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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Laced Up by Adidas and HeavyBoogie



"LACED UP" on Thursday, November 22nd at Time, 7840 Makati Avenue, Makati City, Philippines.

Three (3) legendary Hip Hop DJs will be here to perform and entertain the local audience.

- Tony Touch aka Tony Toca (Anthony Hernandez) is hip hop icon. A certified Brooklyn NYC mixtape king, producer (1 million records sold worldwide), radio host, artists and a member of the legendary Rock Steady Crew, he is recognized as one of the most dynamic club rockers on the planet.


Learn to Launch WarmUp Event on November 23


Accenture Manila Delivery Center is holding a warmup event in support of the DevCon Code Challenge Cup (C-Cup) [http://e.devcon.ph/c-cup] on Nov 30.  Titled "LEARN to LAUNCH", the event aims to allow the participants to deploy a social media app in 4 hours using the Eden PHP Library  (http://eden.openovate.com/) developed by Openovate Labs.

Easy to learn and Speedy to deploy will be the motto of the attendees after getting their hands dirty with Eden.  Rapid prototyping will never be the same again.

November 23, 2012; 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM
Accenture Ideas Exchange
7th Floor Robinsons Cybergate Center Tower 1
Pioneer Street, Mandaluyong City
Registration and dinner: 6:00 PM.
Program begins at 7:00 PM.

* FREE EVENT for professionals only

About the Speaker: Christian Blanquera is the Co-Founder and Technology Head of Openovate Labs.  http://www.galleon.ph/, http://www.kosmos.com.ph/ and http://taghuddle.com/ are some of the site created using Eden. Christian also created another site (http://www.workinspire.com/) using Eden which recently qualified for the Launch Garage (http://launchgarage.com/) accelerator program of
Globe's Kickstart.ph and Proudcloud.

Ref:
http://www.accenture.com/Microsites/technology-sessions/Pages/register-form2.aspx
or
http://www.xvr.in/Jyb

Monday, November 12, 2012

Winners of the Bigas (Big Ass) Hackathon


Congratulations to the PhilRobotics A Team with their App named Envilog for winning the Most Innovative App award. The team is composed of Franklin Binos II, Richard Myrick Arelaga, Johnaray Dimaunahan, and Wayne Dell Manuel.

Envilog is a stand-alone temperature and humidity sensor with real-time GSM-based data sending and offline data collection and web-based visualization.





IRRI will host this team for another week so they can create the actual app!

From the YouTube video uploads of the event:

"During a 2-day event (10-11 November 2012), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI; http://irri.org) and wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart; http://www1.smart.com.ph/about/meet/corporate-profile) called on all mobile developers to create and pitch Web and/or mobile applications that could be the next big tech push for rice farming.

In celebration of National Rice Awareness Month, IRRI and Smart through its developer community program Smart Developer Network (Smart DevNet; http://smartdevnet.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/and-the-winners-of-the-first-ever...) staged the "BIGAS Hackathon", which was a developer event that aimed to churn out apps that can further enhance the impact of rice production technologies."



Best Research Data Collection App was won by team Love Team with their the IsWater app. It features automatic data gathering of a soil's water level using sensors and then notifies farmers/researchers a via mobile app. This team was developed by Arvin Orubia, Michelle Aldave, Drexie de Leon, and Cherryl Opon.



The Best Game App was won by team composed of Bryan Bibat and Alvin Edward Chan. They call it Araro (plow or plowing the rice fields) This text-based simulation game based and streamlined on RiceGrow can be found at http://araro.karaniwan.org.





The Best Farmer Info Technology App goes to Team Libra composed of Joan Antonette Bautista, Jason-Bourne Escolano Manzala, John Louis Perez, and Raymond Balingit. Binhi is a Rice Variety Picker app that aims to aid farmers in choosing the most suitable variety on factors like season, irrigation, type, etc.



The hackathon event was actually held at the IRRI library where they had to "rearrange" the area previously occupied as a library containing books and other literature.However, the organizers introduction, team presentations, and awarding ceremonies were held at the IRRI Museum and Learning Center auditorium.

App development or "hacking" started at 2 pm of November 10, 2012 until 2 pm the next day, November 11, 2012. However, the participants were requested to transfer to a hotel venue (Boy Scouts of the Philippines new 3-month old hotel located at the Jamboree road) from 1 am to 7 pm, and continued at the IRRI library from 7 am until 10 am.

Awarding at the IRRI Museum and Learning Center auditorium ended sometime at around 3 pm.Participants, guests, judges and organizers were then shuttled back in Makati.













Breaking My Diet with Around The World In Small Plates

 

Lifestyle Network launched a charity dinner event titled “Around the World in Small Plates” to benefit the “I Can Serve Foundation”. It was the first of its kind in the Philippines as a friend of mine, who also attended the event, experienced a similar but bigger event in Hawaii with the same concept "tasting delicacies from several different countries" (21 to be specific), but in Hawaii, they had 200 dishes!

Wow! and we thought we had more than what we can chew and swallow for the entire night. 21 dishes was already too much for us, we never got to finish all the dishes, eventhough if it was served in "small plates"


Friday, November 9, 2012

Around the World in Small Plates


Lifestyle Network’s AROUND THE WORLD IN SMALL PLATES, a unique charity tasting event for the benefit of the ICanServe Foundation.

“Around the World in Small Plates” takes guests on a tour around the world through off-the-menu specials from the country’s top chefs. The channel intends to create a mouthwatering menu showcasing the different cuisines of the world while highlighting our own.

The dinner event will be held at the Rockwell Tent on November 9, 2012 at 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm.

For a list of participating chefs, visit: http://www.icanservefoundation.org/
 

Asia Society Photo Challenge Awarding Ceremony

  

The Asia Society Philippine Foundation Inc. held the awarding ceremony for the asia Society Photo Challenge last Wednesday, November 7 at the Atrium of the Shangri-La Plaza Mall, EDSA.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Mega Fashion Crew 2 Takes it to the Extreme




ONE MEGA GROUP brings back MEGA FASHION CREW, the reality show that shows you what it takes to be in fashion. The reality TV show counterpart of Mega, Philippines’ best fashion magazine, takes it to the extreme this season—the stakes are higher and the challenges are tougher. The search for the best photographer, fashion stylist, make-up artist, hair stylist and model continues as MEGA FASHION CREW 2, Extreme Edition begins this November. Every episode takes each of the contestants to the limit.

Catch its premiere on November 12, 2012 at 7PM only on ETC.


Original episodes air every Monday at 7pm and replays every Sunday at 10am—only on ETC.


For the latest updates, visit www.megastyle.ph. Like MEGA on Facebook at <www.facebook.com/megamagazine> and follow MEGA on Twitter at <www.twitter.com/mega_magazine>.

WWF-BPI Business Risk Assessment and the Management of Climate Change Impacts Study


World Wide Fund (WWF) and Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Foundation embarked on a partnership to undertake a Business Risk Assessment and the management of Climate Change Impacts study to determine the climate change impacts on selected key cities in the country. Given the climate volatility and our lack of capacity to accurately track its sequence, the ability to be able to adapt to these changes is an essential asset. This study will also help the government institutions, businesses, schools, NGOs, and other sectors of the society to craft long term climate-appropriate initiatives ranging from skills, infrastructure and technology that will be able to meet the needs of to the present and future generations.

The study was first conducted in 2011 which focused on the cities of Baguio, Cebu, Davao and Iloilo. This year, the study taps on the cities of Cagayan De Oro, Dagupan,Laoag and Zamboanga.

On November 8, Thursday, at the Aurelio Montinola, BPI Foundation President and CEO, Randy Maranan, BPI Foundation Executive Director, Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan, WWF Philippines CEO and Vice Chairman LGU Representatives (CDO, Dagupan, Laoag and Zamboanga) will present the WWF-BPI Business Risk Assessment and the Management of Climate Change Impacts Study.

SMART DevNet and DevCon present Eden Hackathon Benilde


Calling all developers! You can now register for the Eden Hackathon Benilde here !

Eden Hackathon Benilde takes place on November 16 at the De La Salle-Collage of St. Benilde. This is a one-day hackathon presented by SMART DevNet (SMART Developer Network), SMART Communications Inc.’s developer community for its technology platform, DevCon (Developer Connect) and De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde in cooperation with its Information Systems Department, Project Management (PRJ-MGT) Section TO0B and the Association of Information Management (AIM).

Eden Hackathon Benilde focuses on the Eden PHP library created by OpenOvate ( http://eden.openovate.com ) which allows developers to do rapid prototyping in PHP for Internet Platforms and APIs for popular services like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Google Drive, Google+, PayPal and Amazon. We’re inviting PHP developers to experience the power of the Eden PHP Library and show off the what they can do!

Eden Hacakthon Benilde is open to all developers: students, teachers and professionals. This is a FREE event, no charge for admission, but registration is required. For further details, check out the hackathon’s EventBrite page.

Eden PHP Library http://eden.openovate.com/

DLSU Hacker Cup 2012



Do you have an awesome app idea? Take DLSU's 24hr challenge this November 23.

Eligibility

  1. The DLSU Hacker Cup 2012 is open to the following:
    • Currently enrolled undergraduate students
    • DLSU 2012 undergraduate graduates
  2. Only registered and validated participants will be allowed to participate in the contest. Walk-ins will not be permitted to join. Registration ends on November 10, 2012. Validation will be sent through e-mail.
  3. There must be a minimum of one (1) and a maximum of four (4) members in each Team. Alumni must team up with enrolled undergraduate students when forming teams. Only one (1) alumnus will be allowed per team.

Procedure

  1. Teams can either chose to implement their idea as a web application, a mobile application or both.
  2. Applications may be assembled using any mix of programming languages, application frameworks, and development tools. Participants are expected to bring the necessary tools to build their competition entry.
  3. Application must be built during the entire duration of the contest. Teams are given 24 hours (from 3pm of November 23 until 3pm of November 24) to finish their entries.
  4. Contest theme will be announced one-day before the start of the hackathon (November 22, 2012).
  5. Teams will undergo final judging by presenting their project to a panel of judges who will identify the top three winners.
  6. All decisions of judges are final. Scores will not be made public.
More information here: http://www.dlsuhackercup.tk/

DevCon Code Challenge Cup (C-Cup)


Tekkie Tekkie Muna (Wow! I seem to can't enough of all these coding challenges), DevCon has organized another event for the persistent coders and developers in us.

The Philippines is basking in an Information Technology Renaissance...

We've seen the Startup scene and IT sector hogging the headlines. Now, to support budding technopreneurs and their garage operations in discovering co-founders/new talents -- following the success of Hack2HATCH -- DevCon is hosting a CODE CHALLENGE CUP (C-CUP) on November 30, 2012 in Xavier School (Greenhills).

C-Cup aims to help spur critical thinking and highlight problem solving strategies under pressure. It is patterned after the International Collegiate Programming Contest organized by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) -- the oldest, largest and most prestigious programming contest in the world. Hardcore IT geeks consider this to be the “Olympics of Computer Programming.”

C-Cup is a rigid algorithm programming competition mixed with the dexterity of a hackathon. It is a 6-hour competition where teams of 3 programmers each will be asked to solve 10 problems using a myriad of languages of their preference, in the comforts of their trusted computer workstations:
  • C
  • C#
  • C++
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • VB.NET
 
C-CUP CHAMPS
The team with the most number of problems solved with the shortest total time wins. The total time is the sum of the time consumed for each problem solved including a penalty of 20 minutes for every rejected run for the problem. Victorious teams will receive medals and trophies, with a cash prize of P15,000 (as of this writing) given to the overall champion. Besides the battle of IT professionals, there are also categories for high school and college students.

Individual contest shirts plus free-flowing refreshments and grub will keep the participants company, while they pour their hearts out on six hours of coding, analysis and troubleshooting.

REGISTRATION





Rate per Team ProfessionalHigh School Grade SchoolDeadline

Early BirdP500 P360P360 11/16/12

RegularP800 P500P500 11/23/12

Walk-in*P1200 P800P800 11/30/12

*Subject to availability of slots. We will only accommodate 20 teams per category.

C-Cup hopes to help pump prime analytic thinking in today’s youth to mold them into engineers who can become world-class entrepreneurs via DevCon’s Engineer-to-Entrepreneur (E2E) vision.

SPONSORS
C-Cup is co-presented by Globe Labs, Accenture and Ideaspace. Smart DevNet is a Platinum Sponsor while Sulit.com.ph is a Titanium Sponsor. Media and Community Partners include WebGeek PH, Orange & Bronze and Mozilla Philippines.

For clarifications/other matters or to register, send an email to mailbox@devcon.ph with the subject "C-Cup."

ABOUT DEVCON
Developers Connect Philippines, Inc. (DevCon)is a non-stock, non-profit organization which aims to promote the "IT Pinoy Talent" by providing a unique venue for educators and students, professionals and enthusiasts to Sync, Support and Succeed. The organization was incorporated in 2009, and is principally supported by Silicon Valley veteran and Filipino-Chinese serial entrepreneur Winston Damarillo. Some of its activities include Campus Roadshows, Lightning Talks, Birds of a Feather, Hackathons, Geekups and Code Camps. Learn more about DevCon by going to its official site, Facebook page or Twitter.

Conectados Photography Exhibition

 
CONECTADOS
FILIPINAS    ESPAÑA    MEXICO 
 
November 9-25
Ayala Museum Ground Floor Gallery
Photography exhibition featuring 29 local, Spanish and Mexican artists
 
November 8-12, 6-11 pm
Ayala Museum, Glorietta 5, Greenbelt Fashion Walk, The Link, Tower One & Exchange Plaza Arch
Public video projection of exhibition photos on the facades of five primary locations in the Makati CBD
 
November 8, 6:30 pm
Launch at Ayala Museum
With live performance on Ayala Museum granite facade by visiting laser graffiti artist, Suso33 (Spain)

Asia Off The Streets Food Festival


Wazzup Pilipinas!

See you at the Asia Off the Streets Food Festival this coming Friday and Saturday, November 9 and 10 (7pm-10pm). Bring your family and friends to our first Asian Food Festival.

Taste dishes from different Asian countries and get a chance to win raffle prizes including 2 round trip tickets to Hanoi, Vietnam from Cebu Pacific Air!


Digital Marketing Workshop




On November 17, 2012 from 1-6pm at the 3 floor of A. Venue Mall, Makati Ave. a digital marketing workshop will happen. It has been a year since the blog has started, The Teacher Is Blogging, it grows as a venue where people can find more interesting analysis of every day events. You may say that it is a celebration, indeed the engagements will be very exciting as prizes will be given away by various sponsors. Best of all, for a very reasonable fee of PHP1,000.00 already includes a good set of snacks as provided by Chef Vonn Events and Catering Services. This event is also sponsored by BigShift Creative Centrale, one of the new favorite hang-outs in Makati City.

Netizens' Choice Awards : My Vote for Most Favorite TV Station


Starmometer, Showbiznest and LionhearTV launches the first-ever NETIZENS' CHOICE AWARDS, with the aim of recognizing the hard work and excellence of celebrities and their achievements over the last year voted by netizens (anyone or everyone on the internet).


Bloggers’ Choice for the Favorite Television Station:

Bloggers can also vote for their favorite TV station. We get to choose which among the TV channels deserve to win as the Bloggers' Choice!


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