This was something that I wanted for office since ages. Finally, a few weeks back we got a table tennis table at the New Bombay office and it’s a huge hit. People use it and feel that it is a great way to relax after a hard day at work.

This one is a long overdue post. I have been meaning to write it since months (may be even years ) but never actually got down to it.
People who know me will tell you the amount of time I spend every day in office. It isn’t just me. Everyone around here has long days.

But ask anyone here about life at Convonix and they’ll say that it is all fun. We’re very serious about our work and our deadlines… but we never forget to party… be it weekly dinners, birthdays, our special biryani parties (a big thanks to the chef at Delhi Darbar for the awesome biryani that he makes) and off course our frequent out of town brain storming weekends.

To the people who want to join us (you can apply here!!!) – Every Convonite will tell you that the Convonix culture, formed through an amalgamation of people from different backgrounds, is special. Team spirit, responsibilities and hard work are a way of life here. But, once you blend in, you will find that the line between work and fun has disappeared.

Below are pictures of some of the fun things that we do every day (Finally…).

Office was buzzing with activity as usual this evening. When suddenly, phones started ringing and Vishal’s mobile went on an overdrive. And before anyone of us could comprehend what’s happening, a team mate dashed in to the conference room where 3 of us work, and said, ‘We’re on Rediff…1st page!’

And then we checked and found Vishal’s interview in an article titled ‘A million dollar company built on failure.’ We knew an article on rediff.com was coming but never expected it to be titled this way! Extremely candid interview with our CEO, who answers the ‘How we started off’ questions with a tremendous zeal The article talks in depth about his journey from a Radio FM site webmaster to being the CEO of a 40 odd employee firm and seeks to motivate budding entrepreneurs, which I think it does, looking at the comments that started flowing in.

You read interviews of the rich and famous, celebrities and businessmen; and one day you read an interview of this kid who had the passion to defy odds, fulfil his dream and go on to build an organization…and it truly makes you sit back and wonder…”If he could do it, why can’t I?” So let’s hope this article reaches out and inspires many like us who dream to achieve something special!

The internet has made it simple for people to copy content… but search engines like Google and sites like copyscape have made it even simpler to find these guys. The question once you find them is whether you want to go through the trouble of getting them off the search engines or the internet.

Personally, like every other person who spends time thinking and coming up with original content, I hate people copying stuff from our site. However, a sentence or 2 here or there is something I tend to ignore. However, there are a quite a few folks out there who have copied entire paragraphs of content. There are a few who have copied our entire pages, including references to our inhouse web analytics tool, Hitstatz. I wonder how they can call themselves genuine business practicing ethical SEO.

While I don’t want to mention all the sites that have copied our stuff here, I have to mention this one guy - http://www.magicinfomedia.com/search-engine-optimization-india.html.

This guy has copied our entire front page, including screenshots of Hitstatz reports and has the audacity to refer to this image as a screenshot of their inhouse analytics application. I would love to meet this guy and ask him to prove that he has developed an inhouse analytics application that produces reports that look like that picture.

I sincerely pray and hope that people, who want to do business, understand that setting up an online business is hard work and you cannot just copy original content written by other people if you want to genuinely grow and survive in the longer term.

This category is the result of me feeling really guilty for not updating my personal blog for months now… There is just no time, or I guess I am just too lazy to blog after a 14 hour workday. So I thought… why not have a small section right here on the Convonix Blog?

Khopcha is a local Mumbai slang for corner and off course its also the name of my first site (years before Convonix was formed) on a paid server, khopcha.com - A teens portal that was established by a group of schoolmates and run with virtually no money in our pockets ;).

So everything mentioned in this section is just my personal view and may not necessarily reflect the view of Convonix Inc or its employees .

Vishal.

The tag line of Convonix says ‘The Search Engine Optimization Firm’. In my opinion there should be another tag line which says ‘Work Hard & Play Hard’.

The last six months in Convonix have been an absolute ball. I was one of those lucky ones who walked into Convonix on the very first day of my very first job and was a part of the company’s famous Biryani Parties. For a moment I thought “Wow! What a cool way to treat new recruits.” However after a while it dawned on me that this party was to celebrate the company’s successful financial year.

There was more to come. My very first weekend and I found myself in Khandala on the company picnic. I had the most memorable couple of days in the company of my new colleagues & bosses who by the way have become my very good friends.

After the excitement of the first week, things settled down a bit. I took up new projects and during the course of the projects I found out that working was even more fun.

In these six months I have experienced it all - fun-filled carrom sessions in our windy terrace, marathon night sessions during deliveries, heated arguments & discussions during lunch in breaks, brain storming during training sessions & the whole lot.

Finally, I hope that in the coming months there would be more fun & equally more work. On that note this is an employee of Convonix Inc. signing off.