g|days India Event in Chennai
The g|day events by Google are an opportunity for businesses and web developers to learn more about Google products and the opportunities that are available online. For the first time g|day events have come to India. The events are happening at 5 cities, starting Chennai then Bangalore, Hyderabad, Delhi and Mumbai. g|Chennai happening on July 19,20.
g|Chennai at Chennai trade centre
I attended the first day of Google India event at Chennai. First day was for Business communities (second day being for developers). Now I went to attend the event with lots of expectations, after all the event is by GOOGLE! and here is my take.
I split this post into three sections. The Best part of g|Chennai event, The not so Best and the Worst part.
The Best Part
a. Name tags
Three- in- one tags, with event agenda and map. And oh yes coffee and lunch coupons ( will come to lunch soon)
b. Ambiance
Google has tried to bring the local flavour and to a certain extent succeeded with all traditional games of Tamil Nadu, Auto-rickshaws and gems chocolate wallah in Lungi and gigantic mustaches and interesting signs
c. Networking
Great event to network. First day saw around 750 attendees. Many SME entrepreneurs.
The not so Best Part
a. Talks
Some talks were interesting, some were too basic ( to give an example, how to create a gmail account) and some talks were bit too techy.
The Worst Part
a. wifi connectivity
In a Google event, that too first time in India, you expect an great wifi with no interruptions, but the internet connectivity was pathetic. This affected the talks and demos.
b. Poor stage management
On several occasions suddenly the mike failed, audio went off
c. Food
The food was the most worst part of the g|Chennai event. In any event, even if its a Google one, cold food is a big no no
But I am sure that Google will learn from the Chennai experience and move on. I am waiting for the g|Bangalore.
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Dude you got to be kidding to give them some compliments. You are being a bit too generoud. It was one of the worst seminars/ conferences that i have ever attended. even college symposiums are conducted better. the speakers were half baked. the food was a killer guaranteed to kill if eaten twice. which seminar do you go where you dont even get a pen and notepad. If there was a stingiest seminar you can ever see this one takes the cake. google you are better off to not have conducted this at all.
I doubt if this was even anything remotely officially involved with google. after having read about google days in singapore and the recent I/O conference, you treated us like some third world shit. this was totally unfair and uncalled for.. you showed us true love google. damn ! i am still using android..
Hi Sandeep ,
Nice update on g|day. I actually attended the Technology Day and what you mentioned was true . It could have been better organized – especially the infrastructure part .
This being their first time in India , we can give them another chance , what say ?
Cheers,
Dinakaran
http://digitalconsumers.wordpress.com/
Doing a seminar using hangout option is worst. We don’t need to have a Google day for this. 1000 odd ppl viewing a video session is absolute nonsense