Tag Archives: web2
Why news is not news anymore
News, for a long time now, has been whatever the news channels choose to feed us. But things are different on the web. Think about it. What does news mean to you? You look for news yourself. You are not … Continue reading
How blogging can help career-building
Blogging is an obsessive craft. Some of the most passionate bloggers are full-time bloggers. Perhaps because of the fact that the Internet fosters thinking for yourself. Most of us were brought up in a world where the majority opinion counts. … Continue reading
What has blogging ever done for me?
A lot! Practically everything I have today, is due to blogging. And I am not talking money here. I am talking purpose and direction. I am talking meaning. Listen to my story. My first blog was an experimental web-based diary. … Continue reading
Why Twitter beats everything else
Let us try and answer a simple question: Why Twitter?Time and again I have tried to explain to my friends why Twitter is worth their attention. Time and again I have been defeated, left to smoulder in the fires that … Continue reading
Why you shouldn’t get a pen drive
My friend Pratap is getting a pen drive so he can sleep safe in the knowledge that his precious documents are in no danger. I told him there is no point. He asked me why. I kept quiet. I love … Continue reading
What blog design does
Browsing the well-made pages of Indiblogger.in today, I was struck by their badges. They got me thinking. The badges are little (or not so little) graphics that the website lets users put on their respective blogs as a mark of … Continue reading
Why word limits are good for you
Prose is architecture, not interior decoration — Ernest HemingwayOne of the drawbacks I have seen in newbie bloggers is that they are full of words. These are people who have recently immigrated from paper-notebook-land.They have not been exposed to format-less … Continue reading
