You,Me & the Tweet

Now,Twitter takes city’s first shaadi across the globe!

Brother-in-law,you may now kiss the bride,Navneet Singh quickly punches in the last tweet of the day,er night,as his brother-in-law Deepinder Malhotra takes the final phera with his blushing bride,Prakriti at Nanda Farms on February 4. And with this final vow,wedding wows echo all over the globe,making the Malhotra wedding one of the first to stream live throughout on Twitter from the city. “There were many people who couldn’t make it,and so,I decided to record it all live for them!” smiles Navneet,who is with Google’s R&D Mobile Engineering wing. “All you have to do is carry a smartphone,ample battery back-up,chargers,a great network and have all social networking sites in place,” says the techie who got busy tweeting – baraatis have arrived,here comes the bride,getting ready for pheras,et al. “Usually,one has those bulky cameras and videographers all over the place in a maze of wires. They shoot,record,upload,and you get to see it all much later,so do the ones who’ve missed it. So we cut short the process and with Twitter,uploaded videos,photos and comments live from the venue,” he’s pretty thrilled with the live updates which are time-stamped. “These are all chronologically entered events,and people who didn’t even know about the wedding are logging on!” Ask the groom Deepinder,and he says it was one of the best surprises. “I had no clue it could work out like this!” he’s enjoying the quirky feedback and stream of congrats.

But there was a hitch. “I had to do everything manually. All of this can be made much easier only if there is a software for it,” well,makes an interesting input for his R&D department! “You need great connectivity and social networking sites to capture and stream. While South is very tech-savvy,we need to create more awareness in the North,” feels Navneet,hopeful that with a fall in mobile prices and Internet plans,the trend will catch on fast. “The Internet has an interesting quality of pull and push. It attracts,and creates a ripple effect,” and it sure has done wonders. Here’s another example for its Nobel nomination! For the curious tweeple,log on to twitter.com/singhnavneet for more wedding wows!