MiniFFC History
MiniFFC stands for Mini Form Function & Class, the smaller, more informal version of the Form Function & Class conference held by the Philippine Web Designers Organization. This page documents the speakers and topics of our MiniFFC meet-ups over the years — covering a wide range of topics in design, development, mobile, user experience, accessibility, marketing, and business. See also: The PWDO Story So Far
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2018
2018 marks the 10th year of MiniFFC, our mini web design conference events that paved the way for Form Function & Class. Premiering on October 30, 2008, MiniFFC has evolved into all kinds of gatherings for designers & developers — from meetups to workshops, roadshows, drinkups, networking, quiz nights, lean coffee discussions, panels, and more.
Throughout the year we’ll be doing throwback talks featuring some of the earliest speakers & topics we’ve had at MiniFFC. Let’s see how far we’ve come as a community & an industry — come join us!
November 21: MiniFFC Turns 10!
The Globe Tower, Taguig
- A Very EPIC Talk on Agile and UX by Regnard Raquedan
- Philippine Web Designers Organization as a Community by Kit Valmadrid & Shaira Distura
October 20: Women Who Code in the Dark
Atlassian, Taguig
As we celebrate the 10th year of MiniFFC this October 2018, Women Who Code Manila, Manila.css, and the Philippine Web Designers Organization present: Women Who Code in the Dark on October 20, 2018!
September 29 (#51): Ilocos Roadshow
LogInstitute, Vigan
- Creating a Website using Webcomponents by TJ Monserrat
- Web Design Fundamentals by Drei Alquiros
- Acing that Interview by Richard Parayno
July 25 (#50): Data and Design Meetup
Kalibrr, Makati
- Data Visualization on the Web by Jiah Margallo
- I’ll Make Type For You: Responsive Typography and Modular Scale by Mark Lacsamana
June 20 (#49): Meetup
NuWorks Space, Pasig
- Transitioning from Implementation to Design by Chi Señires
- Development Challenges of Government Web Template by Voltz Jeturian
May 16 (#48): Meetup
A Clean and Well-Lighted Place, Pasig
- Technical SEO Basics with Vernard Alexis Luz
- Aphorisms for Designers of Today with Pierce Jonota
April 21 (#47): WP Wednesday & Meetup
Clock In, Taguig
Co-organizer: WordPress User Group Philippines
- WordPress E-commerce for MSMEs with Janette Cheng Toral
- A Consistent Digital Experience for Cebu Pacific with Jelvin Base & Nica Balisi of Make by Ace Saatchi & Saatchi
- State of Philippine Web 2017 Survey with Mae Lynn de Leon
March 24 (#46): Workshop
iAcademy, Makati
- Web Design Workshop by Jeian Nueva
- Collaborative Design Systems Workshop by Mark Lacsamana
2017
Technology partner: Z.com
November 6 (#44) MiniFFC s2017e09: Cebu Meetup
A SPACE, Cebu City
- Design Sprint for Busy Stakeholders by Justine Win Cañete
- Introduction of Web and App Style Guide by Rochel Abrasaldo
November 18 (#43) MiniFFC s2017e08: Roadshow
iAcademy, Makati
- HTML and CSS by Drei Alquiros
- Bad Match-ups: UI vs. UX by John Lim
October 18 (#42) MiniFFC s2017e07: Meetup Edition
Voyager Innovations, Mandaluyong
- HTML Structure and Tricks by Toni-Keith Jan Monserrat
- Ethics in Design by Marco Palinar
July 19 (#41) MiniFFC s2017e06: Meetup Edition
Zendesk, Taguig
- WebVR by Christopher David
- Bridging Creativity with Business Sense by Monika Ortega
- Are Clients Always the Bad Guy? by Eugene Gagolinan
June 21 (#40) MiniFFC s2017e05: Design Systems
Z.com, Makati
- A Design Process by Brian Dys Sahagun
- Women vs. Men who code Quiz Night
May 17 (#39) MiniFFC s2017e04: Design and Build
Zendesk, Taguig
- Soft Skills to Build a Startup by Vernard Alexis Luz
- Inside the Chamber: Building EXECUTION DAY by The Guidon
- State of the Philippine Web 2016 survey results by Sophia Lucero
April 19 (#38) MiniFFC s2017e03: Career Development
Google Philippines, Taguig
- Why We Move Up by Drei Alquiros
- The World is Flat by Eugene Alvin Villar
March 25 (#37) MiniFFC s2017e02: Baguio Roadshow
University of Baguio, Baguio
- Web Architecture & Frameworks by Toni-Keith Jan Monserrat
- Design Thinking by Mica Diaz de Rivera
- Search Engine Optimization by Vincent Tabor
January 18 (#36) MiniFFC s2017e01: Meetup
Z.com, Makati
- Understated UX Details by April Damaso
2016
December 7 (#35) MiniFFC s2016e07: Web Designer Hugot Night
NuWorks, Pasig
- Wandering Weekend Warrior hugots by Jonas Roque
- Spoken word performance by Alfonso Manalastas
September 7 (#34) MiniFFC s2016e06: Joint meetup with UXPH
Globe Labs, Valero Makati
- Foundations of UX Research by Ben Kim
July 31 (#33)
BynareTech, Dau, Pampanga
- Design Thinking Workshop by Mica Diaz de Rivera
- The Craft of Designing for the Web by Kate Lara
June 30 (#32)
aCommerce, Pasig
- Lean Coffee Discussions
May 18 (#31) MiniFFC s2016e03: Pricing and the Business of Design
NuWorks Interactive Labs, Pasig
Panel Discussion on Pricing & the Business of Design:
- Greffin Manibo of Globe Telecom
- Jemuel Dalino of Wikonec Inc.
- Tomy De Leon of NuWorks
April 16 (#30) MiniFFC s2016e02: Workshop
Globe Telepark Valero, Makati
- Interaction Design by Mark Lacsamana
- HTML & CSS by JP de Guzman
March 15 (#29) MiniFFC s2016e01: Meetup
Bitspace, Makati
- Style Guides in Rails by Sam Rose Cruz
- From Adhesion to Design by Aceler Chua
2015
October 17
Livestock, QC
- Drinkup
September 19 (#28) MiniFFC s2015e07: Roadshow
University of Santo Tomas, Manila
- Do’s and Don’ts in Web Design by JC Sioson
- Project Tremors by Dominic Tuazon
- Mozilla Philippines by Ryan Ermita
July 15 (#27) MiniFFC s2015e06: Meetup
OLX, Pasig
- Implementing Material Design in enterprise apps by Seph Buluran
- Philippine Internet Speeds by Carlos Nazareno
June 17 (#26)
Bitspace, Makati
- Code ni Juan by Juan Miguel Alvarez
- LeanCoffee: SEO, mobile responsiveness, UX, clients, SVG animation, frameworks, and more
April 15 (#25)
Canva, Makati
Web Design Thinking Session moderated by Mark Lacsamana:
- Why has visual design gone flat?
- How to Hire Designers?
- The UX Read Receipts and Text bubbles
March 11 (#24)
co.lab, Mandaluyong
- CSS Flexbox by Rico Sta. Cruz
- Do’s and Don’ts by Drei Alquiros
February 21 (#23)
Kickstart, Makati
- That Thing Called Web Design by Kit Valmadrid
- UX of Dating Apps by Micael Diaz de Rivera
- Building Peekawoo by Valenice Balace
- The Designer’s Guide to Social Media by Julya Buhain
January 28 (#22)
Frost, Pasig
Portfolio Review by:
- Ely Apao
- John Paul de Guzman
- Patrick Cabral
- Lindsey Grande
- Gab Madrid
2014
August 27 (#21)
OLX, Mandaluyong
- What to Design by Kit Valmadrid
- Lessons from China by Aceler Chua
July 23 (#20 & joint meetup with UXPH)
Globe Telepark, Makati
- Axure for Prototyping by Whey Ragadio
- Game Dev by Natassha Po
June 26 (#19)
Microsoft, Makati
- Knowing Your Sh*t by OJ Tibi
May 23 (#18)
OLX, Pasig
- Zurb Foundation by John Imbong, Adobe User Group Manager
- OLX.ph Design Process by Mark Lacsamana, OLX.ph User Interface Designer
- LeanCoffee
March 26 (#17)
Globe Telepark, Makati
- Designing for Social Good design thinking workshop by Ely Apao
January 22 (#16)
Commune, Makati
- Fixing Up Your Portfolio & Common Business Issues by Rina Malonzo & Trina dela Rama
- PhoneGap by Richard Gonzales
- RCSS and other CSS preprocessors by John Paul de Guzman
June 19 (#14)
Exist, Pasig
- LeanUX by Allan Caeg
- Lean Coffee discussions
May 15 (#13)
Payroll Hero, Taguig
- Designing Better Experiences by Edmond Gozo
- Lean Startup Approach by Christian Besler
- Startup Weekend Manila 2013 winners
April 17 (#12)
SourcePad, Pasig
- Typography & Lettering by Carl Graham
- Metafundamentals by Joshua Falco
- Politi-ko.com & Rollcall.ph by Frohawk.ph
2012
September 15 (#11)
Microsoft, Makati
- Margaux Cortez (PortfolioMNL)
- Mark Lacsamana (marklacsamana.ph)
- Success with 3rd-party APIs by Tom de Leon (nuworks.ph)
- Ranulf Goss (CECP)
- Tim de Dios (Microsoft)
March 24 (#10)
Exist, Pasig
- Designing for mobile devices by Camille Zapata
- Web design for brands by Lindsey Grande
- Making an app to change a customer’s mind to promote active consumer purchasing behaviour in Asia by Guyi Shen
- Online motion graphic videos by Gino Caparas
2011
November (#9)
US Auto Parts, Mandaluyong
- HTML5 Canvas Using EaselJS by James Florentino
- Business 101: Creating And Communcating Value by Andrei Gonzales
- Mozilla Firefox Developer Tools by Allan Caeg
August 11 (#8)
ProudCloud, QC
- Persuasion Design by Ely Apao
June 16 (#7)
Exist, Pasig
- Designing the user experience for mobile by Madhava Enros, Firefox Mobile UI Lead (Remote Presentation)
- Ruby Tools, Hyde, HAML, Markdown, SASS by Rico Sta. Cruz
- Intro to Git by OJ Tibi
- John Paul De Guzman
2010
February 11 (#6)
Exist, Pasig
- If the 2010 Philippine Presidential Elections were a Website Contest, Who’d Win? by Regnard Raquedan
- VERSUS by Sophia Lucero
2009
November 14 (#5)
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, Manila
- CodeIgniter MVC by Rowen Remis R. Iral
- Semantics & Maintenance by Mae Paulino
- VERSUS by Sophia Lucero
March 18 (#4)
Exist, Pasig
- Branding Design by Ely Apao
- Top 5 Internet Marketing Mistakes by Regnard Raquedan
- WordPress Themes by Rico Sta. Cruz
- Web Accessibility with Assistive Technology by Rene Buban Orense
- Finding your Soulmate by Luis Buenaventura II
- Leveling Up your Image Processing Skillz by Marco Severo M. Palinar
January 22 (#3)
Cosmopolitan International Institute of Technology, QC
- An intro to Textpattern by Eugene Alvin Villar
- Getting started with Concrete5 CMS by Jan Pabellon
- Pricing Your Web Design Work by Regnard Raquedan
- How to write a good ALT text by Jojo Esposa Jr.
- SEO for Web Designers by Alfredo Palconit Jr
- Overview on front-end optimization and best practices by JP Dela Torre
2008
November 27 (#2)
Exist, Pasig
- Foundations of Style by Rico Sta Cruz
- Web Design for the Poor by Marc Robinsone Caballero
- Skip to Content by Jojo Esposa
- Moving From Tables to CSS by Sarah Cada
- Measuring Usability Design by Ely Apao
- HTML Emails Best Practices by Rick Ong
October 30 (#1)
Exist, Pasig
- Philippine Laws Supporting Web Accessibility by Jojo Esposa
- Phi: golden ratio on the web by Rico Sta. Cruz
- Resolving Resolutions by Regnard Raquedan
- Alternatives to HTML deprecated features by Aja Lapus
- Interaction design by Rey Mendoza
- Building Successful User Interfaces by Marco Palinar
Slides can be downloaded at http://files.formfunctionclass.com/mini/2008-10-30/
