Comments on: Suggest ways for Pune Techies to collaborate online and win a Google Wave invitation

By: Yogesh Pathak

Yogesh Pathak — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:58:14 +0000

Guys,

How about those late adopters who will take still a few more months (or years) to be on twitter. Will they miss on all the action henceforth?

By: navin

navin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:41:30 +0000

@Sandeep, PuneTech brand can (and should!) definitely be used for the FF group, as long as it is going to be a non-commercial thing.

As for the name for the Pune Blog Carnival, why don’t we ask on twitter? You tweet, and I’ll re-tweet it.

By: Sandeep Gautam

Sandeep Gautam — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:27:06 +0000

Thanks. To get this rolling, I’m expecting some inputs from you Navin…the tech bloggers/twitterers in pune and their twitter/FF/blog ids. Is ‘The Pune Techies’ an apt name for the FF group or can we keep it simply as ‘Pune Tech” (if Punetech allows its branding to be used!:-).
Also any suggestions anyone on the name for the tech blog carnival specific to pune?

By: navin

navin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:59:13 +0000

@Sandeep, thanks for two specific/simple and easy to implement ideas. And, above all, thanks for volunteering to actually get them rolling. You’ve won the Google Wave invitation.

By: Sandeep Gautam

Sandeep Gautam — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:41:55 +0000

1. Have a Friendfeed room for pune techies which aggregates blog posts from pune techies. As FF is sort of phasing out (after FB acquisition), an alternative is to set a twitter accout (say @techpune, now that @punetech is already gone) and have blog posts from pune techies be fed automatically to that account. the advantage, a newbie wanting to join the tech conversation in pune, needs to subscribe to one twitter account and will get a lowdown on all the tech happening in the city and sort of get connected to all the techies automagically. Requires minimal effort (periodic adding of new pune techie feeds to the room/twitter account) and I can take initiative here.

2. I know blogs are passe and twitter/life streaming is in; but still to have a close knit tech community start a biweekly/monthly pune tech blog carnival, where blogs/podcats can be aggregated and the best amongst these highlighted and hosted at one place. again requires minimal effort and I can do it.

looking forward to the Google wave invite:-)(as someone said the difference b/w google wave invite and noble prize is that anyone can get the latter)

By: navin

navin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:11:34 +0000

I like the idea of having a general IRC channel for Pune’s techies to just hang out and talk to each other, or ask questions. Anybody willing to volunteer to set it up? @Vipul? PuneTech can provide any server space required…

By: andy stewart

andy stewart — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:03:12 +0000

Personally, I use Showdocument for online teaching and web conferencing. I’m not saying these programs aren’t good,
But I think a web-based application is always better, since there’s nothing to download or install.
try it at http://www.showdocument.com . -andy

By: Ventsislav Tomev

Ventsislav Tomev — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:43:36 +0000

I would suggest a full campaign through social networks, as it is easier to get to the users with communication directed to them.
The methods of “we-post-you-find-us” campaigns are still efficient, but with the improvements in the social networks, users are getting more comfortable with the idea of recommended solutions and ideas as they find them more trustworthy. Respectively a tweet about news will get to more people and most importantly will bring more people on the site (Warning: important notice here:) and most importantly people that will be interested(targetted) in the site, than a ppc campaign.

So a structured idea with direct suggestions:
you have a good online presence and this is half of the work.
If you haven’t done yet, start a facebook page. Get listed in as many groups you can, that are related and share opinion on topics. Also get new friends to share opinion with them.

Get deeply into twitter. I’m not talking only about having account and posting some info from time to time. Do 2 things mainly: Listen to what people are talking about you and what they want from you. Ask for suggestions, make games, quizzes, polls, whatever may grab the user attention. The other thing to do on twitter is not directly on twitter actually. According to your geographical location try to get into more twitter directories. Also get into directories by area of expertise and similar.

Start blogging about the people at Pune Tech. The people who stand behind the site, the people who make all this possible. People are willing to learn about who is providing them all that, you gain a lot of trust this way and more importantly, they are getting to know you. It is not only about the person who visits the site, reads something and leaves, it is about the person who visits the site learns new things and is then interested who provides this. This way you get personal and the next day the user will say to a friend “Check out the new articles the guys at Pune Tech have posted, they look really trustworthy…”.

Email lists and RSS, that you have developed are also a good thing, but you can use them to drive traffic from one another. For example…fire an email campaign for your new updates on facebook, or for something else you have done soon.

Give the users opportunities, provide facebook coordinates, provide twitter, provide RSS, as you have done. Tell the users you are ok with all ways of communication. Tell them you are open for connections everywhere they feel comfortable, this way anyone can benefit.

Ahhh almost forgot, you should not forget youtube or any other video site. Have a channel there, post video clips, or video presentations…everything you consider important.

I hope I have given you enough ideas to keep you busy for a while and to help you in finding new ways for Pune Techies to collabrate online with your help.

Have a great day and a lot of luck!

Ventsislav Tomev
http://www.freelance-jobs-now.com

By: Vipul

Vipul — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:40:33 +0000

I would suggest one Generic IRC channel, and a Web based IRC chat client on PuneTech site.

IRC is best way to communicate for techies in Group.

A web based IRC client on PuneTech site will make it easy for anyone to communicate from anywhere.

@vipsy

By: Sandeep Saxena

Sandeep Saxena — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:26:12 +0000

Here are my suggestions.

1. Pune Tech has to move from being on the web to being on the mobile. You need to make m.punetech.com, Check how the site looks on multiple phones. Next, groups have to be on Google SMS.

2. And you have to move from IT, engineering colleges and companies to nanotech, mo tech, clean tech, biotech etc.

3. There are so many startup meetings happening in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, and even Cochin. We can rope in
a. industries like KBL, Bharat Forge, Praj
b. networks like NEN, TIE, Headstart, Barcamp
c. Magazines like Dare, Entrepreneur
d. Investors like MITCON, Sicom Ventures

I volunteer to support this cause.