03:11:00 PM

D-Day

November 3nd, 2007

With only 15 hours and 11 minutes to go till our little experiment, we’ve been trying all we can to get the message across to people all over the city. Like they say, More the Merrier! A lot of enthusiastic people have come forward to help us by way of blog posts, newspaper articles, e-mail spam (!) and spreading the word through networking sites like Orkut, FaceBook etc. Thank you all!

On the 30^th of October, Deccan Chronicle, a national daily, carried an article on the 03:11 PM campaign. Here’s a snapshot of it:

Also, there’s a FaceBook Event for 03:11 PM, created by Vaishnavi – invites to which reached over three hundred people. And there’s been a lot of eager response on those forums as well! Yay! So if you’re on FaceBook, do check it out and key in your RSVPs!

Schools for India – Extend your support

November 2nd, 2007

Schools for India is a non profitable charitable Organization, involved in creating the best in class schools across India, with the aim of providing education for the people of rural India.

6000 schools across the country have been planned. Each of the schools will have the capacity to teach 945 students, including up to 15 special children from Primary to secondary school.

Schools for India is embarking on a magnificent infrastructure building plan with the aim of providing the best schools for rural India, with facilities on par or superior to that of city schools for students from rural India.

The school buildings will be constructed within 12 weeks from the date of commencement using latest international building technologies.

The state-of-the-art infrastructure will act as a catalyst for parents to send their children to school, and Schools for India will sponsor education, meals and uniforms to those who require it.

Schools for India believes firmly that such provided infrastructure will ensure quicker admission, higher school attendance and reduce the migration of students to cities.

Schools for India will employ 600,000 teaching and non teaching staff by the year 2020.

Schools for India will also provide with best of its abilities all the facilities and amenities to underprivileged students free of cost.

Schools for India was started in Jan 2004 and registered as the Non profit Charitable trust under the Indian Charitable trust act in December 2005.

Schools for India is run by a team of professionals who has wide experience in planning and executing large turnkey projects across the globe. The trust has scores of volunteers, members and mentors who help in ensuring that the project is executed on time.

Venkatesh Chandru

Founder-Trustee

For More information Visit: www.schoolsforindia.org

Schools for India- A Little Step to Literate India

Upload Via email/mobile

November 2nd, 2007

1) Address your email to 311pm@email.smugmug.com

2) Type ‘chennai’ (without quotes and all small letters) into the subject line (important do not change it or add anything to it. Type only chennai)

3) Change the email format to ‘text’ from ‘rich format’ (very important) and type the description (include your name and email/phone number and a 50 word (approx) write up about your photo) into the body of the email and send it. The photo will be placed in the email gallery.

4) Go to http://311pm.smugmug.com/gallery/3746961 after 5/10 minutes and check whether your photo has successfully been uploaded. If it has then good. Else try again or mail it to us at 0311pm@gmail.com

Note: This works both for email and direct mobile uploads.

Note 2: If this is complicated, email the photo with your name, contact details, and description of the photo to 0311pm@gmail.com

Note 3: Upload the photos by November 13th, 2007 (10 days from now) latest.

Note 4: All your photos are creative commons licensed and will not be used for any profitable purposes. In case your photo generates any revenue, you will definitely be informed about it (please join the Google groups) and the proceeds will be donated to charity

Remote participation via SecondLife

November 1st, 2007

Not in Chennai on Nov 3, 03:11pm?

Not to worry, SecondLife and Avatar Voodo to the rescue. Labsji has setup this amazing facility to help you participate in 03:11 PM campaign virtually via SecondLife. Visit SecondLife Sim Treepu. While there, launch a virtual balloon with your request for a photo shoot at a particular location, as if you are taking it! Some kind natured 03:11 PM enthusiast might take your request seriously and shoot a snap exactly as you requested. Your requests are actually queued as Human Intelligence Task request in Amazon Mturk.

Want to help someone wanting to participate from afar?

Log on to http://mturk.com and search of HITs titled AVooDo. Fulfill the HIT as requested and make someone’s day! As a token of appreciation your good natured gesture, there will be small inconsequential (yet fun!) rewards that you will be able to claim against your successful HIT completion.

Help spill the fun from Virtual to Real and vice versa.

More details can be found here: http://treepu.in/wp/chennai-311pm-photo-freeze-event-now-from-anywhere-via-secondlife/79