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Bangalore IndiBlogger meet #5

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Attended one more indiblogger meet today in Bangalore. This was the 3rd such meet for me in Bangalore, but personally this was the 4th one. Yes, I had attended independence day bloggers meet in Mumbai earlier this year. Though I had missed the initial 2 meets before I joined the indiblogger community, I have been regular to these meets since my first meet. From there onwards crowd has been getting bigger and so are the venues. The current meet had 200+ bloggers under one roof today and bigger than the previous one at Kyra!

Got to meet many familiar faces and too many not so familiar ones! As always a wide range of bloggers from students to retired bankers, journalists to IT official [Yes, INCOME TAX guy!!], engineers to entrepreneurs and the list goes on… but a wast majority of the bloggers were from info tech industry. Oh yeah, many were self proclaimed ‘geeks’! The event started with a customary funny introduction of indiblogger core team members and then moved on to 30 seconds of fame into’s by rest of the bloggers. The event sponsor HP was on printers give away spree! Some catchy intros were awarded printers! Who don’t like to get goodies like that? During this meet, HP revealed its new technology called HPePrint. This new platform is cloud-based and lets users print via e-mail directly from an iPhone, iPad, or other mobile device. There was an interesting presentation on this platform as well and how HP is shaping up itself for the new generation demands. Good luck HP!

As planned earlier, I did give away about 5 Aloe vera saplings to some of the bloggers who were interested in gardening. I learnt something new today… The more you decide to give away, that much more you start getting back 🙂 To cut it short, I won the HP Print4Life contest and carried home an HP Photosmart Wireless e-All-in-One Printer B110a. The contest was very simple, just capture a photo that reflects the life in Bangalore en-route to indimeet and send an entry for the contest. The coolest 3 such clicks win and I was one of those three! See my entry below. More on the printer performance and a detailed review soon on this blog!

Life in Bangalore!

There is a bit of story behind this pic as well. I chose to reach the venue by public transport and was waiting at the bus stop. That is when I saw this boy with a trumpet and a bull passing by. He looked at me if I would give him some money. Asked him how much he wants and got a demand sign of Rs 5/- Since that guy looked some what dull, I handed him a little beyond what he wanted and asked him if I could click a photo of him with the bull. He was all smiles and started to pose! I took out my digicam from the stylish Yahoo! Bag and clicked a photo. So, my investment was just Rs 10/- for this photo and got back home with a printer worth thousands! You never know where your investment will take you!

Some of the topics that caught my attention include blogging for social causes, collaborating with pollution control board, civil defense and organic kitchen gardening. Another notable mention is for the blogger who was planning to have a dedicated blog for SANSKRIT language and its literature! It is always a great feel to know & meet so many bloggers and learn something new from everyone! When you get to see some of the bloggers who are as young as 14 years, it is indeed an inspiration for many of us to take the blogging to next level in India. Also, there was a journalist from Deccan Herald news paper who interviewed me. Watch out for yet another media appearance in one of the predominant news paper of Karnataka 🙂 Until the next meet, will keep these memories. If I couldn’t connect with any of you, feel free to leave your comment here and we can connect now for sure!

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  3. Hey there Mohan!! The meetup was just amazing, though we didn’t meet formally I have been following your blog since then. The meetup helped me get a lot of fame which I can’t forget, so I’m looking forward for future Indiblogger meetups

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  4. Nice snap Mohan !!! Congrats on winning the printer. Like the way you perceived – “you never know what your investments will bring” .. lol 🙂

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  6. Hi Mohan,
    I’m a brand new Indiblogger & haven’t been able to attend any meet so far. Congratulations for winning that printer. Loved that statement of yours, “The more you decide to give away, that much more you start getting back”. It is so very true.
    Also, the fact that you’ve actually replied to all 54 comments (expecting a 55th one as well 🙂 is amazing. I mean, how many people actually do such a personal gesture? U deserve all the kudos & many many more!!
    Hope to attend the next meet & meet you in person.

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    • Hey Swati! welcome to the indiblogger community. Wish you knew it a while back to make it for indiblr meet.

      Good to have you here as well. I shall fallback on to your blog as well. yup.. i did reply to your comment too!

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  8. It was my first indiblogger meet, and I must say – we rock ! 🙂 I forgot to take the saplings while going back.. may be next time we meet.

    Congrats for winning that cute little printer. I too got one, it is pretty nice. Works like a breeze.

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  11. Hey this picture was very interesting Mohan and more interesting was the reason behind it 🙂 !!! I just loved the meet and it was really an amazing experience for me 🙂 !!!

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    • Thanks Raisa! Yup… anything apart from routine for a college final year student must be interesting 😀 Nice to have you here welcome!

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  12. Hey mohan. .tht pic was awesome… truly deserved the prize.. even i wanted the printer 🙁 .. btw wht bout the other goodies u were gona give away 😛

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    • Thanks Shashi. I have already given away the aloe vera saplings at the event itself. I have also handed over a couple of gift coupons worth Rs 500/- each to Anoop to award it to the person who comes up with ‘wow’ review about the indiblr meet that we had yesterday. You can still fancy your chances 😉

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  13. Hi Mohan, the first ever post of yours I read was the last ones’ on your 4th anniversary. And today one more kudos post 🙂 And was that Aloe vera saplings about? Were you carrying with you to give away? Best wishes Mohan!

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    • Thanks Nandhini! Yup.. wanted to spread the green love and to bring in the awareness on the nature I did give away Aloe Vera saplings to a handful number of bloggers 🙂 Let me head over to read your blog!

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    • Ah! You should have asked me for one… Let me know if you can collect from me. I would be more than happy to give away one more for you! My pleasure too to have met you in real!!!

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  16. Wow!!! Wonderful. I really regret that I injured my foot and cannot walk around without feeling excruciating pain .. Hope next time I will be able to make it out there and meet you all.

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    • Hmmm I did read that on the indiblogger meet comments page. Would have been great to meet you. There is always a next time. Take good care and get well soon.

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  17. man, i was just expecting an indi Tee the max… but went back with way more than that… met many ppl to whom i have been just chatting with… even ppl who wher in my FB list but never talked too…. found new ppl to add on FB and to follow on twitter… it was a great meet…. though the time was less to meet all… but i tried to meet all the girls at least…. 🙂

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    • ‘Prepare for the worst and expect the best’ strategy eh? Good to catch up with you again Hitesh. I know what kept you busy all the time 😉

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  20. Nice to meet you again Mohan. Infact wanted to discuss something with you but could not do it during the course of the event. I will email it in detail. And that was quiet a nice ROI for 10 Rs 😀

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    • It is always good to catch up in person… Well, you should have told me! Anyways.. Sure, look forward for you mail. Oh yeah, wish I get lucky with my investment portfolio too 😉

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  21. loved ur picture on the HP wall of fame 🙂 The best creative and nice pic i must say. You need to try investment banking… 10rs to a millon…That would be awesome.. Lets get connected online!

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  22. Woww thatz awesome. Attending such a meet is a treat in itself, and then u get something to take home too – superb 🙂 But the click really deserves it 🙂

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  30. ohhh… i again missed d party!!!
    u surely had a gud time out there… Q???
    & Hey wat about ma indi-T???
    i think absentees shud get one…

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  31. Congrats on winning the contest! The pic is great. It was a good round-up of the meet. Yeah, the more you give the more you get back! all the best!

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  32. You are right Mohan,..”The more you decide to give away, that much more you start getting back 🙂 ”
    Congratulations for the hp printer 🙂

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  33. Being new to blogging, I havent attended any Indiblogger’s meet yet, but after reading ur post, i realize that i really missed something great. Hope to c u soon at the next meet. And Congratulations for the HP gadget

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  34. Hey mohan good post capturing the gist of today. And thanks for mentioning my efforts regarding sanskrit, the website I spoke about is here [+]. Would appreciate if you could link to it in your post.

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