Venue: Glass House, Lal Bagh

Date & Time: 6th June, 2010 at 10:30am

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The next #sapling project is happening on 6th June 2010 in Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Thane and New Mumbai. You can be a part of this project by planting a #sapling, Sponsor a #sapling or both.

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Contribution & Sponsors

The #Sapling Project invites contributions/sponsorship from individuals & brands towards the next drive on June 6th, 2010. The minimum contribution is Rs 40 towards 2 saplings.

If you’re interested in contributing/sponsoring, then please leave a comment below or get in touch with:

Satish – satish@bombaylives.com

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Past #Sapling Projects

Mumbai – Chennai – Bangalore (26 Jan 2010 Event) - Distribution Drive

Mumbai Chapter (19 Dec 2009 Event) - ShivajiPark

Our lab was supposed to start at 9:30, but we took our own sweet time and entered the lab at 10:15 As we entered, it was like hell in there. AC’s were turned off  and we were literally sweating. But that didn’t bother us much as we continued clicking snaps inside the lab itself I couldn’t take the heat anymore and I just walked out pulling 3 of my  friends to the so called cafetería to have a cup of coffee. This temporary canteen sucks big time!

After wasting a lot of time and playing around near the canteen, we got back to the lab and started the photo session again Few were playing Counter Strike and few were honestly executing the programs. As our lab ended, we decided to go out and celebrate the day coz our college management didn’t encourage us to celebrate it inside the college. So, we headed to a Chinese restaurant and had our lunch. It was very hot, so I changed my kurtha and wore a t-shirt. Yes, I did carry a t-shirt with me. We then headed to Mc Donalds and it was the best time we had. Thanks to Shruthi and Arun for cracking their stupid jokes and making us laugh our heads off! (If they both start laughing, I bet you can’t control your laughter. Crazy people )

It was overall a great day. Thanks to our seniors for making this day happen

But now, I’m even more excited and I feel like I’m on top of the world. Its because, today we have officially launched Darkwater Digital – Redefining PR 2.0 a digital communications firm.

What is Darkwater Digital?

Darkwater Digital is a digital communications firm that specializes in strategic online campaigns aimed at leveraging the internet and Web 2.0 to achieve a high recall quotient of your brand. Darkwater specializes in building your brand comprehensively online, and is strategically poised to deliver your product directly to your customers globally. Online reputation management is an area overlooked by most businesses, which could make or break the business.

Darkwater Digital, with its elite team of technology experts and highly-networked bloggers will ensure that your brand achieves the right kind of publicity among the online audience. We build businesses, not just brands.

Our Mission:

LISTEN to what your customers and competitors are saying.

BUILD your image and presence online through active social engagements.

MANAGE your online reputation with the best passive-aggressive outlook.

How did it all start?

It was all Nikhil’s idea of starting this firm. One night he called me and said, “Dude, can you come down to my office tomorrow? I wanna talk to you about the firm”. Earlier that night he had mailed me saying that he’d like to start a firm and wanted me to partner with him. Without any hesitations I said “Yes!”

I headed to Nikhil’s office the next day and he explained to me everything. I WAS HELL EXCITED!!!! We registered the domain on April 4th, 2009 and started with our work. Thanks to Nikhil, he got Darkwater a pretty good number of clients and we did have a blast. Work pressure was increasing as clients were flowing in.  But, we somehow managed it. The best part is, Darkwater had its first international client and we were damn happy about that.

After so much of progress in no time, we had planned to launch Darkwater Digital on June 1st 2009. But, due to some unavoidable conditions we had to drop it or rather reschedule it for today. (Again, Nikhil sent me a surprise SMS saying that, “Dude, Darkwater Digital is officially launched today!”)

Phew! That was so much. Never have I been so happy and excited and have written such a big post

Click here for high resolution image

And that’s not it! I was on Times of India too! That’s a huge thing for me We are a group on Flickr called Bangalore Photo Walk (BPW) and we host weekend photo walks in and around Bangalore. I happened to contact Nirmala, a journal at TOI and introduced our BPW group to her. She shared all the details with the Editor and the Editor asked me to form a group of 6 and asked the 6 of us go to different places in Bangalore and capture some interesting shots at the same time. In the sense, we were supposed to go to different places individually and click some shots at one particular (same) time. The time and the place was all our choice. So, we planned on it and decided to go on 23rd July, 2009 (It was my mom’s birthday that day ). We started our walk at 10:30am in the morning and completed it by 12 noon. Unfortunately, one out of the 6 dropped coz of unavoidable conditions and we were only 5 of us.

Now, the real work started! We had to choose 1 best shot out of all the shots we had captured. Everyone did it and sent it to me. In turn, I forwarded the-best-chosen shots to Nirmala with a brief write-up about us…And it is today, July 29th, our shots were published on page 16 in the Times of India, Bangalore edition \m/

Image credit: Zeeshan Imam Chowdhury

And yes, I’m still on cloud9

TweetUp

Few days back, Bangalore tweeps had organized a PaintBall Tweetup. PaintBall is a sport or rather like a war where two teams battle on a small ground. Located near Total Mall in Sarjapur, which is quite near to my house.
We reached there by 12 noon. We were instructed on few rules and regulations and were waiting for another team to finish their game.

Later, we were given a gun (CO2 pressurized) containing pellets (paintballs) made of a gelatin shell filled with food coloring and vegetable oil for some practice. It was our turn to get in and start our game. We played “Capture the Flag”, where one team has to go to the other team’s base and capture the flag and vice versa. Had loads of fun though and will definitely attend the next tweetup which is gonna happen in the next month. (We are planning to go to Wonder La )

If your planning to go to this PaintBall (Sarjapur) then here’s some info you gotta know. Rs 500 per member with 4 rounds and 100 pellets/member. Rs 4 for each extra pellet. If your wallet is filled then start splashing and don’t care about your shots

Here are some shots Prashanth captured from his Nokia N97

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Bangalore Photo Walk – Lal Bagh

Yesterday I had been for a photo walk – Lal Bagh. Thanks to Priya for bringing up this idea and making it a successful one Photography is one my hobby and I just love it.  I had great fun meeting great people who were into photography from years and most of them who were real PRO. Learnt a lot of new things about photography from them.

Walk started sharp at 9 in the morning. I was 1 hour late coz of unavoidable conditions. Had a tough time finding the group in that BIG place. I thought I was lost. I was out of currency and wasn’t able to get in touch with Priya. It was only her contact that I had. Thanks to Airtel, I got an emergency recharge. Sent an SMS, Loan to 121 and Airtel credited me Rs 10 immediately! Got in touch with  Priya again and finally I joined the group after half-an-hour search. Phew! We then continued our walk capturing shots that we found interesting.

It was a fun photo walk though. Here are some of the uploaded shots that I captured. Not all shots were uploaded.

Click here to see what others have captured

Anyways, if you want to attend the next Twitter meet up or the next photo walk (which is happening this Saturday) then follow me on Twitter. Will make sure that I’ll keep you updated

Ink stain on my forefinger

Being legal to vote for the very first time in my life, I have done it and I feel proud of myself. I hardly spent 5 minutes and casted my vote for my country. It was my right to vote and this vote might just be a minor one but it’s vital! Have you voted? If not, then go ahead and vote for a better Governance in our country. Every single persons vote COUNTS!