This is our house boat driver chettan in deep thoughts... really wondering if he should start blogging....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/2769464181_e07bea5c57.jpg?v=0

Meanwhile these are pictures of some guys who really enjoyed the trip

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarath-dr/page7/

Picture Courtesy : http://www.sarathdr.com/

Pradeep Somasundaram : A singer and a nerd

Tech-savvy: Noted singer Pradeep Somasundaram during the State’s first-ever blog camp held on board a houseboat in Alappuzha on Saturday. The one-day camp, organised by a group of young bloggers, had 120 bloggers from across the country and a few from abroad, discussing the future of blogging.

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Sunday, Aug 17, 2008

Let me be the first to disagree on the half yearly plan!
 
I cannot disagree with mani karthik... I have been a Ekalavyan. practical application of SEO tricks in my sites kick started from Mani's website.
 
BlogCampKerala must continue as a yearly event to keep up its charm and demand... that's my personal opinion.
But the NRI part of story as mentioned by Kenny might need a September gathering.
Another idea is why not shift the annual event somewhere close to ONAM when most of us are in Kerala ?
 
I came to BlogCampKerala 2008 thinking its just a get-together. But had been a beautiful way to learn and share.

Kick starting a new set of active Bloggers every year
I would love if at least half the day be dedicated to beginners like me to give in more inputs on tech and non-tech advices.
 
I did never knew that adsense really worked until May 27, 2008 when my first payment of 130$ was released.
Rest of the money that came in after that help me start my other two sites www.simplymalayalees.com and www.fly2kerala.om
 
Now these sites are self sustaining ones, they make their own money to keep them alive.
I sincerely request all those seniors at BlogCampKerala to spread more awareness on facilities like adsense to keep the Bloggers from spending a lot of money on having their own website for blogging.

Making a living from blogging
People like mani karthik and nirmal will be a lot more helpful to those wanting to take the blogging full time and for the living.
More sessions online and offline is needed and a the summary and learning may be shared at BlogCampKerala for others to make use and seek advice further from these experts. 

Lateral Ideas for professionals
Audio blogging, video blogging, movie blogging, cartoon blogging will be useful for those in those professions and we must work on some ideas to bring in more people from these fields and let people like Sajjive, pradeep and uncle help these new Bloggers!

These ideas might have popped up in many minds in our crowd, but making it reality is what I would love to work on.
I have roped in two people to help them start a site of their own and start blogging...
May be a promise to add at least 10 new Bloggers each year per BlogCampKerala 2008 participant and bring them to the annual get-together will benefit a lot with more variety of people from all over the world.
 
Sponsors will automatically follow when they see a huge crowd of varied interest.
 
What says you?
 
Thanks for your time....
-Sharman (agni)
Sharman's Cab Company
mailbox_agnisharman.com
+91 97104 122 34

-----Original Message-----
From: prasannakumar k
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:17 AM
To: Mani Karthik
Cc: TheAnand; Jaleel Jalaludeen; Sebin Jacob; Sreekandakumar Pillai (TECK.IN); Pradip Somasundaran; Reji John; kenny.jacob_gmail.com; Nikhil Narayanan; gmarceau_gmail.com; mail2sanil_gmail.com; Sridhar Pabbisetty; arunbasillal_millionclues.com; karthik_dailyapps.net; Karthik; teamnewage_gmail.com; sarath.dr_gmail.com; simplymalayalee_gmail.com; chandrasekharan.nair_gmail.com; sajjive_gmail.com
Subject: Re: It was great meeting you at the BlogCamp Kerala


I agree with Karthik. BlogCamp Kerala should be a regular (half-yearly) affair. It shouldn't be the burden of Anand an Kenny alone. All of us should participate for organising. I suggest Kenny, Anand, and you, Karthik , can take the lead. You already have a few BlogCamp feathers on your cap. We all will contribute to crown you the next (early 2009).
Thanks
Prasannakumar





On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Mani Karthik <manikuttan_gmail.com> wrote:

Yikes...Late to the thread (was traveling)..

One big big congrats to Kenney and Anand for arranging and unconferencing the whole event. Even the boat was late, I (we all) knew it was not fair to question it, cos the whole event was itself an initiative worth a pat on the back (to all of us).

I think there are a few things we can take home from the event.

- That the crowd in Kerala is far more diverse and rich in quality than any other blogcamps in India, No doubt.
- That we have a great co ordination and understanding even if we are from diagonally opposite spheres.
- That we need more of Blogcampkeralas.

This is an initiative that we need to take forward and not rest it with one or two people. A community effort if possible?

I'd love to see disagreements :D



On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 1:44 PM, TheAnand <anand_theanand.com> wrote:

Thank you guys for your support, glad that we were able to make it very memorable. Let us strive to make 2009 BlogCamp a real international event.
 
 
TheAnand
www.TheAnand.com
 
From: Jaleel Jalaludeen [mailto:jalmohd_gmail.com]
Sent: 19 August 2008 11:58
To: prasannakumar k
Cc: Sebin Jacob; Sreekandakumar Pillai (TECK.IN); Pradip Somasundaran; Reji John; kenny.jacob_gmail.com; Nikhil Narayanan; gmarceau_gmail.com; mail2sanil_gmail.com; anand_theanand.com; manikuttan_gmail.com; Sridhar Pabbisetty; arunbasillal_millionclues.com; karthik_dailyapps.net; Karthik; teamnewage_gmail.com; sarath.dr_gmail.com; simplymalayalee_gmail.com; chandrasekharan.nair_gmail.com; sajjive_gmail.com
Subject: Re: It was great meeting you at the BlogCamp Kerala
 
Well, I hope there isn't a BlogCampKerala 2009. Hopefully a BlogCampGoa 2009, BlogCampLakshwadeep 2009, BlogCampKashmir 2009 etc...
 
jaleel
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:47 AM, prasannakumar k <mindines_gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all, 
Great ! that's the only word !
Kenny, Anand and other organisers .. YOU all did it great.
Shall we all put a request to Kenny and his team ?  Kenny when's the next BlogCampKerala ? 2009 January ?? I hope all beginners become experts by that time !  And new freshers would join us !!  And we ALL are with you.
THANKS all.. Bye.. keep in touch.
 
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Sebin Jacob <sebinajacob_gmail.com> wrote:
Yea,

as faTOOnist put it, i too felt static on the boat though i didn't draw, but saw him drawing. and the vibe was amazing.

thank you friends for that wonderful moments, for that weird idea and the real mix it provided.

love,
Sebin

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