This is getting more and more exciting, feels like our Tech crowd is coming to life. Thanks to Google & Blogger.com there is an upcoming get together at Lahore called “Lahore Blogger Meet up”. Historically speaking this is the second blogger get together in Lahore, the first one was arranged by BuzzVines on 14th August 2007 with a controversial “I still love Pakistan” campaign (yeh it was me :P )  and this one organized by Google Pakistan and you are invited if you:

• Want to learn what blogging is?
• Have a blog but how can I earn from it?
• Am earning by blogging but very little; how can I increase my earnings?
• Am a pro-bloggers and want to share my secrets on how to setup & earn from blogging…
• Want to see what kind of ppl are bloggers ;)
• Networking & socializing…
• Other:

So who is coming up, well i am going to drop by as its on Sunday so i ll probably utilize my lay around tv time to a more productive socialize & pro-bloggers meet up, apart from that i have heard Pakistan’s pro bloggers are going to make a keynote on their success story :

1. Sizlopedia.com (Saad Hamid)
2. PinkWool.com (Maryam Nasim)
3. Sizzledcore.com (Haris Nadeem)
4. For Beginners: Blogging & how to start earning from it? (Badar Khushnood)
5. For Advanced Users: Tools for professional blogging! (Badar Khushnood)

Time & Venue:

• Date: Sunday, November 23, 2008
• Time: 3:00pm – 6:00pm
• Location: Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
• Town: DHA
• City/Country: Lahore, Pakistan
• Registration: Registration is FREE but the seats are limited.

Blogger Meetup Imp Links

1. Facebook Event Page
2. Registration for Bloggers Meet up

What others are saying

• BuzzVines Lahore Blogger Meetup
• Lahore Met Blogs – Lahore Blogger Meetup
• Light Within – Lahore Bloggers Meetup

I am not sure but i happen to find out that the Big B of India Amitabh Bachchan a famous Film Star is writing and maintaining his personal blog on internet. This is quite an interesting news to share as how big & addictive blogging have become that celebrities have started to maintain there blog.

I am still not able to convince my self after going through his blog weather its Bachchan himself witting the blog or he has got hold of a ghost writer to provide such services as a actor with a very busy life blogging on daily bases is still difficult to absorb. Though this will definately help the bigadda.com a social blogging site by an Indian company score huge traffic as far as i can see Amitabh’s blog is getting more thne 700 comments on a single post which is itself quite huge.

First post From Amitabh Bachchan blog

I would at the outset wish to thank all those that helped me put up this facility, at bigadda.com and compliment them for their efficient and committed working. It seems like a new life altogether.I have today opened my Blog to find hundreds of reactions and inputs. Frankly i had never expected this. But now that i have , i am committed to respond to them. There are several that need a personal answer because of the nature of their queries or comments. I am going to start doing that as i work on my set, in between shots. For now as my first communication, i wish for a little patience for me to get used to this facility and its technical operation. And as soon as that is done, i shall be on the job.This is therefore a general communication, but i will get down to personal responses in a while. Bear with me. … [read more]

Amitabh Bachchan’s Blog URL