Wondering what is Bang(osphere) , let me reveal it – It is the arrival of a new phase of Blogosphere in Bangalore.Having missed second edition of Proto,my wish was that the Bangalore Blogger’s Meet,termed “Blogaloreans” would turn out to be interesting And to my surprise it was not so interesting but VERY interesting

Around 50 bloggers from Bangalore , met at around 10:30AM in BrewHaHa and the charge was seen right from the beginning.The session with a brief round of introduction and there were all sorts of bloggers – Seasoned, Newly,Geeky,Non-Geeky……Bloggers(and others) in the crowd were really excited when I disclosed that I found my partner through my blog and my introductory session was really interesting(photo below).The introductory session went on for around 45-50 minutes and than started the topics of discussion.

Blog’a'loreans : In a nutshell:

- Sridhar Rao(who eats-drinks-sleeps startups) and Harinath Pudipeddi(Aspiring Social Entrepreneur) shared their idea of a Web NGO,which seemed to be quite appealing.Lot’s of ideas from the audience in the meet and this idea would be discussed in BarCamp Bangalore-4 (BCB-4)

- Now it was my turn to make a Pitch .With “Wings” just around 3 weeks away,we required support in any way that was possible and this was the best place to make the Pitch.Ashwin than took over the baton from me and made an excellent pitch for Wings as well as Nisarga India.There were quite valuable suggestions , which would help us to take things forward !!!

- Arun Ramarathnam , one of the organizers of BCB4 gave a small introduction about BarCamp and how we can carry forward the discussion carried out here in the unconference He also put forward a very good question “Who are the 5 most influential blogger’s in Bangalore” and his first recommendation was Thejesh G N who manages EventsInBangalore.Debate than started on the controversial word INFLUENTIAL , since it varies from individual to individual and that debate was left incomplete [I wished at least few people recommended me as one of the Influential Blogger's in Bangalore ]

- Finally,we had a discussion on “Domain registration” for the formation of this community and this would be a one stop for “Bloggers in Bangalore”.

- There were few topics which were untouched which would be discussed at a larger scale in BCB4 as a part of the “Blogger’s Collective“.Sanjukta,the enthusiastic advocate and one of the organizers of “Bangalore Blogger’s Meet”,made a closing note for the event.Oh Oh , forgot something, it was Sridhar’s birthday and he was given birthday bumps(a memorable day for him).

What I missed at the event:

- Wanted to meet Ramjee Ganti and Piyush Gupta,the two geeky guys but I guess they missed the event
- Could not blog the event live though AJ has a done a wonderful job by blogging it here

The event started in a grand way and also ended in a grand way !!!! Thumbs up to the organizers Sanjukta and Dhivya for this event…This event could easily be termed as a Mini-UnConference

What other blogger’s are saying about Blog’a'loreans:

Jayanth – Bangalore Blogger’s Meet – BrewHaHa
Prashanth – Bangalore Bloggers Meet: We Met up!
AJ – Bangalore Blogger’s Meet
Neha – Bangalore Blogger’s Meet
Mutiny – Blog’a’loreans’ (Bangalore Bloggers’) Meet – 21st Jul 07
Adheeth – Bangalore Bloggers Meet – Blog’a’loreans
Tanay – Bangalore Blogger’s Meet
Bikram – Bangalore Bloggers’ Meet
Cipson – Bangalore + Blog + Blogger: Bangalore Bloggers Meet
Lavanya – A Phlogger’s guide to the Blogalorean meet
Anbusivam – Blog’a'loreans- Meet
Thejesh – Meet Bangalore Blogger at bcb4
Jerry – Blog-a-loreans’ (Bangalore Blogger’s) Meet – 21st Jul 07

Image Courtesy: Arun Ramarathnam
Jerry

Logo Courtesy: Mutiny

Blog’a'loreans covered in Bangalore Mirror(23rd July,2007):
Bangalore Mirror covered the event and guess what,Wings was covered in the article(marked in RED BOX in the article)….I am also seen in the photo(but not so visible )