Sponsors are integral to the theme of Indibloggies. More than anything else, their involvement with the event signifies the ethos of the Internet in general and the blogdom in particular, the intent is of significance, not the value of the award.
Previous Indibloggies events have seen fellow bloggers donate prizes, in fact the debut event had no awards other than those coming from the blogdom itself. The theme of collaboration is so rampant in the event, and I am not referring to the bogus voting, that happens ;), the kind souls who donate their products know that this is not perhaps an apt platform for advertisement, yet they go for it. This is just incredible.
Do take a look at the award categories for the upcoming 2007 event. We would only be too happy if you could lend your support to this movement.
Would you like to be a part of the Indibloggies 2007 event? Please write to us with your proposal.
Sponsors are integral to the theme of Indibloggies. More than anything else, their involvement with the event signifies the ethos of the Internet in general and the blogdom in particular, the intent is of significance, not the value of the award.
Past Indibloggies events have seen fellow bloggers donate prizes, infact the debut event had no awards other than those coming from the blogdom itself. The theme of collaboration is so rampant in the event, and I am not referring to the bogus voting, that happens ;), the kind souls who donate their products know that this is not perhaps an apt platform for advertisement, yet they go for it. This is just incredible.
Do take a look at the award categories for the 2006 event. We would only be too happy if you could lend your support to this revolution. (more…)
Sponsors are integral to the theme of Indibloggies. They enable us to reward the winners with token gifts. More than anything else, this signifies to me the ethos of the Internet in general and the blogdom in particular, the intent is the key not the value of the award. Past events have seen fellow bloggers donate prizes, infcat the debut event had no awards other than those coming from the blogdom itself. The theme of collaboration is so rampant in the event, and I am not referring to the bogus voting, that happens ;), even those who donate their commercial products know that this is not perhaps an apt platform for advertisement, yet they go for it. To me this sounds just incredible.
Following people have agreed to be associated with the Indibloggies 2005 event (additional sponsors and details would be appended as and when we get them)
DiFolders Software would be giving away one copy of BlogJet weblog client worth $39.95 each, to the winner of IndiBlog of the year, Best Photo Blog, IndiBlog lifetime achiever, Best Topical IndiBlog and Best New Indiblog respectively. BlogJet is a weblog client for Windows that allows you to manage your blog without opening a browser. Thanks Dmitry for pitching-in this year too
Jitendra Chaudhary has agreed to bear the postage costs for shipping the award books
Cory Doctorow would donate 2 copies of his new book: Someone Comes to Town, Someone leaves Town. Reviewers say magical realism and literary iconoclasm is abound in this novel and that should appeal to fans of experimental fiction in a near-future setting.
Dilip D’Souza will give away a copy of the book “At Home in the World : Collected Writings from The Wall Street Journal” by Daniel Pearl to the best Topical Indiblog. Pearl was a reporter who loved the truth. His acceptance and tolerance of differences among people garnered him respect from his colleagues and a position as bureau chief of the South Asia division of the Wall Street Journal. Kidnapped and viciously murdered in February 2002 by Islamic extremists in Pakistan, Pearl gave his life for the values he held as a journalist and as a humanitarian. This book is a memorial to this courageous man.
Sakshi Juneja would donate 15 T-Shirts to winners in various categories. The T-shirt will carry a custom slogan that will be decided later. Don’t forget to take part in the T-shirt Slogan competition and Win one for yourself.
Microsoft India would give away a copy of Windows Mobile based smartphone worth Rs.19000/- to the winner of Best Science/Technology IndiBlog. A Windows Mobile-based Smartphone integrates PDA-type functionality into a voice-centric handset comparable in size to today’s mobile phones. Windows Mobile-based Smartphones are designed for one-handed operation with keypad access to both voice and data features. They are optimized for voice and text communication and allow wireless access to Outlook information and encrypted browsing to corporate and Internet information and services. Thanks Deepak for making this possible for the consecutive year!
Microsoft India would give away a copy of Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition worth $299 to the runner-up of the Best Science/Technology IndiBlog category. Visual Studio 2005 SE is a comprehensive, high productivity professional development environment for building high performance, multi-tier applications for Windows, Web, and common consumer mobile devices. Thanks Deepak.
Shail would present the following three books published by Penguin India to the winner of the Best Indic Blog (Hindi) category: Shakuntala: Smriti Jaal by Namita Gokhale, Jannat aur Anya Kahaniyan by Khushwant Singh and Hamara Hissa, a collection of stories edited by Arun Prakash.
Marathi Blog Vishwa would give away one copy each of P.L.Desphpande’s Marathi books Poorvarang and Apoorvaaii to the winner of the Best Indic blog (Marathi) category and another P.L.Deshpande Marathi book Jaave Tyanchyaa Deshaa to the runner-up.
Indibloggies would present several copies of other books to winners of various categories. Details follow later.
Kiran Kumar Chava would award Rs.1000/- to the winner of the Best Indic Blog (Telugu) category.
Amit Gupta will award the winner of Best Indic Blog (Hindi) with 1 year registration for a new .IN domain(worth Rs.750).
Web1 Solutions would give away two 25 MB hosting package worth Rs.1000/- each to the winners of the Best Sports and Best tagline categories. Web1 is a Mumbai based Web Solutions Company dealing in development of Web Sites, Web Designing, Web Hosting and Search Engine Optimization. Their US based servers are protected by Firewall and DDOS protection. Daily backups are taken to ensure the security of the data, for better security they ensure encrypted remote backups of the data twice a week. More information here.
If you wish to sponsor a prize for the event, kindly drop us a mail at indibloggies at gmail dot com. Please do not use the comment space for this. The award categories are listed here.
We are delighted to introduce the volunteer sponsors who are giving away prizes to the winners of Indibloggies 2004:
Ravishankar Shrivastava will give away books worth Rs.500/- each to the “Best Indic Blog (Hindi)” and the “Best new Indiblog”. Thanks Ravi!
Jitendra Chaudhary will award goodies worth Rs.750/- each to the “Best Indic Blog (Hindi)” and Best Indic Blog in the language category that receives the largest number of nominations. He will also award goodies worth Rs.500/- to the “Best Indiblog”. Thanks Jitendra!
Shanti Mangala will award a $25 Amazon gift certificate to the “Best Indiblog” at Indibloggies 2004. Thanks Shanti!
Anand M will give away a 1-year Typepad Plus subscription worth $120 for the winner of the “Best science/technology Indiblog” category. Thanks Anand!
Bradbury Software would award 5 licenses of FeedDemon 1.10 worth $29.95 each to the winners of the Best Humantities Blog, Best Sports Blog, Best Topical Blog, Best Photoblog and the Indiblog lifetime achiever. Thanks Nick
Microsoft, India will award one copy of Microsoft Office 2003 Hindi for the Best Indic Blog (Hindi) category winner. Do visit Bhashaindia.com where they are trying to promote Indian language computing on the Microsoft platform. Thanks Deepak!
Sidharth Sivasailam will award a $25 Amazon gift certificate to the “Best IndicBlog (Tamil)”. Thanks Sid!
Blogjet will award one copy of its weblog client for Windows worth $19.95 to each winner of IndiBlog of the year, Indiblog with the best tagline and Best IndiPhotoBlog. Do visit their website. Thanks Dmitry!
Blogstreet will award a Gift Certificate from Amazon or Crossword to the winner of Best Group IndiBlog. Thanks Veer!
Thanks to all the sponsors from the bottom of our hearts Your gesture will surely add strength to the community.
Microsoft India would give away a copy of Windows Mobile based 
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