An Island and Two Coconut Trees

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Jerry

comicbox1 An Island and Two Coconut Trees

The picture sums up what we need in a good social media consultant/promoter or what qualities each of us should possess if we want to be a successful social media consultant/promoter. Given an island and two coconut trees how can you make it the most desirable place on the web?

The lady with the peace sign.

Like a lady, one should be gentle and do the most sensible thing that will do good for the brand or idea.

The guy with the big brush.

Well this symbolizes the creative and the artistic side of being a social media consultant/promoter. There are a lot of people who want to be in this field and the big question is how do you become creative enough to stand apart.

The guy with the bulb.

Being innovative and inventive should be the final quality. One must be inventive in ways to promote a client or service via the social media. Re-inventing the wheel only runs for so long.

Written for Samyukta Media‘s Our story, You write: Social Media Story Contest. Contest Code : SM2CNov2011

Windows Live Writer Test Post

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Jerry

I could feel her heart beat. It was racing up. Her breathing became heavier with each passing moment. She held me tight and squeezed her against me.Inching closer, i felt her lips against mine. I slipped into sweet seduction.I could feel her heart beat. It was racing up. Her breathing became heavier with each passing moment. She held me tight and squeezed her against me.Inching closer, i felt her lips against mine. I slipped into sweet seduction.

I could feel her heart beat.
I could feel her heart beat.
I could feel her heart beat.

Yahoo GeoCities Closing on 26th Oct 2009

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Jerry

Today morning, as it happens for all Monday mornings in office, the first thing i checked was XKCD. First i thought the site was hacked and i was too lazy to read the scrolling marquee

“GeoCities is shutting down today. To commemorate this, xkcd.com has been redesigned.”

So as of 26th Oct 2009, Yahoo GeoCities will be closed. So if you have an existing a/c with GeoCities, then you have the option of downloading you files into your system or opt for one of the options given here.

Twestival 2009 Bangalore – A walk through

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Jerry

The Twestival 2009 Bangalore has been long over and i’m not going to report on the event. The event was fun all together. I was transferring the photos from my mobile and i stumbled up on the pics that i took during Twestival. Added on some of the lighter moments of the event.

Twestival was organized for charity and i believe they did good. The highlight for the day for me was the free beer. Yes, free booze and i’m there. The first pint is free, the second drink onwards the money goes to charity. Pause!

The guy who runs TechBangalore, yes H. N. Prashanth, the guy who orders ‘ondu masala dosa, ondu cutting chai’, changed his order to ‘ondu masala dosa, ondu beer’. Yes! he drank for charity

That was the effect that Twestival had on the twitterati.

It was a Saturday morning and i had promised Daaku, that i will join in for the Twestival. So got up, brushed, cleaned myslef, put on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt that had the IBM logo on the sleeve and RedBulls written on the chest. Landed at the place for twestival and i realized immediately that i made a mistake with my attire. I wore a Halloween costume for a Thanks Giving dinner… oops!!! Worst of all, people miss took me for a guy from Red-Bull, didn’t they notice the ‘s’ at the end of the Bull,

The most embarrassing part, that no one knew – Nakul Shenoy, yes the magician, the techie who only learned to do anonymous mem-reads on other unsuspecting people, was done with his show (which was brilliant btw), dressed up in plain formal attitre and came all the way to the place where we twitterers were having a merry time and joined us in tweeting. First thought that crossed my mind, ‘I have seen this guy somewhere… Where?… Have i met him before?’. It took me full 15mins to realize that it was the same guy on stage reading other people’s thoughts. (Hope he didn’t read my thought at that point)

Prashanth proved that he is a bigger techie, when i complained that i cant find a free wifi to connect to. He took out his Nokia phone and said ‘No problem, wait a few secs, i’ll connect via GPRS and make my phone a wifi hot-spot, then you connect to my phone..’. My jaws were on the floor … LOL

Twestival Bangalore 2009

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Jerry

The very first twestival that took place in Bangalore was for the cause – ‘clean and safe drinking water’. Unlike other charity events where you have to bid for some boring piece of art or just buy the tickets to attend something that wasn’t of any interest for you and the only reason for you to do all that was a cause, the twestival is different. Its fun and it makes you feel good for what you did.

The last time it was for a global cause but this time its, lets put it this way, for a more localized cause. This Bangalore twestival 09 is to help organize funds for DreamADream. So whats DreamADream?

Founded in 1999, Dream A Dream is a registered charitable trust which seeks to empower children from vulnerable backgrounds by developing life skills and at the same time sensitizing the community through active volunteering leading to a non-discriminatory society where unique differences are appreciated. Currently, we enhance the lives of 1500 children from vulnerable backgrounds and engage over 1000 active Volunteers who represent an increasingly sensitive community.

So getting on with the details for the event –

When - Saturday – 12th September, 2009

Where - Kyra Theatre, Bangalore

Time - 12:30 – 4:30pm

Full Address - Kyra, 2001, Katti-ma Centre, Above Adidas Showroom, 100 feet road, Indiranagar, Bangalore

The question now is, what is happening in 4 hrs?

Live show by Swarathma band
Nakul Shenoy presents ‘Beyond Magic!’
Stand Up Comedy by Papa CJ and Aron Kedar

Just that … oh no!!! apart from that there will be free beer from Kingfisher for everyone ..

So join in … Join in for the Cause with fun or Fun with a cause

Jerry Mannel

Eternally alive on the Internet

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An Island and Two Coconut Trees

Windows Live Writer Test Post

Yahoo GeoCities Closing on 26th Oct 2009

Twestival 2009 Bangalore – A walk through

Twestival Bangalore 2009