Listening Carefully, notice the fair guy? Martin, was planted there by us.
A lot has been already said about the Pune Blogger Meet. It was meant to be personal and mostly for networking. Thats what it ended up being. I’d say mission accomplished.
Lot of bloggers have showered praises for the meet. I am happy it served the purpose and everyone walked away having gained something from it. It was genuinely what I had been hoping for.
Many have credited me for organizing the meet. I have been very politely humbled by all of them. When I walked up the stage, I felt weird. Some of the best bloggers were in that room, and I was just a hippie, maybe a yuppie!
Aprajita. She looks hot as ever.
I was very happy the media turned up for the event, and they took it seriously. Just as serious as we were! The event appeared in Indian Express and Times of India the next day. I will be putting those scanned on the blog in a while.
The Indiblogger Team: Renie, Anoop and Anwin
This meet was very personal for me in many ways. I have been a student for over 20 years now.I have not formally worked anywhere. Over the last 6 years, through engineering and now during MBA (it gets over in April 2008), I have been involved in a lot of extracurrics in various capacities. This was the last event, I’d do as a student. The only thing I am doing next, is starting something of my own. Not a blog, but an enterprise!
The Back Benchers
As I was giving the vote of thanks, I knew I had given it the best of what I had. People loved it, and so I loved it. That people should remember it, is all I wanted. I surely will. I was overwhelmed.
As I was making the video for the meet, it was all pouring out about how I felt about blogging. Its taken a lot of shit out of me over the months. Its helped me make good friends. It was not about me, I was about all of us. Like I said, it was for the blogger in all of us. Thats my story about the meet and why I was part of it. Thanks once again, for turning up. Its been special.
Me and my lappy. It runs windows and not Ubuntu.
Finally, its been a good 6 years for me and has been a long journey from organizing college fests and heading the IT Team as a coordinator to being part of the Executive Council at SIBM. I thank God for being with me, and the people for bearing with me. I might have been eccentric at times, but thats the way I am. And this is my blog, LI360.
You have gained a wide gamut of experiences in the past 6 years and it has always reflected on your blog….it has grown with you…and this event was really probably the graduation for your blog the way you will graduate in a few weeks
… A Huge Congratulations dear fellow blogger….May the journey and adventures in your life continue…and may your blog be a window to it all! Long live the blog and the bloggers…
The best part of this meet = Martin!!! Can i have his contact details
Vinni, you really did a god job man!
Honestly, I did not know that blogging was actually a serious meaty job. I mean blogging to me was just write what you feel and share it with the rest of the world. But this Blogger meet has taken blogging to a new level. I am sure this must have been a seriously fun experience for the entire blogger community. I wish i was there to get insight and share the thoughts and experience of the Pro bloggers. I must say Vineet all your hard work, research and PR skills are GLOWING!!! A commendable job. Applaud!!!
People who seek opportunities to do more than what the average person is required to do, always make a difference, leave a mark. You do.
a job well done!!
and am sure your journey has been colorful enough.. not as drab as some have!!
all the best for your endeavours post MBA!!!
cheerio!!
wow nice!! congrats on the event’s success
I wish for a chennai meet
lol!!
Well, the blog was an eye-opener of sorts… To me, blogs have always been a vent… To see how ppl have turned this into a profitable enterprise, into means to fight social issues etc etc, was interesting… Thanx Vinni for coaxing me into writing again and for arranging this meet.. Have fun.. Wil definitely be in touch
thanks for being so supportive guys! it was a fun experience! was simply great!
hey…can u atleast push some ppl to come here? we are doing oit for the forst time jus for students….and we are going to be paying for 40 ppls expense…so, can u try and send some ppl from pune? symbi…fergusson..or jus bloggers!!..??
The last time I met you Vineet you were in 12th grade. And now to see you right here now, after leading the award-winning IT team, and then Organizing – I repeat – ‘Organizing’ the Blogger meet and creating that wonderful “I am the Blog” video – this all is a little overwhelming for me. You also managed to get a gora to the meet – great achievement
But you have it in you – to go places. You have the drive, the passion, the ambition and most of all the humility – to be a true leader.
I am glad to have a friend like you, you inspire me like I am sure you inspire so many others!
Brilliant effort , can someone tell me where I can find some reviews and some more photos on the meet ?
hey man, u can check indiblogger.in . there are many links posted there. you can go thru them. there are many more, just do a google on it. also many pics are uploaded on flickr. search for indiblogger. u’ll get those.