The first-ever Cebu StackOverflow Meetup was a SUCCESS, thanks to the co-Organizers [Daryl Yu, Anna Umacob, Melody Sy and her DevCon cohorts], the Speakers [all six of them!], and the Sponsors [StackOverflow, DevCon Philippines, Anonymous] who made it happen!
We had 66 RSVPs at the Meetup site, although only 40 showed up, some of them not on the RSVP list. NOT BAD, considering I expected only 40-50 attendees. More stats: 27% of them were WOMEN!
The venue was spacious enough. In fact, I think it could hold up 10 – 20 more attendees. It was also large enough that a sound system was not necessary, although we brought one anyway. But enough about that. WHAT HAPPENED?, you ask?
Frankly, I’m not going to give a summary of what each speaker said. I’m feeling lazy for notes, and I want you to go through everything instead. We got them on VIDEO for those who couldn’t come, or left the venue early:
(1) Google AppEngine Has Gone StackOverflow, by Albert Padin.
(2) Why Copy-Paste is Bad for Your Code, by Carlos Tapang.
(3) Version Control and Continuous Integration, by Greg Montaño.
(4) Git is AWESOME. Why are You Using it Like SVN?, by Daryl Yu.
(5) Code Review Using Gerrit, by Mark Buenconsejo.
(6) Design and You, byJeremie Lim.
More pictures from the event can be found at geffchang’s FB Album and DevCon’s FB Album.
In case you might be asking WHY we pushed to make this happen, despite being one month delayed from the worldwide StackOverflow Meetups, the answer is SIMPLE. We ♥ StackOverflow. We want you to know what it is all about.
It is an OPEN community where you can ASK, and get a SENSIBLE ANSWER that just keeps getting better, because people make the effort to contribute! That is why we got these Speakers together to share their knowledge, and get everybody to interact somehow.
We’re certainly open to hosting another Cebu StackOverflow Meetup next year, but We’re also inviting YOU to initiate the next Meetup. FOR DEVs, BY DEVs.
Posted by gchang 
