I begin with the Train Journey (I can’t afford flight) that took me to a small station called Udupi.

Towards MMSC:

Do you remember the time when you made your first train journey on your own. Well I do.

To begin with, I started SMSing my friends that I’ve departed and I’ll miss them.

Rest of the train journey was boring.

Though, in the later part of the journey. I was informed that a guy called Shaz is going to pick me up. He did pick me up and even said that I have a nice blog. :shock:
Thanks Shaz, It made me feel good even though I am not sure whether you really meant it.

Manipal Media Student’s Convention(Day 1):

I guess, I have bored you guys enough wih my train journey so without further ado, I’ll get to the reason for this long (felt short) trip to Manipal i.e. MMSC ( though the certificate and the free food were major factors… :twisted: )

First on the list, was Aditya Mhatre with a workshop on Podcasting. This one was the best of both the days. The fact that Funthusia’s gonna very soon have a podcast category says a lot of things. :grin:
Next was Annie *YAWN* Zaidi…She just read out from a paper. :neutral: …And anyways, It was about Journalism in blogging which I think is a waste of time.

Then came Chandrahas “I look like Matt Damon” Choudhury. One very good point about his speech was the comfort level that he shared with the audience. He had something to say on “Blogging and Literature” which was extremely relevant to me and I listened intently for advise. I didn’t get a great one. He just commented on the trends that exist and if it’s good or bad. :neutral:
After Damon was, a cool guy called Peter Griffin. He asked us all for a cause that we believed in. Anyways, I forgot the start, middle and end of his presentation so kindly enlighten me if you do.

My Presentation :

It began with a nice intro by Ram saying that “This guy’s just 16 and he has a successful blog.” :shock: Man not really successful I say but then, thanks a ton.

I had to present a paper on “Why Bloggers Quit Blogging” …

Reason 1: Excessive Expectations from Adsense…

Many blog to earn money and if they cannot they just quit blogging. So my recommendation is to not use Adsense. I was quite successful in proving this point.

I asked “How many of you have ever clicked on an AD!?”

Only one hand shot up. That was really satisfying. These were bloggers using adsense and they haven’t clicked on an Ad.

Reason 2: Use of Blogger

Now since the majority of the people were blogger users, so i had a tough time convincing these people about shifting to wordpress. Dudes…Blogger sometimes can be a sole reason for a blog being unsuccessful.

MITians supported me with this. :grin: (Some bloggers from MIT rock big time)..

Anyways, for the blogger users…I need to ask this.

If given a chance between a Nokia N91 and a Nokia 1100 model, what would you choose if they both cost the same.

It’s not personal preference dude it’s features. And blogger is like a goddamn black and white phone which doesn’t come cheaper than a high end cell (wordpress)…

All on for arguments and yeah wait for my next part,

Sameer Jha

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