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Politicians have a penchant for announcing intent with fanfare and then having little diligence to follow through with action. The classic example is the renaming of Bangalore and other cities to alternate names.

A quick background this issue:

• 11-Dec-2005: Karnataka government announced that it had accepted the proposal by Jnanpeeth awardee U R Ananthamurthy to rename Bangalore to its Kannada name Bengaluru.
• 27-Sep-2006: Bangalore Mahanagara Palike passed a resolution to implement the proposed name change.
• 7-Oct-2006:  Karnataka Government accepted this resolution.
• 1-Nov-2006:  Karnataka Government implements the name officially, pending central government clearances.

It is one thing to announce a name change for a city. However, managing the change and implementing it thoroughly is another. Granted change takes time and people need time to adjust. But still, are the politicians who announced these with fanfare doing enough to implement the change.

Here is a sampling of what people call the city:

There are some who call it Bengaluru:

1. The city’s Airport is called Bengaluru Airport.
2. BBMP (city corporation) calls it Bengaluru thankfully!
3. Kingfisher Airlines and Jet Airways call it Bengaluru.
4. Wikipedia redirects Bengaluru to Bangalore. The article refers to the city many times as Bengaluru.

There are others who still call it Bangalore:

• The Indian Railways calls the city Bangalore.
• Incredible India, India’s widely publicized Tourism pitch calls it Bangalore.
• The “Namma Metro” BMRCL is no better. It calls the city Bangalore not withstanding the local pitch for the Metro!
• BDA (city development authority) is no better, it is out of sync with BBMP (corporation) on the city’s name.
• BangaloreOne, BESCOM, BWSSB (Water and sewage board), BCP (city police), BMLTA (Land Transport authority),  still use the previous name Bangalore.
• And  believe it or not, the official Karnataka government website still calls the city Bangalore!!

Guess what, the average Bangalorean (Bengalurean for others) still calls the city Bangalore!

Picture this. Imagine you were traveling to the city and didn’t know what to call it? – Bangalore / Bengaluru / Bangalooru?! The state government really needs a serious reality check. They need to get their together and get this issue sorted out pronto!

To add to this now the Official Karnataka website now redirects to www.karunadu.gov.in already. Renaming Karnataka to Karunadu is probably in the works!

If the government is really serious about the name change, here is what they need to do:

• Work with the central government to jointly and rapidly implement the change.
• Lead by example and implement the change in all state government bodies, websites and forums.
• Have clear rules that enforce the change.
• Ensure billboard, hoardings, websites uniformly reflect the change.
• Manage the change actively with the clear transition plan.
• Run a re-branding campaign for the city. This needs to be a global campaign (take professional help). Bangalore is a name that is etched in minds of people globally. Changing it is not so easy.

The real issue is one of urgent and rapid implementation, than everyone being stuck mid way through a half hearted implementation. May be U.R. Ananthamurthy the prime advocate of the name change should voice his concern to about the slow and half hearted implementation.

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• Attempts by Wikipedians present to create pages for all towns in Kerala and Karnataka.
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• Difficulties in getting pictures for Indian monuments and notable personalities from government sources.
• Lack of awareness of Wikipedia in regional bureaucrats at the state level as was experienced by a wikipedian.
• Review process being over stringent at times. At times being a put off for new contributors.
• Need for Indian wikipedians to share experience, expertise, connect and support each other actively.
• Need to get better coverage to key personalities and content. One wikipedian observed that at times the demise of a personality is what triggers article creation.
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• The need for Indian language wikipedians and other Indian Wikipedians to collaborate.
• The need for greater promotion of Wikipedia in Indian languages. It was observed that many did not know of wikipedia in Indian languages.
• Expanding the wikipedia editor base, need to connect to other specialised/focused groups (to bring them into the wikipedia).
• One of the wikipedians emphasised the need to bring Wikimania to India.
• Wiki Academies were proposed to be conducted across Karnataka cities to bring more wikipedians into the fold. Colleges to be the focus within Bangalore.
• It was proposed that a Meetup of Bangalore wikipedians be held every month. Sunday afternoons mid month was agreed as the monthly catch up window.

It was one exciting meet up. The next one is coming up in a month.  If you missed this time around stay tuned for the announcements for the next edition here.

Disclosure: This blog author is wikipedian @arunram and referred to in this post.

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The launch of this phone means the following:

• It gives Palm a fair chance to stay in the smartphone game after being one of the pioneers in the space.
• It would open up some serious competition in the smartphone space with everyone vying to bring in more innovations.
• It bring the focus back on to Linux being as serious long term player in the Smartphone OS space – With the Android, Web OS and the ALP platofroms.
• It opens up immense opportunity to former Palm OS developers and companies to get back into the fold and ride the Pre wave (Yes, I see one coming).
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What remains to be seen however is the following:

• How well Palm is able to use the mometum it generates with the Pre to roll out newer and better versions of both the hardware and the software.
• How fast and rapid is Palm going to be rolling out the product truly globally. The have struggled in the past with their rollouts of the Treos in the past. (They have been terrible at this to say the least)
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• How well does Palm leverage the numerous PUGs (Palm User Groups) that have been dormant for a while? Palm has neglected these vibrant forums for a while.
• How well can Palm bring back the droves of Palm OS fans who migrated to the iPhone, Winmobile and Blackberry devices.
• When will Palm roll out the GSM version? How soon?

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P.S: Like Palm, this blog author is back from a long “hiatus”. The blog post author is the founder of the Bangalore Palm User group (BPUG).

This morning Chandrayaan 1 (India’s unmanned moon mission) launched successfully at 6:22 AM. It was a great way to start the day. I was all smiles and beaming all day. It made me feel warm, good and left me inspired and demanding more.

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There were many globally who looked at it positively. (Read here, here

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For many in the world the struggle to come to grips with India’s “misplaced” priorities. On one side there is a nation grappling with moving ahead and providing its citizens with basic infrastructure, food for the impoverished and the hungry. And it sure seems to them like we are playing the “fiddle” when “India” is on fire”!

For others it is a space race. A “me too” mentality that is letting India get dragged into a global space race. An ego booster. There were suggestions of a potential lunar land grab race for its rich minerals. More here.

There are other who think it is a nation desperately trying to reassert itself and emphasize that it is an emerging global power economically and otherwise.

Healthy competition is good. So what if there is a space race fueled by national pride? So what if the Americans, the Russians, the Europeans, the Chinese and the Japanese have been there and done that?

Milestones like these inspire the populace and keeps the spirit alive and positive to tackle the plethora of problems and challenges the nation and its people face daily. They are the rainbow in the daily lives of the average Indian.

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Thejesh, an avid blogger, watched the launch live and live blogged it. He was wasn’t at the launch center at Sriharikota as you would imagine. He was in front of his Television and on a live a chat with some techie friends of his to revel at the moment dueing the launch.

Another Microblogger decided to do what ISRO should have – Twittered (tweeted for some) the Chandrayaan launch like the NASA Mars rovers had twitter coverage at @Marsphoenix and @MarsRovers

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To me this is a good enough an objective to spend 384 Crores on (or 80 M$). Programs like these can do wonders to the spirit of the people and the youth like nothing else can!

The Sydney Morning Herald made some quips: “The pop group Jamiroquai may have been right when they sang Everybody’s Going To The Moon

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Meanwhile the moon awaits the Chandrayaan-1!

If you are a Project Management professional in Bangalore or anywhere in the Indian sub continent its time – to get out of you cubicles and pause your meetings to block your calendars!

It’s raining PM conferences in Bangalore! – 3 of them this year!

Its a great time for you to get out there and meet your peers from various organizations, share experiences, challenges, share tool expertise and best practices.

All this only indicate the demand for PM practitioners to come together and share. After all Bangalore is the hub of a lot of IT, Space, Construction, Aeronautics among other industries.

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The Project Management Practitioner’s conference 2008 (PMPC) – This is one of the most awaited and prestigious PM conference of the year organized by PMI Bangalore at “The Capitol”. The conference has been announced to be held from 18th to 20th of September this year.

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The numerous PM conferences only underscore the need for better Program and Project and the huge demand for PM practitioners in the burgeoning IT services industry. And it is interesting to note that vendors like Serena and iPlan are sponsoring more than one event. And don’t be surprised if all of these run full capacity.

The demand for Project management is simply there in abundance to fuel all these conferences!

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Pangea Day – as the organizers put it – is a global event bringing the world together through film. It seeks to help people see themselves in others – through the power of film.

Starting at 18:00 GMT or 11:30 PM India on May 10, 2008 (tonight), locations in Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro will be linked for a live program of powerful films, live music, and visionary speakers. The entire program (24 films selected globally) being broadcast – in seven languages – to millions of people worldwide through the internet, television, and mobile phones. The films were chosen based on their ability to inspire, transform, and allow us see the world through another person’s eyes.

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If cant make it to the event at your city, or online, follow it on twitter!
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It was my birthday recently and the number of ways I got birthday wishes really set me thinking…. Here goes…

• A few phone calls on my mobile phone that woke me up…
• Calls on my land line wishing me.
• Some friends who walked in to wish me.
• SMS wishes.
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For want of a better term I call these ways of communication “channels”. That was 8 different channels or means that people used to communicate with me this birthday!

And guess what? – I got no Birthday cards or Electronic Birthday cards this year!
I suppose… The thought is more important than the deed!

It made me stop and think what all this meant. I tried to make sense of it all… And here’s what I concluded.

• “Impersonal” is now becoming “personal” – Wishing is becoming more and more impersonal… And so are many relationships and acquaintances. It is now normal to receive an offline IM birthday message. Communication is getting asynchronous
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• Channel usage patterns are changing – For many Twitter is almost email, thought it was never meant to be. The usage patterns between some channels are blurring.
• They still care for you no matter the channel – The important fact is people want to wish you and that is what matters. it doesn’t matter if its impersonal.
• You are really old fashioned if you expect Birthday cards!

No matter how much I adopt technology or geeky I get, the charm of being wished by some one in person or receiving a “real” greeting card is unmatched.

And of course as always, many others who simply forgot my birthday despite all these channels.

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