GTUG Zamboanga 1st Anniversary

I know this is so late but nevertheless, here it is...

Last August 20, 2011, GTUG Zamboanga Chapter celebrated its 1st Anniversary at the E-Learning Center.

With the activities prepared for that afternoon, around 30 local developers, tech enthusiasts, educators and students gathered together and celebrated the event. For the first year, GTUG Zamboanga Chapter had around 8 events and we are looking forward for our next event this coming October 2011.

Big thanks again to our following supporters: Ariba Tech Solutions, E-Learning Centre, Inc., O'reilly Media, DevCon Philippines, and Orange and Bronze Software Labs.

Check our website and Facebook Page for more updates.

GTUG Zamboanga's Chrome Extension Development, Android Workshop, and MapUp for Philippine Red Cross

It was a busy May 2011 for GTUG Zamboanga Chapter. We had three events:

Chrome Extension Development
Held at the CS Research Lab in ADZU last May 6, 2011 from 2PM to 5PM, I introduced to the group the basics of creating Chrome Extension and how to publish and monetize it.

Android Development Workshop
This is actually the 2nd batch of the workshop. This was held at the Advanced ComLab in ADZU. Around 20 Android Developer enthusiasts attended the event last May 21, 2011 around 1PM-5PM. The topics discussed are the following: Android Architecture, Basics of Android Development, and how to Publish Apps in the Android Market.



MapUp for Philippine Red Cross
In partnership with Philippine Red Cross, the GTUG Zamboanga Chapter had their MapUP last May 23, 2011 at the E-Learning Center, Zamboanga City. Around 20 Google MapMaker volunteers converged to help map Zamboanga Peninsula and other nearby provinces like Basilan and Tawi-Tawi.



Thanks to all who attended the events, volunteers and venue sponsors.

GTUG Zamboanga May 2011 Events

Hi there! Jerome here, your GTUG Zamboanga Coordinator. I just want to update you with our events for this month of May 2011.

GTUG Zamboanga  is hosting 3 events this month, so please don't miss it fellow local developers and volunteers!

May 6, 2PM-5PM: GTUG Zamboanga: Chrome Extensions Development at the CS Research Lab in ADZU
May 20, 1PM-5PM: GTUG Zamboanga: Android Development Training (Part 2)
May 23, 1PM-5PM: Zamboanga Peninsula MapUp for Philippine Red Cross

Please check the links for more details. Muchas gracias!

Introducing Android development to Zamboanga developers

Last week, Ateneo de Zamboanga University (ADZU) Computer Science Department celebrated the 2nd ICT Week. With the series of events prepared, GTUG Zamboanga participated and introduced Android Development to the local developers, educators and CSIT students who plans to engage in Android application development.

The Android Seminar was held last February 23, 2011 from 1PM-5PM, Wednesday, at the ADZU College AVR wherein 60+ people attended the event. Attendees came from different local universities and colleges. I introduced them to the basics of Android development using Eclipse as the IDE and Ms. Grace Sojor, a fellow GTUG Zamboanga member, showed us on how to setup Android development using Netbeans IDE.

More photos to come...

We were supposed to have a Android Hackathon but unfortunately we had a little Internet connectivity problem and running short of time. So, we decided to move the Hackathon on our next event this coming April. We'll keep you posted on the final schedule.

We would like to thank our sponsors: Ariba Tech Solutions, Orange and Bronze Software Labs, Inc., Ms. Grace Sojor, GTUG Philippines, and all the volunteers who assisted us during the event.

On a side track, last Saturday, I went to Pagadian City to attend and talk at the 2nd Philippine Society of Information Technology Students (PSITS) Regional Conference (Region 9) wherein hundreds of students from different colleges and universities from the region attended. I talked about Web Development and introduced GTUG PH to them and our activities.

Anyway, until our next event! See you!

GTUG Zamboanga Mapping Party, a Success!

Our Mapping Party last Saturday, January 29, 2011, was a success! Yey! We were able to plot and map different establishments, tourist spots, streets, etc. We also edited some entries with wrong labels and location. Thanks to all who volunteered!

Here are some pictures (courtesy of Nicoy) taken during the mapping party:



We would like to thank Mr. Bean Cafe for opening as early as 4PM to accommodate us and also our thanks to an "unnamed" startup company in Zamboanga City for sponsoring our snacks.

Until our next event! See you!

Android Development (with Hackathon)

In partnership with the Ateneo de Zamboanga University ICT week this coming Feburary 21-25, 2011, the GTUG Zamboanga Chapter will give a seminar on Android Development on February 23, 2011 at the College AVR from 1PM-5PM.

We would like to introduce this mobile technology to local developers in order to promote open source technology and encourage them to develop Android Apps.

Also, during this event, we will have a short hackathon that will be particpated by the attendees and we will ask them to develop an Android App within an hour.

If you're interested to join, please signup here.

We are also looking for sponsors (snacks and swags perhaps? hehe ) for this event. Just contact me on Twitter @jeromelocson.

Muchas gracias! See you!

GTUG Zamboanga Mapping Party!

Our local chapter, GTUG Zamboanga, will have a Mapping Party this coming January 29, 2011, Saturday from 4PM to 8PM. Venue for the party will be announced soon.

Our main goal here is to help map more streets, business establishments, tourist destinations, different institutions, etc. since Zamboanga City is not yet well mapped on Google Maps. And this is our small contribution to promote local tourism, in one way or the other.

If you are available and interested to join, please sign up here. Muchas gracias!

Let's parteh! Parteh!

2nd GTUG Zamboanga Meetup + Hackathon

The GTUG Zamboanga chapter finally shifted from 'Incubating' to 'Active' status after conducting their 2nd Meet-up last November 6, 2010, Saturday, at the Carlos Dominguez Conference Hall (CDCH) in Ateneo de Zamboanga University. It was co-presented by the Ateneo Cipher Manics (ACM) Club.



Around 40+ local developers, educators and students attended the meet-up. We had talks like Android 101 (thanks to Mr. Dean Isaac, our resource speaker), Google for Educators, Students and Web Developers, and we had our very first hackathon using Google Maps API. Congrats to the winners!

Until our next meetup! :)

2nd GTUG Zamboanga Meetup

The GTUG Zamboanga Chapter is set to have their 2nd GTUG Meetup this coming November 6, 2010, Saturday, at the Carlos Dominguez Conference Hall (CDCH), Ateneo de Zamboanga University (ADZU). We will have talks for educators and students, web developers, and intro talk about Android development.

To register, please click this link: http://tinyurl.com/2nd-gtug-zc-meetup

Thanks to Ateneo Cipher Manics (ACM) for helping us out with this event.

1st GTUG Zamboanga Meetup

The event was actually intended to do proper orientation on what the group is about and how we can contribute to the our community, online and/or offline. During our meetup, we were able to discuss the different Google APIs and products especially Google Maps API, overview on Android and watched videos about theApp Inventor for Android.

Until our next meetup! Gracias!

August Meetup Schedules

Meetup schedules:

GTUG Philippines: August 14, 2010 - Cafe 5845 (Mall of Asia) 2:30-4:30pm sign up here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFZmeDBOcGlKTVlGUXdMX2hGeWV3Nmc6MQ

GTUG Davao: August 14, 2010 - 8:30am 3rd Level Boulevard Center Bldg., Davao City. Landmark: NCCC building in boulevard. For more information visit http://davao-gtug.appspot.com/#locationlink

Update2:
Zambo is also having a meetup see the details below - as of Aug 19, 2010 the venue changed. The new venue is below:

GTUG Zamboanga: August 22, 2010 (Sunday) - 3PM-5:30PM Animation Lab, Ateneo de Zamboanga University, La Purisima Street, Zamboanga City sign up here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dG5RNVhmd0lLaFFna080VFNKdHc3YkE6MQ