Spreading Python at my hometown
Posted on April 22, 2026On Jan 31, 2026, I gave an online talk about how I taught Python to my hometown.
The town of Agoo is small. It is found at La Union, Philippines.
To summarize the video,
- I've started teaching College at 2011.
- I've just started my teaching career as I just got my Masters in Information Technology degree.
- I was the first one to teach Python at our town (and probably the region, but this is only anecdotal as my students told me this).
- The students, at first, thought that Python is advanced. Their friends …
Categories: python philippines, Personal
Reviving my personal website
Posted on April 16, 2026It's been 8 years since I last posted.
This blog took so long to return that when I first made it, Django 2.0 just came out. I've now upgraded to Django 6.0.4... but I'm hoping to get this blog recreated in Air.
I've been busy. Also, that pandemic basically demotivated me to write. Opening the admin, I can see 10 draft posts including Part 2 of my PyGame series. Maybe I can get back to writing again.
Things that happened over the years:
- Boardgames
- More Python Conferences including outside the country
- Top …
Categories: Personal
My anecdotes on why I think Python should be a beginner's first programming language
Posted on May 8, 2018Disclaimer: I'm primarily a Python programmer, a board member of Python Philippines, and used Python before it became popular (I don't remember the exact version, but I encountered the language when it was introduced in Blender).
I started programming with Pascal, honed my skills on C and C++, and made commercial products with Visual Basic 6.0, PHP and Python.
Python is the programming language that I found the most fun to work with [1]. Over the years, I've written a lot of code. Based on pure experience, I can see the programming foundation a beginner will …
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