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Blogging Idol -2…I had almost forgot!

November 13, 2008 / / 0 Comments

Blogging Idol - 2Recently, I read somewhere,”If you can do a million things, you can do one million and one.” After reading that one line, I was inspired to take on quite a few jobs on my hands for the month of November. Though, I didn’t plan too much, I was pretty sure that I will be able to manage all that I have taken on.

But, now, to my dismay, I seem to be on the path to discover that I am not one of those lucky ones who can do a million and one things.

When I heard that Blogging Idol – 2 was going on, I was quick to jump in to the fray, but it is only now (almost 13 days after the competition had begun) that I have been able to post about the challenge. I hope this turns out to be a case of late being better than never.

If you want to help me win the Blogging Idol -2, all you have to do is subscribe to the RSS feed of the blog using the buttons on the top of the right side bar, or you could subscribe to the blog by clicking here.

Looking forward to have you as a subscriber to the blog!

BlogRush is dead!

October 30, 2008 / / 1 Comment

So, the announcement has finally come: BlogRush is shutting down. But, I am sure, BlogRush was already dead for most people. I, for one, have not logged into my BlogRush account for ages. In fact, I had all but forgotten about BlogRush when I got the e-mail from the BlogRush system.

I had earlier written a post about “Why BlogRush failed and Entrecard Succeeded ?” and I still stand by most of what I had said in that post.

Initially, when BlogRush was launched, it did spread like wild fire, but I think that had more to do with the fact that John knew most of the probloggers and they helped him spread the word about BlogRush. I had read about BlogRush on Darren’s blog, and I checked the site out. At that time, I felt that the idea was good and had potential. So, I was quick to install the widget and I even wrote a post about this new service.

But, with time, it became evident that BlogRush was not going to be the next big thing, even though they launched the traffic jam site to complement BlogRush. In spite of the failure, I must say the BlogRush was a great idea and my best wishes are with the BlogRush team for their next project.

What are your thoughts about BlogRush shutting down?

October 28, 2008 / / 0 Comments

Diwali

Diwali, or the festival of lights, is celebrated all across India with great fervour and enthusiasm. India is a country with great diversity. There are many religions, many cultures, many languages and many regions. Yet, there is a unifying thread that runs across the nation and binds it together.

Festivals like Diwali add strength to this thread. It is one of the very few festivals that is celebrated all over the country regardless of caste, culture, creed or religion. Sweets are exchanged among people and lamps are lit up to chase the darkness away, and spread light.

To complete the festivities, firecrackers are burst late into the night. For children, firecrackers are the most important part of Diwali, with the sweets coming in a close second.

This year Diwali falls on Tuesday, October 28 (the day of writing this post).

I wish everyone a very happy and a safe Diwali.

NaNoWriMo2008

October 19, 2008 / / 6 Comments

NaNoWriMo2008It doesn’t seem like an year has passed, but it has. And to remind of that NaNoWriMo 2008 is here. I have been participating in the NaNoWriMo for the last two years. I was able to complete the 50,000 words limit in 2006, but in 2007 I failed to achieve that mile stone.

This year I am going to participate again.

I am not very sure if I am going to win or not, but I want to participate. The reason is that participating in NaNo helps me organise my thoughts into a coherent whole. As some of you might know, I am writing on a couple of blogs and an e-magazine. Writing blog posts and feature articles is good, but there is something about the idea of writing a complete novel that is very fascinating, and that attracts me to NaNo every year.

Till now, I have no clear idea about what I am going to write. But there are a few days for NaNo to begin, and I hope by that time I have come up with something concrete.

Are you doing NaNo this year?

Follow me…if you can!

October 11, 2008 / / 0 Comments

I am sure by now most bloggers are not only aware of what Twitter is, but are also using it to the utmost. I have been a member of twitter for quite some time now, but for some reason I had been very sceptic about the site; to some extent, I still am.

I have no doubt that sites like twitter are very good for social networking and for staying in touch with friends. But, at the same time, one must be careful when one uses these sites. The main thing to remember is that these are a means to an end, and not an end in themselves.

As a blogger, one can often fall in the trap of believing that if one is a successful social networker, one will automatically become a successful blogger. In this belief, the blogger will spend more time and effort in social networking and less time on actually blogging.  And when he doesn’t get the desired result, he is disappointed.

This is one of the reasons I have been staying away from social networking sites for the past some time. But, recently I decided to check out Twitter once again, and I  liked it because it is a no frill site, and hence it does not take up a lot of time.  So, I decided to try and use Twitter for a few days, and see how it goes.

If you want, you can follow me on Twitter! (I have also added the “What are you doing” widget to the sidebar)

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