Attending PodWorks? You May Want to Slap These Badges on Your Blog.

Neat badges by Raghava. Few more options here.

P.S: PodWorks is India’s biggest podcast event.

Original Signature Tune for PodWorks

Chinmayi has helped compose a signature tune for PodWorks. For those who don’t know, Chinmayi belongs to A.R.Rahman’s team and has sung for Guru, Sivaji and numerous tamil movies. She is also a TV host for Vijay TV and a Radio Jockey for Aaha FM.

I love the melodious tune, especially the flute rendition towards the middle. The music starts to grow on you over time, much like the Airtel tune by ARR. Listen to it..

‘The Kiruba Show’ on CNN IBN & CNBC

Vivin Mathew’s story on bloggers & podcasters doing their own shows is now online. I never got to to see the video on TV because I was vacationing. Thank goodness for online videos.

(the video takes time to load. If you can’t see the video, click here to watch the video on CNN IBN’s website)

Here’s the transcript of the video.

If you thought blogs are just about people’s random thoughts and opinions and have no monetary value then think again. If your blog brings in a good number of page views, it can also bring in the money.

Bloggers like Kiruba Shankar are making waves in the world of multimedia blogging with shows like The Kiruba Show.
Kiruba who interviews CEO’s of tech companies on his show syndicates it to sites like podtech.com and indiainteracts.com which have thousands of dedicated readers from the tech community.

“Niche is definitely the way to go. For example, there’s this site, wallstrip, which was recently sold to CBS for $5 million and that’s a phenomenal amount of money for a six-month old site. That’s because the founders were very clear that they were going to be very focussed only on the stock and fiancial markets,” Kiruba said.

If advertisers or potential buyers see that a blog has a dedicated readership and wide influence it becomes a buyout target.
So, while Indian blogs are still at a nascent stage, Kiruba feels they still have a long way to go.“People have not yet realised the true advantages and potential of blogging. I think when people realise that they will do really well,” Kiruba said.

As the India story continues and Internet-penetration increases, don’t be surprised if some Indian blogs are snapped up for millions of dollars.

On a Mini-Vacation

Plugging off from the rat race for a while. BRB in 2 days time.

QFI Open Quiz on June 3

If you are a Chennaite and an active quizzer, then you probably heard of this quiz already. It’s seen great responses over the last two years and is clearly becoming an annual tradition in the quizzing calendar.

So, who is this post targeted at? It’s for guys who always wanted to take part in quizzes but never could. This is your chance. Rope in your friends, string a team and give it a shot. Trust me, its always fun. It’s on Sunday, June 3rd. Mark your calendar.

I missed the last two editions, but I know Vinod Ganesh and can vouch for the quality. I mean, hey, just read his blog, and you’d know what I mean. He also helped conduct the quiz at BlogCamp that everyone enjoyed.

Here are the details.

Fee: Rs 50 per team. (Free for students)

Team size: A maximum of THREE members per team

Date: Sunday, June 3, 2007

Venue: The Tattvaloka Auditorium
No.76 (Old No. 138), Eldams Road
Teynampet
Chennai 600 018
Phone: 044 2432 8124 / 25 / 26

Prelims begin at 2 p.m.

Please be at the auditorium at least by 1:00 for the registrations. The written preliminary round will begin at 2 p.m. sharp.

For further questions, please email Gopal Kidao, QFI-Chennai Secy., at
gopal.kidao[@]vsnl.com.