To start with “it was a wonderful experience to meet the other tweetereres who were present at CCD, FC Road” . About 65 people had joined for the Twitter meetup.. I was there at the meeting sharp at 7 pm. About 10 people were already present. Slowly a lot of people had started arriving and at the  end there was hardly any place for people to sit. Thanks to CCD for providing us with a place where we could accomodate our-selves and make us comfortable to have the discusssions.  Vishal and Aman were there to give updates about the twitter meet. There were also people like Hussain and myself who were also constantly giving update about the meet through the mobile web. The mobile phone turned to be helpful in such a case. Various people like Mr.Navin Kabra, Mr. Rohan, Mr.Dhananjay and Mr. Anupam Sharaf (CIO,Pune) were the prominent people who had their views on twitter and how could it be a useful tool for various purposes like business and personal usage. Mr. Sharaf also spoke about how we could make use of twitter to make Pune a better place to live in.

Thanks to the Organisers for the effort and pain they had taken to organise this meeting as it had been really useful for us.

The twit people got featured in Sunday’s Pune Mirror(8th feb ‘09).   I did not think that whatever I had told would be quoted in the paper but there is a small error, The newspaper people have mis-spelt my name. Its not as I had epained the spelling of my name to them.

The twitter meetup news was also featured in DNA on Monday (9th feb,’09) and in Indian Express on tuesday (10th feb, ‘09)

Over all the twitter meet up was a medium to know more people and have a
social networking. Like I know a lot of people through twitter but this was a place where I could meet those people and know them personally.

- Happy twitting

Krity Deb

Sorry for being late in posting my experience during clubhack as my laptop had no net connection.

Well the actual volunteering activity for Clubhack2008 started when I was selected as a voluneer on the day of barcamp pune 5. Thanks to Rohit for giving me the opportunity for serving as a volunteer for the event again just like the previous year. I would also like to thank Rohit for acknownleding me for  the wallpaper of backtrack that was designed by me and also asked me to design some chicklets for the event. The date for the event was 6th and 7th dec ‘08. It was really fun to volunteer for the event for the two days. Thanks to Rohit for his support throughout the event. He had ade it easy for us to interact with the speakers through a common dinner where we had the opportunity to interact with most of the speakers. This dinner was on the 1st day of the event so that most of us could attend it. The 1st day was more hectic compared to the second day since all the talks were to be held on the 1st day and the 2nd day only comprised of workshops so the comfusion was a little lesser on the 2nd day, but 2nd day was more anjoyable ’cause we were able to attend the workshop and learn a lot of useful and nteresting things. All the volunteers indeed had played a major role in making the event a successful one. Overall, it was a wonderful experience to be a part of the clubhack volunteer team and work for the event clubhack2008.

Happy volunteering…:)

Krity

Barcamp pune 5 held on 29th nov’08 was a wonderful experience.. It  was really different this time since it was a “no frills camp”. There was no need for registration, so it was open to everyone.  The event was started by the organisers like Priyank, Rohit, Rohan and Amit and then it was followed by “three word introduction”  as per tradition , so that we could atleast know each other.Then the wall wiki was introduced where each speaker could book their sloughts.The talks started in three parallel tracks since thee were more no. of speakers than expected.. The talk continued for almost 6 hours with different sessions. The talk was followed by a Twitter meet which was attended by almost 40 people who twitter. The Twitter meet known as tweetup was really awsome since we came to know many people who twitter and would’nt have been possible otherwise.

Many hours had passed tossing and turning,
No sleeping posture seemed to work,
The stark shadows of loneliness may be haunting my sleep,

May be I don’t want to end the time for studying,
Or the excitement of meeting my beloved makes me restless whole night,
The sadness of separation may be breaking my heart in the nights.

May be the lingering thoughts require more time to plan,
May be the unfinished daydreams are floating before my eyes.

From the field of dreams,I began to think, which way to go
Suddenly a light shone and i thought it was my guiding light
and i should follow it,follow it and follow it.
I did not know whether it would help or not,
but the night seemed to be longer every moment.

But, sooner or later the insomnia disappears,
The fear of sleepless night turns into quiet snoring joy.

This is something I felt yesterday.. but couldn’t post it on the blog ’cause my internet was not working..

There I was sitting by the window of my lecturer’s cabin and waiting for her to return, looking outside the window. Wonderful weather…. It had been raining quite heavily since quite some time. Now its evening and I was wondering when I would be able to go back home. Just had one fruitful lecture for the day, so I had become tired just sitting and wasting time. Looking through the window, I could see a playground where young children are playing football, probably returned from school and enjoying there playtime in the drizzle. The sight made me feel nostalgic about my past. It reminded me of the days when I was a kid, playing in the ground with friends, getting wet in monsoon showers enjoying evening playtime, then getting scolded by mom. But I still cherish those days of childhood, the days of innocence, those were the fulfilled days which will never come back again. The thought of the past days are the good memories after all…….

Well I am talking about the weekend(15th aug-17th aug) I spent in Mumbai at my Aunt’s place. I had been thinking of blogging about it.. but things remained in my mind only because I became too busy with some assignments.. until now that I found some time to write about it..

Sitting in the balcony of my Aunt’s flat at Haji Ali, Mumbai, watching the tide in the Arabian sea, enjoying the cool breeze .. I began to wonder how busy one has become that one does not even find time for thyself…. I realised this when I took a break from my daily routine of going to college all through the week and otherwise always being with my laptop all through the day .. The initial thought of being away from my laptop was quite horrifying for me, was wondering how would I be away from my laptop and the internet.. but I was wrong.. I realised there was another world beyond computers. Computers and the internet are more of adiction to me than anything else.. There where lot of other things to do.. especially spending some time just for myself. Guess what I was away from the computers for three days..and I had time for myself..I read books that I wanted to read, did some sketching ,which i love doing but don’t get time to.. It was quite a relaxing weekend.. Though I was missing Pune for a few reasons but the amount of mental relaxation I had was enough to refresh me to get back to work again with the double the amount of energy…

Happy studying ..:)
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Has it ever happened with you that the whole day went very bad. One event after the other kept on happening but .. nothing was as you had expected things to go.. Today was one such bad days of my life.. One of the worst days..

The day went like this … I woke up early in the morning and found my table all messed up.. but thanks to maid.. I usually like to keep my things very spic and span..and hate anything being slightly misplaced..

I controlled my anger and went upto the kitchen to make a cup of coffee…was boiling the milk and the milk became ransid… again irritation.. came back to my table .. switched on the laptop ’cause I had some work on the internet and found that there was no electricity again I couldn’t do my work…Wanted to iron my clothes to wear to the college but again no electricity.. not hot water to take bath.. huh.. Iwas in a total mess.. to frustrated.. Finally got ready and went to college ..lectures boring.. followed by some bad arguments with a friend of mine.. Then I was supposed to get my designing assignment confirmed but that also didn’t happen. Nothing was going as I wanted things to be.. While returning again no auto-rickshaw to come back home.. Had to walk down all the way.. On my way back I thought I would buy some essentials from the IndiaBulls
store, but the articles were out of stock.. Then was walking back and a drunk wierdo was following up.. again bad and irritating… Now the dinner.. I dont eat kadhi, my maid knows that..and still she had made that only for dinner.. so again a bad dinner..

Now I actually dont know that how many of such worst incidents could happen in one day..

- Krity deb

( One of the worst days of my life)

I know its late… almost a week .. but still I wanted to express my thoughts about the bloggers lunch, so I am writing about it now. I had been a little busy with my college activities as I had returned from home a few days back. Had missed a few days of college so had some pending tasks. After coming back from home I came to know about the bloggers lunch and became interested in attending it. I have not been doing a a lot of blogging but just got interested when I came to know about it. Well thanks to Rohit and Tarun actually because, it was them who had got me involved in it by providing me an opportunity to design the logo and banner for the Blogcamp, Mumbai. This made me further interested in opening a blog for myself and started writing into it and also attending the Blogcamp held at IIT Powai.

Attending the Bloggers lunch on the 7^th June ‘08 was a result of this interest which has been growing with time. And there I was at the bloggers lunch arranged at Hotel Green Park, Baner. I was accompanied by my sister Isha ‘cause she had come to visit me for a few days. Thanks to Priyank for arranging such a wonderful lunch over which I got an opportunity to meet some bloggers in Pune and know them and also about the blogging world. Perhaps I didn’t talk much but sometimes even listening to people and their experiences is also helpful. Special thanks to Tarun and Rohit for planning the lunch where sharing of experiences as well as good food was cherished and enjoyed. The details about the lunch are already described by Bhavya , Priyank and Tarun , so I wouldn’t write the details again.

Krity deb

Its been almost four years that I have been away from home .. 3 years of graduation and and almost a year in post graduation… but I have never had such a great birthday as I had this year on the 15^th of April. I know its late writing it down but I couldn’t help it. Some how I had been a bit busy for the past two days with my acads and now that I have found some time and also taking a short break from studies, I thought i’d not find a better time to express my thoughts. Its very usual for me to sleep late night so here I am awake in midst of the night sitting by my window, watching the stars twinkle, listening to the still voices of the night, enjoying the cool breeze.

The 15^th of April, 2008 has become one of the most memorable days of my life. It had brought with it a no. of surprises which made me happier than I thought I would have been. It was exactly 1 min to 12 am when my cell phone rang.. it was my mom, dad n sis .. calling to wish me.. It was my 4^th birthday away from them but it has always been a pleasure for me to get the very first wishes from them. The next call was the most awaited call exactly at 12 am. On the other hand my rummies Avani and Geeno were in my rum to wish me carrying a sweet little birthday cake .. my favourite cake.. the Blackforest.. know something , they were having there semester exams the next day but still they had got a cake to celebrate the occasion. I have never been pampered so much I am being pampered now. I am so lucky to have them as my rummies. I cut the cake.. took some snaps enjoyed together… My cell phone kept ringing.. one call after the other. I had never expected that my friend from VIT would remember my birthday and call me.. I even got calls from my classmates at SICSR. I was in a very good mood. But it was soon shadowed by the feeling of urge to study ‘cause I had a java test in the morning. As usual I went to sleep round 3 am but I again woke up at 6 am by a phone call from a childhood friend of mine. Its was aain morning and the phone calls kept coming.. Went to college like a usual day, attended classes , went to the temple and came back home in the afternoon. I didn’t know that there was a surprise waiting for me at the college again.. I got a call from my classmate that I was expected to be in college ‘cause they had got a cake for my birthday celebration. The evening was again a very memorable one indeed. It could not have been better in any way.. an Ultimate evening , an unexpected gift .. every thing filled my life with all the joy and happiness I had desired for but had never got in the past three years. I felt I was on the cloud no. 9… The quotation I often quote “ EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED” .. its very true ..atleast for me.

There are a no. of occasions when we expect something, but don’t get them which makes us sad and disheartened. But there are also times when we expect the least and get lot more than our expectation… that makes us feel happy and delighted. From my past experienced I have learned that we should not expect anything from anyone so that if we get something we are happy but won’t be sad if we don’t get it ‘cause nothing worse than that could have happened.