Lost in Translation...

6th

May-2008

NDTV Covers Blogathon

Jerry Posted in Blogging, Computer and Internet, Cultures, Education, Entertainment, Freedom, Friends Blogging, Government, Nation, News and politics, Report, blog, blogaloreans, blogathonindia, blogathonindia1 No Comments »

Finally the Bloggers made their presence felt through Blogathon. Some of them were featured in NDTV.

Here is the clip from Youtube.

:-)


2nd

Apr-2008

Blogathon India 2008

Jerry Posted in Blogging, Computer and Internet, Friends Blogging, Government, India, Law and Order, Media, Nation, Town & City Life, blog, blogaloreans, blogathonindia, blogathonindia1 No Comments »

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Does Bloggers hold any responsibility? Are they just mere writers in the cyberspace who cannot make a change? What ever they blog about does it just confine to the reader as a ‘good post’?

Hell NO!!!

Bloggers in India have decided to make a change. They are uniting for the event Blogathon India 2008 which is going live on April 20-26. Quoting straight off their home page :

Like the name suggests, Blogathon India is an event where these bloggers can get together and raise their concerns, ideas and suggestions on different social issues through the medium we all love: blogs.

Blogathon India is a creation from the desire to:

  • Instill a mass awakening amongst citizens and bloggers alike towards issues of social importance that affect our day to day lives.
  • Building an interesting and close-knit community of bloggers to learn, share and socialize with a larger purpose.
  • Motivate NGOs and other experts to embrace the net and start blogging with their invaluable ideas.
  • To provide a platform for thought leadership for ideas to emerge, to get discussed, improved and implemented.
  • Introduce citizens to blogging and help them to adopt Blogging platforms and tools to express their views.
  • Encourage people to blog in regional languages including Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Bengali among others.

Come lets join in …

Blog about it, read, comment, spread the word - Be a Part

Promote it : hang a badge -

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29th

Jan-2008

And one day i was on Bangalore Mirror

Jerry Posted in Blogging, Celebrations, Computer and Internet, Fun, Media, blogaloreans 3 Comments »

Because of the on going Blogathon work i was featured in Bangalore Mirror.

Here is the snap shot

blogathon_bangaloremirror_thumb And one day i was on Bangalore Mirror

[thanks Mohan]

Its me at the far left .. :)


18th

Nov-2007

Barcamp Bangalore - Random Shots - Day2 - Morning Session

Jerry Posted in BarCamp, Blogging, Computer and Internet, Freedom, Friends Blogging, Fun, Geekiness, Mutiny.in, barcampbangalore, barcampbangalore5, bcb5, blogaloreans 4 Comments »

 Barcamp Bangalore - Random Shots - Day2 - Morning Session
Amit, Sanjukta and Sky (yes, that’s Her name!)

 Barcamp Bangalore - Random Shots - Day2 - Morning Session
Sandy’s laptop on a ‘VERY LOW’ connectivity, and currently on Ganti’s lap

 Barcamp Bangalore - Random Shots - Day2 - Morning Session
Gantiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, the official BCB5 Colgate Ad

 Barcamp Bangalore - Random Shots - Day2 - Morning Session
The Secret Service was here too …

 Barcamp Bangalore - Random Shots - Day2 - Morning Session
BCB5 - Various Moods

 Barcamp Bangalore - Random Shots - Day2 - Morning Session
Mela mein bichdey huey … BarCamp mein miley …

:D


18th

Nov-2007

BarcampBangalore -Day2 - Pre Lunch Updates

Jerry Posted in BarCamp, Blogging, Computer and Internet, Freedom, Friends Blogging, Fun, Geekiness, Mutiny.in, barcampbangalore, barcampbangalore5, bcb5, blogaloreans No Comments »

Saunday morning .. yaawwwnnnnnn!!!! .. But its the day of Barcamp… no sleep… So i dragged my ass out of bed.
Its the day of CAT exams and by the time i woke up, at around 8am all my roommates had in fact left for the test. I have to say that i was one of the first persons to reach.
After a quick lunch with Abhishek Thakkar , who is having this talk on SMS Gupshup, the SMS way of twittering, i’m back in front of the discussion boards.
What is with the WiFi???- It keeps failing at times, on systems for no reason at all and then comes up all by itself.
 BarcampBangalore -Day2 - Pre Lunch Updates Now that people are finally arriving and rooms are getting booked up, i see energy again in the atmosphere.
Bloggers decided to have discussion at D4 - 11am. It turned out that Sky was already there. She was trying to set the time zone and the WiFi connection on her laptop. Then people started dropping in thinking its some discussion and Vola!!! everyone is giving a self intro.
Then Nitya of Muziboo, complained that generally indian bloggers are reluctant and unwilling to help someone. She quoted her own experience as an example. logo_mid_left BarcampBangalore -Day2 - Pre Lunch Updates
They started the Muziboo and she personally approached bloggers and asked them to do a review on the site and its features. But unfortunately of the 100+ people that she asked only 2 did it for her. This eventually became a hot topic and there indeed some discussion on that. People started dropping by with the noise level that we created. So finally everyone was sorry for the state of affairs and promised to help each other, starting with Muziboo.
Before we knew it was Lunch time and off we go to hog like pigs …
:)


18th

Nov-2007

Barcamp Bangalore - Random Shots - Day1

Jerry Posted in BarCamp, Blogging, Computer and Internet, Friends Blogging, Geekiness, Network and Security, barcampbangalore, barcampbangalore5, bcb5, blogaloreans No Comments »

 Barcamp Bangalore - Random Shots - Day1

I’m Speaking too :)

 Barcamp Bangalore - Random Shots - Day1

Getting the WiFi connection

 Barcamp Bangalore - Random Shots - Day1

The Mutineers …

 Barcamp Bangalore - Random Shots - Day1

E-Governance Session

 Barcamp Bangalore - Random Shots - Day1

Post Lunch ..


8th

Sep-2007

The Blog-a-loreans Meet Again

Jerry Posted in Blogging, Computer and Internet, Entertainment, Friends Blogging, Fun, Town & City Life, blogaloreans 3 Comments »

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The Blog-a-Loreans are meeting again today at 11am at BrewHaHa Cafe.

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Just like the last time. Hope to have fun this time.


30th

Jul-2007

Some Moments from BCB4

Jerry Posted in Blogging, Friends Blogging, Mutiny.in, barcampbangalore4, bcb4, blogaloreans 4 Comments »

Hey do drop in a line saying which was your fav foto… Foto source (Mine and Sandil)
Comment on each too..

1) An ardent blog-a-lorean

 Some Moments from BCB4

2) Its Arun guys … ;)

 Some Moments from BCB4

3)E-Governance the panchayath way

 Some Moments from BCB4

4) Laurel and Hardy or rather Hardy and Laurel

 Some Moments from BCB4

5)Micro Microblogging

IMG_4018 Some Moments from BCB4

6)The Mutineers

 Some Moments from BCB4

7)bar[camp] over = camping after the bar

 Some Moments from BCB4

Awaiting comments :)


30th

Jul-2007

Bar[camp] Bangalore 4 - The finale!!!

Jerry Posted in Blogging, Friends Blogging, Mutiny.in, barcampbangalore4, bcb4, blogaloreans No Comments »

BCB4_logo Bar[camp] Bangalore 4 - The finale!!!

Two days of exhilarating bliss, a Techies-in-wonderland, final nail in the coffin for the saying “Too many cooks spoil the (what ever)

Just that everyone had a lot of fun learning. A new definition to fun learning. It was my first barcamp and i’m already looking forward for the next one. Owning to the less number of women participants, there was this opinion of having it at Jyothi Nivas College or Mt Carmel… :)

I met some very interesting personalities there made hell lot of friends.

So till the next Barcamp in November


29th

Jul-2007

BCB4 - Nearing the EOD

Jerry Posted in Blogging, Friends Blogging, barcampbangalore4, bcb4, blogaloreans 2 Comments »

 BCB4 - Nearing the EODThe E-governance Collective did it the traditional way, Outside!!!.
The Panchayath Way :)

 BCB4 - Nearing the EODHey we had free t-shirts. and i’m standing way back there.

Its almost EOD, and lots of sessions and talkings later the energy is no less.
The day started with an announcement that eod will feature real trips to real bars :) looking fwd to that.

 BCB4 - Nearing the EODThe Startup and bloggers collective had a fair amount of turn up.

Right now what got over was a jumping animated Umesh talking about Promoting the your blog. Some points to be noted

  • Shameless Self Promoting
  • Making people comment by making the posts such that people feel like commenting
  • Make girl friends and make them read it
  • Have a partner in crime who comments for every thing on your blog
  • Write good and if you cant wait till you get the rythm
  • Start controversies
  • Respect your commentors, put a comment back.
  • Visit the commentors blogs
  • If its a girl comment on her style/foto if she has one

Right now its Main Stream Media vs Blogging by Saurabh. Talking about how effective is MSM news and Blogging. Its all based on trust when a person decides to go by your word or opinion. The discussion is still going on …