Last night my website was inaccessible for several hours. Some of you e-mailed to tell me of the issue, others tweeted. The hosting company apparently had a power outage and needed a transformer replaced (read enraged tweets here) — not something they could’ve controlled. Some reports said that Bluehost knew about the outage prior…
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Congratulations to Sarthak Singhal for being selected Photoblogger of the Month! Another engineer whose passion for photography makes me wonder why he’s behind the computer screen coding instead of spending all his time behind the lens. Based in Bangaluru — India’s Silicon Valley — Singhal steals time from his engineering duties to photograph birds,…
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As I read Amit Varma’s post on August 22 about the need to get away from society and its craziness in order to find the time and peace to collect one’s thoughts, I was struck by the question at the end of the post: What is there to be said that hasn’t been said…
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Congratulations to Vidhya Narayanan for being selected Photoblogger of the Month! An engineer at IBM, Narayanan was going through the motions but her heart was not in the bits and bytes of it. “Looking at photography in the National Geographic, admiring Steve McCurry’s work (who shot the famous picture of the “Afghan Girl”), and playing…
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Congratulations to Diane Varner for being selected Photoblogger of the Month! Diane’s blog “Daily Walks” invites people to experience the magic of the Northern California coastline and forests. She is adept at capturing the essence of life through her lens — dewdrops on flowers, sunlight streaming through the fog, a fallen maple leaf…she is…
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The following is a guest post by David Roy, senior program assistant at the University of British Columbia, who helps teachers and non-teachers further their post-secondary education. Married with no kids, but a cat and seven rats, he spends his days gaming, blogging, reading, and trying to stay sane in this increasingly insane world….
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It came as a big surprise when, last week, Sandy and Pam e-mailed me: Mansi, You’ve made it to the front of the line! We’d like to highlight you as WOW Blogger of Note on Monday, June 7. Please let us know if that date works for you. If so, we will get back…
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Congratulations to Joshi Daniel for being selected the Photoblogger of the Month. Based in Mumbai, he is a freelance photographer whose strength lies in making the ordinary images of daily life become powerful stories in and of themselves. Silent images that talk to you, take you to a different world, invite you in, and…
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I hadn’t realized until typing this post that I’ve reached a milestone on this blog. Yesterday I completed 100 posts and it seems only fitting in view of the honor bestowed upon me by the Authentic Blogger Group (I promise this is the last time I’ll gloat), that I offer some basic tips to…
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On Saturday, May 1, Dawn Sievers and Marty Duane decided to present me with the Authentic Blogger of the Month Award. It was an unexpected honor. I was thrilled to know that someone thought my blog was worthy of being put in the spotlight. I felt a sense of validation and deep appreciation. And…
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