After Mumbai, Chennai becomes the second Indian city to join the Metroblogging Network. Familiar names like Kiruba, Nancy Gandhi, Keerthi, Chandru, Srivatsan, Echo and Yours Truly are behind this initiative. We have grand plans for this Metroblog and your support and encouragement will help us move in the right direction. For those interested in looking at various aspects of life in Chennai, we have a separate Flickr feed which serves this purpose. You can subscribe to the Chennai Metroblog by using this RSS feed. Here is the welcome message from the Metroblogging Team:
Continuing our theme of cities that have been recently renamed, we're happy to introduce Chennai which used to be called Madras. Wikipedia says that Chennai is called "the Detroit of South Asia" because of the auto industry focus there, but we're happy to call it the 44th Metroblogging city. It's also our second metblog in India - stop by and check it out.
Congrats (although I haven't gotten my invitation yet - so much for contacting Sean and getting the ball rolling in the first place :-))
ReplyDeleteCorrection to the above. Actually the first invite in the group had come to me way back in Feb and I somehow missed that email. I replied today saying I will be happy to come on board and asking for the login details. So hopefully I will be in too :-).
ReplyDeleteCongrats and I am already in to help your group promote. And hopefuly one day I am joined in :)
ReplyDelete- Dreamchaser
Excellent effort.
ReplyDeleteVisiting the site only made me miss Chennai all the more :((
COOOL!!! When's Bangalore getting added to that list... I wanna be on that!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kaps for the link. I too posted on the launch and linked to your piece but trackbacks don't seem to work apparently.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, hope we will all kick ass on the blog
All the best to you guys!
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Kaps!
ReplyDeleteWow! Finally a Chennai metroblog!
ReplyDeleteBrings back sooo many fond memories...as Im a Chennai girl through and through....:)
@Thennavan,
ReplyDeleteHope to see u soon at Chennait Metblog
@Dreamchaser,
Thanks for the support
@Saranya,
Thanks. Help us spread the word.
@Rubic Cube,
I think you need to rope in about 10 like minded people
@Ravages,
It has been a good start. Let us keep up the momentum.
@Jo & Ravi,
Thanks
@Megha,
do give us suggestions so that we can work towards improving the relevance of the Metroblog
I mistook "yours truly" for another chennai blogger by the same name....oops
ReplyDeleteKaps, I am in too :-)
ReplyDeleteKaps: buzz word is it is going to be live soon.. you would get to know!
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