), Elevator Pitch 101 (Jonathan Lansangan), Business Plan (Art Ilano) and HTML5 / Chrome Apps / Google App Engine (Alfred Gonzales and his PinoyTuner team). In the afternoon, Startup Weekend alumni Rafael Oca, Kit Yee, Riela Antonio shared their experience and gave some tips. Rico Sta. Cruz also discussed Turning Ideas into Buttons and Charo Nuguid talked about Android .

Some of the pictures of the event:
If you have pictures, you may share it to us.

Thanks to our sponsors Globe Labs, QSR, and Mint College and to everyone who attended. See you at the Startup Weekend!

Startup Weekend Philippines

Registration is now open for Startup Weekend Manila and Cebu!

What's more, GTUG members get 20% off on tickets! To request for the discount code, please send an email to gtugphilippines@gmail.com.

Google Map Maker Summits

To kick off the mapUps for tourism and health establishments, we are inviting mapUp organizers and mappers to attend the Google Map Maker summits in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao!

Here are the schedules:
April 12, 2012
Bacolod
For more details and to register, check out http://goo.gl/cxZ2Z

April 14, 2012
Baguio
For more details and to register, check out http://goo.gl/CiSVe

April 21, 2012
General Santos City
For more details and to register, check out http://goo.gl/3J30Q

For more announcements, please join the Mapping the Philippines mailing list and follow the page here.

Google Map Maker Manila Workshop

Topics:
AM: Google Map Maker
PM: Google Map Maker Moderating, Panoramio and SketchUp

Speakers: Map Maker team

When: March 17, Saturday
Registration: 8:30am
Time: 8:30am to 5:00pm
Session Starts Promptly at 9:00am
Venue: Makati

Slots are limited so sign up now here. For more details please join the Philippine Map Maker Community mailing list at https://groups.google.com/group/mapping-the-philippines.

Due to limited slots, we will be sending confirmation mails to attendees one week before the event.

Update: The venue will be at Asian Institute of Management Conference Center

IT Olympics 2012

GTUG Philippines community managers Jomar Tigcal and Chelle Gray were invited as judge in the Android Apps Development Contest in the Intercollegiate IT Olympics 2012. The event, which was organized by the College of Computer Science of University of Makati (UMAK) was held last March 1 at the Mini Theater in the Admin Building of UMAK. Aside from them, the other judges were Alfred Ocon, the developer of the Pinoy Henyo Android App and an alumnus of UMAK; and Ronillo Ang, the developer of the BlueMine Android App.

There are two categories for the Android Competition: Game and Productivity. Four Android apps were submitted and presented, two per category. The apps in the Game category are Mnemosyne, a multi-player Memory game with a twist, and Bartendroid, an alcohol drinks mixing game (This app was started during the GADC Manila). For the Productivity category, the apps are TechnoDock, an app that can launch apps for easier access, and Monchi, a parental monitoring app for their student childrens.

The winners in the Android Competition are Jerone M. Altura, Jerard Joseph M Buencamino and Daryl Edward R. Dela Cruz of Polytechnic University of the Philippines (Mnemosyne) for the Game category and Louis Michael Concepcion and Gabriel Antonio Aguila of University of Makati (Monchi) for the Productivity category. The Android competition was just one of the IT contests held that day. Others include Research Project, Digital Electronics, PC Assembly/Disassembly, Computer Networking, Java Programming contests.

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GADC Manila and Bacolod

In the weekend of February 17-19, 2012,  GTUG Philippines, along with eight other GTUG and Android user groups in South East Asia, participated in the Global Android Dev Camp 2012. There were two legs in the Philiipines: Manila  and Bacolod. Forty developers and five mentors attended GADC Manila in CodeFlux office (Makati City) while 35  attended GADC Bacolod in Colegio San Agustin.

At the end of the 48-hour hackaton, eleven apps were presented in Manila and 6 in Bacolod. The Android apps presented in Manila were Lemon Tracker, TaksiDroid, San Tayo, ScrabbleLITZ, JediForce, Knockout, mRTrackr, Bartendroid, Kalawakan Fighters,QoSMe and ShareYourItinerary. For Bacolod, the apps were Educate My Baby, SMSEncrypter, Elemental Fusion, USLS College Wars Game, global clock widget and NamNam.

The winners of the Globe Labs Choice Awards are LemonTracker, Share My Itinerary and mRTracker. They were given a cash prize of twenty thousand pesos (PhP 20,000.00) gross of taxes, and a chance to pitch to Globe Management and partners to commercialize the app to a larger and regional market. Anne Michelle Santos awarded the prizes. She also gave Globe Labs Special Award to QoSMe, JediForce, Elemental Fusion, and College Wars. They will receive two seats/tickets to Startup Weekend Manila on April.

The winners of Smart’s Awesomest App Award are USLS College Wars Game (GADC Bacolod) and Share your Itinerary (GADC Manila). They will receive 5 Netphones each. Paul Pajo, Smart’s Developer Evangelist, also gave Smart's Jury Prize to TaxiDroid for using ApplaudCloud.

A Cloud Fone Ice and some Globe Labs shirts were also raffled off during the event. Mark Joseph Garrovillas won the Ice+. The event was made possible through the following sponsors: Globe and Globe Labs, Smart, QSR, Cloud Fone, Airphil Express, Colegio San Agustin, CodeFlux and of course Google!

Some of the photos of the events:

• GADC Manila
  • Chelle Gray's album: https://plus.google.com/photos/107924613894670496415/albums/5710161535294245889
  Globe Labs’ album: https://plus.google.com/photos/103003535533088492063/albums/5710307637770497073
• GADC Bacolod
  • Rhix Rojas’ album: https://plus.google.com/photos/114152274404626516844/albums/5710092828490584737
  • Bacolod GTUG's album: https://plus.google.com/photos/111881770223033262444/albums/5711638114005544257

GTUG Philippines Show-and-Tell Meetup 2012

Like last year, our first activity for 2012 was a show-and-tell meetup of apps developed using Google Technologies. It was held at Orange and Bronze office last January 31. Erwan Mace from Google Singapore also joined us in this meetup. Here is the list of those who presented their apps:

• Tommy Lim and Pepe Maglutac from Orange and Bronze - Aprubd (Document Approval App)
• Ronillo Ang from Orange and Bronze - BlueMine Starter Edition Beta (This app allows you to create and update your Ticket and send it via Google+, SMS, Email, Calendar and more. You can also pin your Checklist to your Android ongoing notification.)
• Paolo Melendres from Code Flux
  • Terno Recordings Chrome Web Store App (Online Store to purchase music and merchandise from Terno Recordings)
  • Toy Kingdom Chrome Web Store App (Online gallery of toys from Toy Kingdom)
  • Tao Po Org Android App (To be released)
• Ragde Falcis and guys from JuANDROID.org - ShakeRaffleRoll (a "Raffle App" that can be used in events to raffle out prizes.)
• Alfred Ocon - Are you the BrighTTest (formerly Pinoy Henyo, the top downloaded Filipino Android App)
• Guyi Shen and his teammates from LobangClub.com - Lobang Club (a Singaporean startup, now based in the Phillippines, planning to expand globally)
• Jomar Tigcal
  • GTUG Philippines Android App (Official Android App of GTUG Philippines)
  • Pinoy Jokes (Pinoy Jokes App)

Some pictures of the event can be found here. Thanks to everyone who attended. Our next event is the Global Android Dev Camp 2012. For more details, visit this blog post.

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Global Android Dev Camp in Manila and Bacolod!

Think global. Hack local. 48 hours straight.

From February 17 to 19, we will be building awesome Android apps. If you already have a great app concept, bring that idea with you to the event. Even better, bring along anything you have prepared ahead of time (sketches, designs, mockups, etc.) and use the time and information provided to develop your idea into a working application, then share it with the world. At the end of the event, we'll invite you to share your application with the group, or maybe upload a video for everyone to see.

What do participants need? Android developers and designers will be at the event to help you learn Android and write your application. Participants need to bring their own laptop and app ideas.

Who Are Invited? Architects. Developers. Designers. Testers. Anyone who would help out during the development process, really. Imagine an event where you could build an app from conceptualization to launch in 48 hours. Of course, it helps if you come prepared, armed with research and design, but we're open to first-timers.

We will be sending confirmation emails to attendees one week before the event.

For more information, please visit the GADC Blog.

To register, please select your preferred site: Manila / Bacolod

*Credits: Global Android DevCamp webkit from Marie Schweiz, updated by Welborne Laguinday.

Show-and-tell meetup

We will be having our first meetup for the year on January 31 (7-10PM) at the Orange and Bronze office (Penthouse, CJV Building, 108 Aguirre St., Legaspi Village, Makati City) [Map]. It will be another show-and-tell meetup of apps built using Google technologies, especially those made last 2011.

Now is your chance to demonstrate your cool apps and attract more users. You can also attend to see apps made by Filipinos and support them. If you are interested to attend, fill up this form.

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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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GTUG Philippines Christmas Party

In behalf of the group managers of GTUG Philippines, I am inviting you to our last activity for the year, our first Christmas Party. It will be this Sunday, December 4 (4-7 PM) at RedBox Greenbelt. The venue can only accommodate 40 participants so please register now here. We will send confirmation emails within this week.

We are planning for games and other activities. If you are interested to join the exchange gift, please prepare a gift worth PhP 250 (we will give the final amount on the confirmation emails).

Some of these details (except venue and time) may change. We will inform you as soon as possible, if ever there will be.

Google Analytics Meet-up

Google Analytics guru Vinoaj Vijeyakumaar will be in Manila! Come and join the meet-up on October 11, 2011, Tuesday, 6:30pm at the Smart Jump Experience Center in Megamall. This is the talk that we missed during the DevFest (Implementing Google Analytics)!

If you are interested to attend kindly sign-up on the form below and join us on the mailing list to get more updates about meet-ups.

Chrome Extension and Android App

I had made an android app for the Google Technology User Group (GTUG) Philippines. It contains blog posts and the latest messages from our mailing list. There is also a tab for links to our online presence. To download the app, check it out in the Android Market or you can scan the QR code below:

Also, I have also made a Google Chrome Extension for the group. The initial version has been published last January. Now, it is in version 1.6 already. The extension is available in the Chrome Web Store. Users can get the latest blog posts, mailing list feeds and tweets. It also contains GTUGPH links.

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HTML5/Chrome Extensions Meet-up, the Aftermath

Last July 20, Wednesday, about 50 Filipino developers flocked to CodeFlux for the HTML5 and Chrome Extensions meet-up. Brian kicked off the meet-up by welcoming all those who attended. It was immediately followed by the talk on HTML5 by Mardan Tesoro and Raymande Leano (both from 98Labs). Here's the video of the talk -



The next talk on Chrome Extensions was done by Jomar Tigcal (Orange & Bronze). Here's the video -



To cap the evening, Paolo Melendres (CodeFlux) spoke about the KKB Android app.

Here are some resources you may want to check out:

Jomar's Chrome Extension slides
Jomar's awesome GTUG Philippines Chrome extension

Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore
Business Site: www.google.com/chrome/createanapp
Technical Docs: http://code.google.com/chrome/apps/
HTML5 Tutorials, sample code: http://www.html5rocks.com/
Chrome Apps Google Group: http://bit.ly/chromeappsgroup

See you on the next meet-up and join us on the Google Group!

More photos -

HTML5/Chrome Extension Meetup

Topics: HTML 5 (Brian Tan Seng) and Chrome Extension Development (Jomar Tigcal)
Venue: CodeFlux office [Penthouse (8th Floor) RCI Building, 105 Rada Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City]
Time: 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM

If you want to attend the meetup, sign-up now.

Google I/O Extended Manila

Organizing Google I/O Extended Manila was really tricky since the keynote was at midnight in our timezone. We managed to bring together a small group of developers from Manila and Los Banos to watch the keynote and the first Android talk. Our gracious host was University of the Philippines College of Computer Science to Professor Rom Feria.

Up next: Manila Mapping Party together with the Philippine Red Cross. Sign-up now and get a rare Google Mapmaker-Philippine Red Cross shirt when you attend! Details and sign-up can be found here.

May 21 Mapping Party

To help out the Philippine Red Cross and the community, in general; GTUG Philippines will be sponsoring a mapping party. It will be held on May 21, 2011 (1:00 to 5:00 PM) at Redfox Innovative Technologies Center, 26 Dona Hemady Ave., Barangay Marianas, New Manila, Quezon City (right across Jubbilee Christian Academy) [Map]

The venue will only be able to accommodate a maximum of 35 attendees. Sign-up now here. We will notify via e-mail to confirm if you will be part of the participants. If you will not be selected, don't fret, you can still help in the efforts by going to http://www.google.com/mapmaker.

For more information, visit the project site here.

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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.