Bday wish experiment
I thought it’d be a neat little experiment to see the sequence and timings of people wishng on a bday, and the medium they use to do it. Lets say I am the guinea pig here. So the wishes start coming when its the afternoon of 1st Oct here, when its already 2nd in India.(actually earlier, on orkut).
9/29/2006
3:28 am – Praveen orkuts
9/30/2006
1:38 pm – Yagnick orkuts
10/1/2006
12:42 pm – Sarwesh orkuts
1:38 pm – Kalra orkuts
2.30 pm – its 2 Oct in India *now*
2:31 pm – Ragini calls
2:34 pm – Priya IMs(Yahoo)
2:36 pm – Sikka IMs(Yahoo)
2:37 pm – Kuber orkuts
2:40 pm – Mallika IMs(Yahoo)
2:52 pm – Kuber IMs(Yahoo)
3:15 pm – Pranab orkuts
3:34 pm – Soni IMs(Yahoo)
3:49 pm – Amit orkuts
3:55 pm – Gumastha orkuts
4:34 pm – Aniruddh orkuts
8:54 pm – Gabi & Phil orkut
9:43 pm – Didi1 calls
10:04 pm – Sharma facebooks
10.14 pm – Didi3 calls
10:52 pm – Sharma calls
11:23 pm – Sarwesh IMs(Google talk)
11:26 pm – Divya IMs(Yahoo)
11:57 pm – Mallika SMSs
10/2/2006
12:00 am – Rupam calls
12:02 am – Akku calls
12:10 am – Rupam IMs(Yahoo)
12:23 am – Rupam orkuts
12:34 am – Manish IMs(Google talk)
12:37 am – Helen facebooks
12:48 am – Uma calls
12:50 am – Kwan IMs(AIM)
12:51 am – Pankaj IMs(MSN)
1:11 am – Ji-eun IMs(MSN) – its also her bday yay!!
1:12 am – Jhajee IMs(MSN) & calls
1:16 am – Vamja sir msgs on my blog
1:34 am – Tarun IMs(yahoo)
2:02 am – RKJ orkuts
2:09 am – Manohar orkuts
3:27 am – Hazel SMSs
3:37 am – Niraj “K” Jha orkuts 
4:19 am – Keswani orkuts
4:26 am – Devesh sir orkuts
5:52 am – Atul Jha orkuts
5:58 am – Rattan orkuts
9:18 am – Nand IAS sahab orkuts 
9:38 am – Anjali facebooks
10:18 am – RKJ IMs(yahoo)
10:57 am – Dube sir orkuts
10:59 am – Shulabh facebooks
11:52 am – Payal facebooks(yay! her birthday too)
12:05 pm – Philipp wishes(someone in person!! finally)
12:10 pm – David IMs(MSN)
12:29 pm – Shulabh calls
1:40 pm – Avdhesh bhaiya calls
2:30 pm – Priyank calls
2:41 pm – Kuntal orkuts
2:47 pm – Sidhanti orkuts
2:49 pm – Deepa IMs(yahoo)
2:53 pm – Reena msgs
2:57 pm – Nina orkuts
4:58 pm – Kristin IMs(yahoo)
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HAPPY BIRTHDAYY!!!!!
RUPS!
Nice Experiment.. expected nothing less
add my name too.
Wish you a Memorable and Fun-filled Happy Birthday ..
I want to call you.. mail me your number. I am back in India and I have a good news to share
Sanjay
hmm experiment.. but what did u control to call it an experiment.. was that an experiment or the response to the blog where the blog entry is the treatement given and the responses are measured is the experiment..
check out methodology why this is only an observation and not an experiment.
however keepin a track of who wishes is good but dont order.. some who dotn wish might be silently praying for you. those who do might do it to get something out of you.
i dont think people wish someone on their birthday to get something out of them! that’s stupid.
hmm, I’d not bother too much with the defintion of an experiment. A key point of interest is, what was the medium that most people used to wish? Another is, at what times do people wish, and is there a reason behind choosing those times. These questions amuse and engage me so I’m going to have a look at the log once the experiment gets over this weekend.
Questioning the intent of someone wishing or not is not a point I’d be interested in researching