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Cerebrate Invitees

Cerebrate, Goa 2008 is less than a week away, and the preparations are in full fling. The list of invitees, the most important aspect of the event is ready. Any good event hinges on the quality of the participants, and it becomes all the more important in an un-conference, where the collective wisdom and partipation of the audience is key.

I’m glad that the list of invitees for Cerebrate have turned up well, and the credit goes to my co-organiser Kiruba for effectively using his network.

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Cerebrate Logo

The Cerebrate logo is ready. The key element of the logo is the “a” which is shaped in the form of a glowing bulb, with the “@” as the filament of the bulb, which signifies ideas emanating from a digital perspective. The glowing lines have an element of informality, which defines the unconventionality of the event.

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Back from Goa!

Back from the Club Mahindra Varca Beach Resort in Goa, where the annual sales conference and the marketing meet was held. Spent more than 50 hours traveling by bus and train. But in the end it was fun, adventurous and great way to catch up with the rest of the zonal marketing team.

In the meanwhile, here is a slideshow of the photos.

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Sabsebolo.com - Sabeer Bhatia’s newest venture

After a couple of failed ventures, erstwhile IT poster boy, Hotmail Sabeer Bhatia is on to his latest venture, Sabsebolo.com. It claims to provide India’s first free and reservation-less conferencing facility. After sign-up users are provided with a conference id and PIN, which they can use by calling a toll -free number.

Revenue for this business would be generated through advertisements. According to Bhatia, before the conference begins there would be a five-second advertisement.

I hope though that the advertisements are not context sensitive, so if I say “I need money”, I hope an ICICI voice ad doesn’t interrupt the conversation

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Dinner with Jimmy Wales, founder Wikipedia

Had an exciting and enlightening dinner session with Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. Jimmy had come down to Chennai for a day, and was meeting up with Kiruba (I got the invitation to the dinner through him).

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