I am Cmdr Buzz, editor of the IIIT Buzz blog. This is a place to record and discuss the most buzzing events at IIIT. Essentially, everything under the umbrealla of "Campus buzz... things that matter".

 What is IIIT Buzz?

IIIT Buzz like a diary, for IIIT. Everything under the umbrella of "things that matter" can be posted here. It's a place to record the most buzzing things concerning IIIT. IIIT Buzz is _not_ IIIT's official blog.

Who are the authors?
Studs, like you. We are a loosely knit team of bloggers. Faculty members don't post on this blog. (Some) faculty members do read the blog, though (and comment too).

How can I become an author?
Invitation for authorship is 100% referral-based. You'll have to wait until you get invited. We invite people who we find interesting and are able to write/blog well. If you want to become one, SMR's blogroll is a nice place to start. If you think you are qualified already, send a mail to cmdrbuzz@gmail.com. We don't promise we'll extend you an invitation, but we'll consider it.

How do authors get added?
After an invitation is sent, a new author submits his/her first story. This has to be approved by us before he/she is added as an author. So, the first post from an author is posted as from CmdrBuzz. The later ones are posted directly, but can be edited by CmdrBuzz.

I have an article. What do I do?
Send it over to cmdrbuzz@gmail.com. If we find it interesting, we'll post it. You have the option of remaining anonymous.

Are there any guidelines/rule-book you abide by?
We don't intend to be prohibitive. We just want our posts to be true and decent. We don't allow posts which are: 1) against IIIT's interests, 2) abusing a faculty, etc.
As a policy, we don't comment-back to readers' comments.

I liked your post on ..XYZ..
Thanks.

Your post on ...XYZ.. was indecent.
Maybe. But we are adults, and we expect you to behave like one too. And this is a college, not a nursery school. So, don't expect only rhymes-like posts here. Our authors are responsible enough and we know that we don't cross boundaries.

The post on ..XYZ.. should not be posted on IIIT Buzz.
It's disappointing sometimes that people discuss whether an article should be posted or not. Instead, we want you to discuss the issue, not the validity of the post. Remember, WE get to decide whether a post is valid or not -- it's a privilege we authors grant ourselves.

We'd be happy and pleased to see some discussion going on the issue at hand, rather than mere flaming the authors. Anonymous flames, we feel, are no more than dog-barks. Offer solutions instead of noise.

Who is CmdrBuzz?
This is the most popular question. Unfortunately, we cannot answer this (yet). Who is John Galt?
We know that some authors are not undisclosed, but it's their call.
IIIT Buzz like a diary, for IIIT. Everything under the umbrella of "things that matter" can be posted here. It's a place to record the most buzzing things concerning IIIT. IIIT Buzz is _not_ IIIT's official blog.

Who are the authors?
Studs, like you. We are a loosely knit team of bloggers. Faculty members don't post on this blog. (Some) faculty members do read the blog, though (and comment too).

How can I become an author?
Invitation for authorship is 100% referral-based. You'll have to wait until you get invited. We invite people who we find interesting and are able to write/blog well. If you want to become one, SMR's blogroll is a nice place to start. If you think you are qualified already, send a mail to cmdrbuzz@gmail.com. We don't promise we'll extend you an invitation, but we'll consider it.

How do authors get added?
After an invitation is sent, a new author submits his/her first story. This has to be approved by us before he/she is added as an author. So, the first post from an author is posted as from CmdrBuzz. The later ones are posted directly, but can be edited by CmdrBuzz.

I have an article. What do I do?
Send it over to cmdrbuzz@gmail.com. If we find it interesting, we'll post it. You have the option of remaining anonymous.

Are there any guidelines/rule-book you abide by?
We don't intend to be prohibitive. We just want our posts to be true and decent. We don't allow posts which are: 1) against IIIT's interests, 2) abusing a faculty, etc.
As a policy, we don't comment-back to readers' comments.

I liked your post on ..XYZ..
Thanks.

Your post on ...XYZ.. was indecent.
Maybe. But we are adults, and we expect you to behave like one too. And this is a college, not a nursery school. So, don't expect only rhymes-like posts here. Our authors are responsible enough and we know that we don't cross boundaries.

The post on ..XYZ.. should not be posted on IIIT Buzz.
It's disappointing sometimes that people discuss whether an article should be posted or not. Instead, we want you to discuss the issue, not the validity of the post. Remember, WE get to decide whether a post is valid or not -- it's a privilege we authors grant ourselves.

We'd be happy and pleased to see some discussion going on the issue at hand, rather than mere flaming the authors. Anonymous flames, we feel, are no more than dog-barks. Offer solutions instead of noise.

Who is CmdrBuzz?
This is the most popular question. Unfortunately, we cannot answer this (yet). Who is John Galt?
We know that some authors are not undisclosed, but it's their call.