After a ton typos and million full stops

Hurray! it’s going to be a year since I started blogging and this post is an attempt to see what has happened in my life, after I started to blog, in this good year’s time.

Why did I start blogging?

Umesh and Balaji were early into the blogosphere and I did not want to be too far behind them. All my life, I have quit a lot of things without pursuing them with the same fervor I started with. When I started blogging, I feared of quitting from this one fine day. Fear mounted when Balaji informed me that he spent dollars for hosting and domain registration. The fear kept me going and here I am boasting about a year in the blogosphere.

The initial days of blogging

In the initial days or months of blogging I changed the themes frequently, put in all the ads available ( thinking of becoming a millionaire someday ), without bothering about the content much. To be precise, I was into gimmicks and graphics instead of concentrating on content. A day never passed by without me checking the ad vendor for the dollars accumulated in my account. The thing never happened and I stopped checking it. Still, I login and see how well I have done on ad space.

Goof ups

When I started writing about things of public interest, got a few human visitors apart from the regular bots. Till date, my posts on Satyam has attracted the maximum number of visitors to my blog when compared to other posts. A few of my posts instigated anger and my blog became a place for people to vent their anger.
People and my blog

Shikha inspired me to start the music quiz section with her own section on song lyrics creating waves. Umesh inspired me to write humorous posts. Badri got introduced in my life. Balaji encouraged and supported me all the time. Deepak pestered me with IMs on the idleness of my blog. Gayu stood by me and commented on almost all posts. Sarayu, one of my early and regular commenters encouraged me to write more. Priya was always a silent visitor and she pitched in with her advice offline. Sabaree, Magesh, Ananth spread the word about my blog at office. Thank you all!

I learned a lot this one year and found that I ain’t a quitter at least in blogging.

After a ton typos and million full stops, I am blogging because I want to express my life and feelings to this world. After all, I am a man and not a super man or What a man.