The Bytekeeper Chronicles 1: The Beginning
I mentioned them in my last entry. I think I should just talk about them and try to give justice to what this group means to me.
A Bytekeeper is a status symbol. Being a Bytekeeper meant that you are one of the best in your field, and you have to be at par (with relative magnitude) with the other members in terms of success, confidence or knowledge. Being a Bytekeeper during college meant that you had an enormous potential to live up to.
Here are the surviving members of the group:
Edward M. - Internet Security/Hacking
Jeff S. - Systems Analysis and Design
Rom F. - Programming/Project Management/Software Development
Yuki F. - Macromedia Technology/Multimedia
Alex P. - Dubbed Leader of the Group/SQL/Database Mgt./Software Development
Sam S. - Web Development/Web Entrepreneurship
Angelo S. (moi!) - Multimedia/Web Development
Unlike your average group, we did not have humble beginnings. The Dean of Computer Studies in my College wanted to get together a group of students who showed skill in the different fields of Computer Science. So from the recommendations of the teachers, and in my case my winning of the Web Page Competition a year before, the PROGRAMMER'S POOL was formed. Months after, when the infamous Love Bug Virus struck (from our College I might add) the group was commissioned to help find a solution for it. After that, everybody realized that there really was great potential in this group, an almost tangible potential. We knew that the group would go beyond the College, so we needed a name. Originating from the fact that we started out as 8 (a full byte has 8 bits) and that the turning point was to put a stop to a virus (a keeper of cyber integrity), it was not hard to see where Bytekeepers came from.
A Bytekeeper is a status symbol. Being a Bytekeeper meant that you are one of the best in your field, and you have to be at par (with relative magnitude) with the other members in terms of success, confidence or knowledge. Being a Bytekeeper during college meant that you had an enormous potential to live up to.
Here are the surviving members of the group:
Edward M. - Internet Security/Hacking
Jeff S. - Systems Analysis and Design
Rom F. - Programming/Project Management/Software Development
Yuki F. - Macromedia Technology/Multimedia
Alex P. - Dubbed Leader of the Group/SQL/Database Mgt./Software Development
Sam S. - Web Development/Web Entrepreneurship
Angelo S. (moi!) - Multimedia/Web Development
Unlike your average group, we did not have humble beginnings. The Dean of Computer Studies in my College wanted to get together a group of students who showed skill in the different fields of Computer Science. So from the recommendations of the teachers, and in my case my winning of the Web Page Competition a year before, the PROGRAMMER'S POOL was formed. Months after, when the infamous Love Bug Virus struck (from our College I might add) the group was commissioned to help find a solution for it. After that, everybody realized that there really was great potential in this group, an almost tangible potential. We knew that the group would go beyond the College, so we needed a name. Originating from the fact that we started out as 8 (a full byte has 8 bits) and that the turning point was to put a stop to a virus (a keeper of cyber integrity), it was not hard to see where Bytekeepers came from.
posted by JA | 11:41 AM
4 Comments:
the netfuze guy's name is Sam... :D
by the way... some news about them... edward is working in beijing/hk/taiwan/jakarta (working like a seaman, as what he had said), yuki is coming back to the phils at the end of april (now a certified macromedia specialist), rom has a gf... the others... got no news...
Ok thanks, I'll get in trouble for not knowing his name. huh!
Ooooo, Rom has a gf, Jeff has feelings and I'm a rock. What has the world gone to?!
those are the signs of the coming of armageddon... :p
Of course!
What would you expect if you had about 6 of the top programmers working on it, and a former black-hat hacker (Edward) to boot? ehehehe. Getting these people together in one room is like placing all the flammable substances in one cabinet and expect it to not be a fire hazard. The bombarding ego of each member made for an "interesting" experience, but we always come through with getting any task done. :-)
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