Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Avid And Goliath

There Are No Limits To Creativity

It's great to see such a vibrant blogging community in India. As a professional journalist as well as an active blogger, I'm particularly heartened to see the mainstream media picking up the vibe in Bangalore. As you can see at Dhivya's energetic blog Coffee Conversation, a recent meeting of avid bloggers in that southern city was even covered by one of the local papers.

It's great to see this sort of groundswell, which was reflected in recent posts on Rambling With Bellur. In particular, Bellur's guest blogger, Anand Balaji, made some pertinent observations in the post Cardinal Rules for all ye Bloggers.

Maybe I can add something here, to encourage newcomers who are sometimes tentative about blogging and who might wonder where the parameters lie. There is a simple answer - the only limit for a blogger is the extent of his or her creativity. In early March, I wrote a two-part series of posts, based on questions posed by other bloggers and these guidelines can be seen at Put Your Blog on the Reader Radar and Bloggers Deserve the House of Lauds. Good luck to all - and remember, there are many of us out there who are always willing to answer your queries.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

david,
certainly, creativity has no limit.
thanks for all the nice things you have mentioned in the post.
best wishes to you and all my fellow bloggers
cheers
rk

Unknown said...

David,

that's nice. Good to see your constructive posts about bloggers from India. I guess blogging can move from being personal to social movement.
Let's wait and see how we are going to take it forward in Bangalore

david mcmahon said...

Hi RK,

You are surrounded by some mighty fine bloggers there.

Cheers

David

david mcmahon said...

Hi RK,

I'm watching your group with interest.

There is a very wide range of talent there.

Cheers

David

Priyanka Sarkar said...

as always thr s stuff tht helps readers on ur blog...
im so glad i got back to blogosphere....thnks to bloggers like u!:)

Brian in Oxford said...

Hey, Dhivya's cute!

(Actually, I was going to post that it's always enriching to read up on different corners of the world. Good stuff....)

Cuckoo said...

Hi David,
Glad to see your post to encourage Indian bloggers.

I know we all have your support.
Thanks & cheers.

david mcmahon said...

Hi Priyanka,

How very nice to hear from you again.

As I've said before, I think you do a very good job on your blog and it's great to read your posts.

That Calcutta connection is very strong!

Cheers

David

david mcmahon said...

Hi Cuckoo,

No question about it. You always have my support.

Cheers

David

david mcmahon said...

Hi Brian,

Different corners of the world - that's it, in a nutshell. That's why we read and enjoy each other's blogs.

Cheers

David