The Great Driving Challenge : Great

You suggest. We listen
Posted by TGDC on Monday, August 10, 2009 on 08/10 at 09:37 AM	(8) Comments • Read more

Over the weekend, we received a suggestion to separate the ‘short SMS’ text posts from the more ‘meaningful content rich blog posts. We heard you and we delivered.

with one caveat though - you cannot leave your comment on these SMS posts.

Sandip - this is good. Love the user interface!

Posted by Aadil Bandukwala on 08/10 at 10:00 AM

Wow… hats off to the developers behind TGDC. Such quick turn around is fantastic.

And I though TGDC was all but speed my bad…

Absolutely wonderful to see suggestions being looked at seriously and good ones being implemented with such quick turnaround times…

once again my kudos to TGDC
Rajat

Posted by Rajat on 08/10 at 10:18 AM

TGDC rocks…what a quick fix…Great !

Now we all can relish the good posts without pulling our hair over those one-liners

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/10 at 10:30 AM

Great work on this! This looks really neat and seperates SMS updates visually from other updates.. those earlier SMS updates were confusing me whether I was missing some content!

Posted by Hrish Thota on 08/10 at 11:26 AM

hmmm thats a cool upgrade!! good work guys…keep it up…

Hey n wot bout a forum for the followers? It seems u forgot that or will it come after the season is over?

Seriously guys I really wanna tok to other travel freaks who are following this event..

Sandip, r u listening to this? please if possivble make a forum for us.

Hey n toking about the gifts those were for only one day or those were in total until now?

hey one more this.. M having trouble in getting the detailed route of the three teams. Can u get me thru?

Thanks & regards…

You people rocks!!

Cherrs…

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/10 at 11:48 AM

Good to see the new addition to page. It proves that TGDC team is ready to change and innovate as per the suggestions provided by users.

Cheers and keep blogging!

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 08/10 at 01:08 PM

Sandip & all those associated with TGDC,

Kudos to you all! You guys have really done well to cater to the ever increasing fan population!

It’s never easy to satisfy the whims and fancies of hundreds of followers. And in that I would like to add that the Teams themselves have played a major role in keeping the average fan occupied.

People travel for various reasons. Some travel to meet new people and learn and experience different cultures. Some are drawn by the promise of solitude in wilderness. And there are even some more who consider it as a journey to discover him/herself. Whatever the reason, the important thing is to enjoy, have fun and be yourself!

All said and done, this IS a Competition! As is the case with any competition, people enter into a contest to have fun (although 99% of the guys reading this post would roll their eyes and say that it’s the money, which is true, you know!).The least we can do, so as not to dampen the joy of travelling for the 3 Teams, is to let the commercial pressure and the pressure of performing get to them! Let them enjoy!
I personally, am satisfied with what the teams are putting up on their blogs, especially one team which is having loads of fun and are simply being themselves!! Which team you say?? Well, they always Follow the Road (Yeah, right! Last time I checked they seem to have taken a dozen or so detours!) Planned detours, they insist. And they have yet to reach Varanasi! (Read a certain post called ‘Varanasi or Bust’, and you’ll know what I am talking about!). All day long, they travel (read: get lost), drink chai (ha! told you, she can’t do without her daily cup of chai!), chase strangers on foot (Ha ha.. you actually managed to catch up with him??!!! Me surprised! No, wait.. Scratch that!! Me no surprised! Knowing you, you will chase him in the dark alleys of hell too, if you put your mind to it! ) and yet write those great posts, sprinkled with big doses of their brilliant photography!! All with a smile on their faces. Even if I get to read ONE post by them before I hit the sack everyday is sufficient! After all, they are enjoying themselves!! That’s all that matters! As far as me and their other followers are concerned (am taking a liberty here, but then again, am sure their other followers would agree if I were to ask them!) Radhika and Bharath, you guys, just continue with the same and don’t stop having fun!!

So, coming back to the main point of commenting on this post (I insist, the preceding paragraph was a planned detour!!) from where I stand, I see no reason for some of the complaints that have surfaced on this blog which have left some fans distraught. I sincerely urge them to let the teams themselves have fun during the day, without having to think about blogs/posts, so you will be treated to their wonderful (sometimes not so wonderful!) experiences on the road. Be rest assured, you will not be let down by the quality of their stories!

All in the spirit of Travel!

Gaurav

Posted by Gaurav Deshmukh on 08/10 at 07:52 PM

tgdc always user driendly

great way 2 keep us update

keep it up

luv u HAMESHA

ps. ajay i think u never noticed me

i think v r already into talking 2 each other

thanks to TGDC

Posted by deepak on 08/11 at 12:37 PM

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