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So much has happened since my last post. The biggest of course is ASIA SOURCE 2!!

I hope I can get the time to blog about it.  Because of having to leave for two weeks, I have so much work piled up!  Hopefully, everything gets back to normal by next week.

But.... I am so excited to try out the things I learned!  (trixbox, drupal, etc)

The social networks as a result of the event will be a very big stepping stone for FOSS advocacy here in the Philippines.  I felt the support of the online "geek" community which I think has no proprietary counterpart.  Knowing that you have friends all over the planet who can help you when your configuration files don't work or when you need beta testers makes the whole FOSS experience much more "like-able".

I have gained so much from the experience!  Hopefully not weight, but so many new friends and new knowledge which I hope to share also with others.  We will be planning a FOSS advocacy and OpenOffice training here at UPDILC.  As soon as I get the proposal, outline and modules in order, expect more faculty using and even advocating FOSS.

Just yesterday, my teacher in my broadcast communications class was asking me about open source software for the journalism department.  Soon, they will be having a Linux laboratory with FOSS publishing tools.  Sir Jun Austria, the very dynamic head of the department, is very interested in introducing the faculty to FOSS for scriptwriting.  He would very much like them to be exposed to the tools that can make the writing process more dynamic, collaborative and updated.

It just takes one person's interest to get the ball rolling.  That was what AS2 did to me.  Hopefully my ball keeps rolling and rolling and rolling....