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Bloggers Meet
Monday, 24 November 2008

I keep saying that bloggers are greater mortals. Anyone who was at Bloggers Meet at LUMS on Nov 24, 2008 evening already know this. Bloggers are wiser, sharing and always learning. The evening was a wonderful experience; for learning particularly. Around 97 had registered for the Meet and more than 100 were there. It was nice to see so many passionate bloggers at one place connecting with each other. Badar Khushnod – spirit behind the meet up – had ensure that blogger sit with people who don’t already know each other. Though the Meet-up was aimed to connect bloggers with each other to but a lot more happened in addition to exchanging email and “oh! that is you.”

Two success stories were presented; Saad Hameed –Sizlopedia fame young blogger from Islamabad – talked about his blogging strategy, how and whys supported by proofs. Very impressive and well done Saad. Maryam Nasim - a housewife from Lahore discussed her Pinkwool.com and how she is freelancing online from home. Her simple narrative had a lot of inspiration for any house wife.

The best part was question answers where everyone contributed and shared what they are good at. So many diver subjects came up. In addition to Bader Khushnod, Hassan Mubarak – My Captain from Lahore Metro, Aamir Attaa (Pro Pakistani), Saad of WCCFtech.com (Thanks for the images) and many more contributed their valuable experiences.

Thanks to Badar Khusnood, Pakistan Country Consultant, Google, Inc., CIO Pakistan, LUMS IEEE Students and the Red Bull for creating and offering this wonderful opportunity.

Related: Bloggers Meet in Techi Lounge, Lahore Bloggers MeetUp

Labels: Bloggers Meet

posted by S A J Shirazi @ Monday, November 24, 2008,

11 Comments:

At 2:38 PM PKT, Muhammad Ali Raza said...: good review to bad i didnt make it may be next time i will be there AND i was not there but you says i was there ! may be you misun match me with someone else.

PEACE
At 3:04 PM PKT, Shirazi said...: Was it Aamir who tols about Pro Pakistani?
At 5:17 PM PKT, Muhammad Ali Raza said...: May be yes Maybe not :) but that was not me. I didnt make it to be there may be in next meetup i will join
At 10:20 PM PKT, Saadia said...: I missed it. :-(

When is the next meet-up planned? Any idea?
At 10:21 PM PKT, Saadia said...: This comment has been removed by the author.
At 9:13 PM PKT, saad said...: Thanks for appreciating my presentation Sir :)

It was an honor to meet you and all other great minds out there. Honestly I had no idea bloggers in Pakistan were so passionate about what they do.

Thanks for appreciating my efforts.
At 11:19 PM PKT, Hiroshi said...: Very nice review. That was exciting meetup. I hope more meetups and meetings will follow.
At 11:32 PM PKT, Hasan Mubarak said...: Nothing's as exciting as meeting someone in person that you've known virtually for years. This event provided for more than one such instances...
At 4:08 AM PKT, Saad said...: It was an honor to meet you, Sir. And I'm looking forward to knowing more pro-bloggers from within Pakistan.
At 2:07 PM PKT, Superior Bilal said...: It was very good meeting of bloggers but how we can apply it practilly to advance our blog.
At 4:18 PM PKT, Business Journal said...: Nice blog dear i have really learn a lot from this blog thanks.