Boat load of new weblogs
Ever since gokul’s advertisement of squarespace, there has been a burst of new weblogs started by his wannabe peers. Hats off to gokul for maintaining his weblog with long and interesting updates almost everyday. I think Ankan rightfully called him the “guru of web logs”. However, that does not make everybody who knows him a guru on weblogs. Some things are best left alone for some people. Hint hint Ankan, Mohit, Mukta, and this other dude who due to some personal reasons wants to keep his name private which, defeats the purpose of a weblog right there.
The buzz is that it “takes an average layman to figure out the working of this website“. I don’t argue that and I’ll admit, the websites do look nice and if some ahem bio majors can do it ahem then it must be very simple. However, it takes a lot to keep a weblog updated. I can tell you that from experience. But then again, if you’re at work and the boss isn’t looking (Ankan), it might be a bit easier.
It is apparent that this ‘blogging thing’ is a repeat attempt for some. And I’m certain that before the ‘30 day rush‘ is over, these weblogs will be over. And, it will then again lead to repeat attempts sometime in the future. These websites just popped up due to the ‘bandwagon effect‘ and before long, they’ll be gone like the cicadas.
Weblogs in question:
● Ankan ke khayal (Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein Yeh Khayal Aata Hai) @ http://ankan.squarespace.com/
● m o h i t (the journey just begins…….) @ http://mohit.squarespace.com/
● Mukt (The Absolute Freedom) @ http://mukta.squarespace.com/
● Vishal’s (Kick it in Punjab’s Styles) @ undisclosed location by request [Blog Name and description modified to preserve anonimity]
P.S: I think karthik should take inspiration from these amateur bloggers and update his weblog atleast - i don’t know - once a quarter maybe?
May 11th, 2004 at 11:31 pm
Thanks for visiting through all the sites and coming up with this great summary. I would give you perfect 10 for research on this entry.
Only time will tell that if this is a 30 day rush or something that will stay here for sometime. One thing is for sure, us WANNABE’s will keep our sites interesting unlike someone who pays for his site and it still stinks (doesnt get fresh DAILY entries).
As a side note, squarespace is def awesome…alot better than XANGA or anything in case anyone is thinking of starting on this new TREND….
May 12th, 2004 at 12:17 am
One more thing, you have proven your expertise at COPY-PASTE being putting the exact same comments on all the sites. Good work there Pannu!!
May 18th, 2004 at 9:23 am
Whoa Pannu, where’d all the posts go?!