Google Cardboard Hackathon

GDG Philippines and Globe Labs are inviting everyone to join the weekend Google Cardboard Hackthon on January 31 to February 01, 2015.

Google Cardboard is a low­cost virtual reality viewer that transforms a phone into a basic VR headset. Cardboard is just cardboard, some velcro, plastic lenses, two magnets, and a rubber band. With Cardboard and your phone, you can visit new places play immersive games, fly through space, and more.

The categories for the Hackathon are Education, Travel/Culture (Philippines), Gaming, and Retail. There is also a special category for apps developed for Ayala Museum. For details about the event, check out http://developer.globelabs.com.ph/feed/29.

If you are interested to join the hackathon, register at bit.ly/globelabshack.

May 2014 Events

GDG Philippines was a part of the 1st Philippine Techcamp: Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Building (May 5-6) and the 1st Philippine Techcamp Hackathon (May 9-10). GDG Philippines helped invite technologists and mentors.

We also supported the Open Data's Readysaster: Hack for Resilience Briefing (May 2) and the actual Readysaster Hackathon (May 10-11). During the briefing and the hackathon, GDG Philippines had a talk about Google Maps APIs that they can use in developing their apps. We also had a few hours of consultation wherein participants asked about various Google technologies they are using or are planning to use.

GDG Philippines also organized Google Cloud Platform Days this month. On May 17, participants learned more about Google App Engine and Cloud Datastore while on May 24, the topics were Google Compute Engine and Cloud SQL. There were talks in the morning and workshops in the afternoon.

Next month, GDG Philippines is organizing another Google I/O Extended Manila event. Details about this event (like exact venue and registration) will be announced in the coming days in the Google+ events page and on our Google+ page .

For updates on our next events, add GDG Philippines in your Google+ circles. If you are interested in inviting us in your school or community, fillup our event request form at http://eventrequest.gdgph.org

Hack for Fun

Hack for Fun. Hack for Love.

On February 9-10, GDG Philippines is organizing a different kind of hackathon. Hack for Fun is the first hackathon of GDG Philippines for the year 2013! Join us as we hack fun apps and win special prizes. All you need to do is use any Google Technology and combine it with another API or platform. Register with your friends, colleagues, or special someone.

The hackathon will be from 9AM to 9PM of February 9 and 9AM-3PM on February 10 at Globe Corporat'e Showroom, Valero Telepark (111 Valero St., Salcedo Village Makati City). To signup for the event, register here. We will be sending confirmation email in the coming days.

This event is also supported by Globe Labs

Events pages:

• Google+ Events Page 
• Google Developers Events Page

See you there!

Post-Event Update

More than twenty attendees participated in the event. They produced 7 apps. The winning apps are <3 by Alron Jan F. Lam, Lordd Michael N. Lazaro and Richmond Ivann C. Liclican; Half-eaten Food by Bryan Zarzuela and Nicole Antonette del Rosario (Second), and Yatta! by Ino Gamalindo (Third). Prizes include Android plushies or teddy bear, gift certificates, Android USB and Globe Tattoo sticks. We also gave special awards.


Hangouts on Air:

• Opening/Mechanics etc.
• GDG Philippines Hack for Fun 2013 Presentation and Awarding

Sanitation Hackathon 2012

In cooperation with World Bank's Water and Sanitation Program, GDG Philippines will be organizing a Sanitation Hackathon on December 1 and 2, 2012. It will be held in Manila, Baguio, Bacolod, Cebu, Davao and Zamboanga. This hackathon is free!

Sanitation Hackathon is a social good hackathon that aims to develop open technology for sanitation challenges. Sanitation development is important in the well-being in the development of the individual, community and the country. It not only has an impact on health but also on economic development.

In the Philippines, there are still sanitation challenges and problem - including but not limited to access to clean toilets and education - that needs to solved and the winning tools developed during this hackathon will be used to overcome this challenges.

For the Manila hackathon, the venue will be at Globe Valero Telepark (111 Valero Street, Makati City). Registration will be opened in a few days. For more information about the hackathon near you, please wait for the official announcements from the respective GDG.

Update: To register for the Manila hackathon, signup here. We'll be emailing the participants additional details in the next days.

Update 2: Here are the registration links for the other venues:

• Baguio: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDZpLWwzOExRQVd1S3p1LWNWLWxIV2c6MA
• Davao: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dEdFNXV2ZVBaU3ZJTWIzalIzamtsZ1E6MQ
• Zamboanga: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFQtTGNENndlekI0UHBWNUh3YVNqc2c6MQ

Update 3: Here is the registration link for Cebu: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFc5em9kNHVWbFJhcnBiNURNcjdGakE6MQ

Update 4: Here are the Google+ Events Page:

• Bacolod: https://plus.google.com/events/cgon6cfldqfe18u7udjn52b3om4
• Baguio: http://goo.gl/rYsUS
• Cebu: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/casjo8a5ig394lc8oaa5fql1sgo
• Davao: https://plus.google.com/events/c5gud09gqor0ujhuq2s4dfm7d8k
• Manila: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ciliq6eqtps5n7f0nefv6070u34
• Zamboanga: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cgralbpfgei5h21rtf7ad548pf0

Results:

Grand Winner: Team Comfort (Corden Malinao Naraga and Edith Naraga)

Manila
1. S Access (Jenina Chua, Angelo Bruce Magpantay, Ralph Vincent Regalado, & Thomas James Tiam-Lee)
2. Spotless (Carlos Gavino & Kimson Wong)

Zamboanga
1st Place: SanTrack
2nd Place: A-Toilet!
3rd Place: SaniCheck

Davao
1st - Team Comfort (Corden Malinao Naraga and Edith Naraga)
2nd - Team Bangan (Edyl I. Templado)
3rd - Trash Scheduler by Team Innovations (Lord Dalinas and Prynce Comiso)

Baguio
1st - MAI Team: “SaniStation” (Sanitation Station)
2nd - TeamUC: GARMIS (Garbage Management Information System)
3rd- FortLayer!: Garbage Maintenance

Bacolod
1. TrashIt
2. Waterwatch
3. Waterhole

Cebu
1. Bomb Squad
2. Street Cred
3. Loo's Clues

You can also watch the video of the announcement of winners(via Hangouts on Air) here. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to our everyone who participated! We would also like to thank Globe Labs for hosting the Manila hackathon and for sponsoring the internet connection in the 6 cities.

Google Apps Challenge Meetup

Are you participating in the Google Apps Dev Challenge 2012? Or do you want to know more about Google Apps and Drive APIs? GDG Philippines is organizing a workshop/hackaton on June 23, 2012 (from one in the afternoon to six in the evening) at the CodeFlux Office.

Those who are interested to join this event should sign up now here. See you there! And if you are joining the competition, good luck!

Update:
Due to public request, the GApps Developer Challenge Wokshop will have a hackaton but it will be moved to July 6 7:00 PM to July 7 7:00 PM.

Some photos:

• From Chelle Gray:
  https://plus.google.com/b/105750470224587854845/photos/107924613894670496415/albums/5762521493955777361

Fire Up Your Computer: The 2012 Google Apps Developer Challenge

Google recently announced the Google Apps Developer Challenge, where developers across the globe will be put to the test to find new and innovative ways to use Apps Script, Apps and Drive APIs. 

Developers in 6 regions across the world will win prizes that include Chromebooks and up to $20,000 USD with additional prizes for all-student teams!

Interested? All you have to do is build and submit an amazing application in one of these categories:

• Enterprise / Small Business Solutions
• Social / Personal Productivity / Games / Fun
• Not-for-Profit: Education / Water / Food & Hunger / Health

Eligibility

• The Challenge is open to developers worldwide except in select countries/regions
• Your app is not publicly available through the Google Apps Marketplace, Chrome Web Store or any other website prior to August 24, 2012.
• Make sure to include a functionality that would enable the judges to fully test-drive your app.
• You can only form a team of up to three people.

Please visit the Google Apps Developer Challenge site for a complete rundown on the competition. For full details on eligibility, make sure you read the Terms and Conditions.

To help Pinoy developers jumpstart the development process, GDG Philippines will be running workshops and hackathons all over the country. Space is limited, so make sure you register early.

• Manila Hackathon - June 23 - Register Now!
• Cebu - Registration Opening Soon
• Bacolod - Registration Opening Soon
• Zamboanga - Registration Opening Soon

Need inspiration? Find out how 40 million active users and 4 million businesses use Google Apps!

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

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.