Here’s a ton of pictures and videos from the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2008 which was held in Paris, France last month. Here’s a recap. Team SKAN won the Interoperability Award! For a more detailed report, please read the post I made about the Imagine Cup 2008 World Finals.

I’ve been raving about how awesomely beautiful the Eiffel Tower is at night. Don’t take my word for it, actually see the video in action There are a few still pictures too where you can see the Eiffel Tower in its 3 states, blue, night light show mode (like the video below) and in the day time.

Here’s the Shimmering Eiffel Tower.

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Thanks to Sriram Chandrasekaran for this next one. The title says it all.
Here’s Team SKAN - The Winning Moment Viewer’s Edition

Video: The Winning Moment - Team SKAN (Viewer’s Edition) (Link to Soapbox Page)
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If you’re in the mood for some craziness, do have a look at 40 seconds of nothing on Channel 8, another one of Sriram’s “masterpieces” As he said, be warned, this video has absolutely nothing which is remotely intellectual

I can’t not post a link to the first time we were on MSDN Blogs thanks to Mark Here’s the video interview he took of ours after we came second at the IC ‘08 India SDI Finals and its titled Team SKAN - Imagine Cup 2008 Software Design Interoperability Award World Finalists

Now its time for the grand finale for videos. Here’s a video of Team SKAN winning the interoperability. But wait, isn’t that what Sriram posted on SoapBox? Not quite. This is a video of Team SKAN winning the prize taken by a member of Team SKAN (Me) while going on stage. Not just that.. This video has everything. Joe Wilson starting off with the intro, then moving on to announcing the prizes and us screaming like crazy Subtitles for parts you can’t hear clearly (convos between us). I guess it’d also help those who can’t really understand Indian accents that well *pets dt and segosa* (A high resolution version of the video is available and shall be given on request)
Here’s Team SKAN - The Winning Moment On-Stage Edition

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Its been a bit over a month since I’ve returned from France so what prompted this move now? An article in Mumbai Mirror is pretty compelling

Team SKAN's article in the Mumbai Mirror titled "Idle Talk" on 17-08-2008. (Click the image to view the above article as an e-paper on Mumbai Mirror)

Not to mention the article earlier this month (August, 2008) in the Financial Times

Article in the Financial Times about Team SKAN being incubated by IIM-A. (Click the image to download the pdf version of the page)

Speaking of print media, we’ve also shown up twice more in Digit Magazines.

The May 2008 edition had a small piece on each of the finalists while the June one announced the winners and also had the video of all the presentations in the dvd So if you want to watch our presentation, go find yourself a dvd

Digit Magazine's May 2008 copy having an article on the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2008 India SDI Finalists. (Click the image to download the pdf version of the page)

Here’s a small preview of what’s new in my Picasa Album Click the images for larger versions.
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Click here to view my John Anderton’s picasa album. It has a lot more pictures than this

Versailles Garden Fountain	Lille - Outside the Citadel	Concord	Chapel Of The Miraculous Medal
Blue Eiffel Tower	Worlds Largest Christmas Tree	Eiffel Tower In The Day	First model of the Statue Of Liberty
Me Near The Mona Lisa	Me with the Aussie Mascots	Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux	Louvre Pyramid Entrance
Team SKAN on stage accepting their prize	Microsoft Imagine Cup 2008 - Interoperability Awardees	Team SKAN with Mr. Somasegar	Team SKAN at the Louvre Pyramids

Tags: Imagine Cup, Pictures, Videos