As seen on IndiaTV & NDTV and as read in Hindustan Times ;)
Me? I'm a fun loving guy who is still working on establishing his identity in this huge.....huge world. :)
A software engineer by trade, I'm a human by actions; I write web applications for a living, blog to siphon off my excess thoughts, do photography for fun and travel for rejuvenation.
I got the blogging bug back in 1999 when a new service called Blogger came along & I read in some tech magazine what blogging is and how a blog can be easily created on this service. Blogging continued from then till 2004 on & off but reading continued regularly. It was in early 2004 when I came across WordPress and on 1st April 2004 I got back into active blogging drive on my web development blog. Then later in 2005 I came across really easy ways of writing Hindi(my mother tongue) in unicode using phonetic keyboard mapping and hence started my Hindi blog. Since early 2006 I've been involved behind the scenes in a number of hindi community projects mainly of Akshargram Network, which includes the popular Hindi blog aggregator Narad. I also co-founded the first Hindi discussion forum Paricharcha in 2006.
Since January 2007, I've also been associated with Global Voices Online, as an author in the south asia team, & Paula Góes interviewed me once for Global Voices Online.
I co-founded Delhi Blog and New Media Society, a non-profit entity for promotion of citizen media in New Delhi and National Capital Region, with 3 other fellow bloggers in January 2008. The society's first event on 12th January 2008 got exclusive coverage by NDTV and it is now a 300+ strong community.
In May 2008 launch of Indian Blog and New Media Society was officially announced. IBNMS is a not-for-profit grouping of all stakeholders in the blog and new media space fromIndia but open to membership from all over the world. I'm one of the proud co-founders of IBNMS and currently serve as a Director(Technology) on its board. The society kicked off in style by organising(in collaboration with DBNMS) first ever BlogCamp in Delhi.
- hindi.amitgupta.in –› In late 2005 I came across some easy to use tools through which anyone could write Hindi in unicode using a phonetic keyboard scheme. This is when I thought I'd start my Hindi blog as I thought I'd be among the first few who might've thought of this!! ;) But soon the truth unfurled on me as I found out there are already a number of Hindi bloggers around & they welcomed me with open arms into their big hearts and small but closely knit community. :) I've been blogging ever since here on this blog regularly.
- www.blissfulinfusion.com –› Photography is my hobby which I take a bit seriously with a passion towards it. Blissful Infusion is my photoblog where I display my best works as I pursue my hobby. If you like any of the photos there and would like to purchase print(s) then please drop me an email either via that photoblog or on the email I've mentioned above.
- www.digitblog.com –› I co-founded this group blog in 2005 on everyday technologies related to both computers and other fields of science/technology. Its claim to fame came later that year when in October 2005 this blog was shown on a tech show on BBC World which resulted in an increase in traffic and readership which this blog still enjoys today, due to its useful articles etc.
, even though its been quite sometime since this was updated last time. Started this blog's second innings in April 2008, after almost an year's hibernation and 3 years from the date when it was started. - hindi.digitblog.com –› Hindi Edition of diGit Blog.
- food.wanderer.in –› Since am a foodie who loves to try out different kinds of dishes and cuisines, I started this group food and drinks blog in April 2007 which is still going through its infancy. If you write in English or Hindi and would like to contribute on this blog then drop me an email.
- blog.igeek.info –› The blog with which I got back into active blogging, I started this web development blog on 1st April 2004. Off late I've not been able to write on it but its not dead by any means!!
- eye.amitgupta.in –› In January 2006, I started this video blog of mine, not a typical vlog showing my videos but some interesting videos that I found on internet and also some were shot by myself. Also tried my hand at podcasting on this blog for the first time.
- twitter.com/amitgupta –› I started twittering..... err..... I mean micro-blogging on Twitter in August 2007. Most of the times I update it via my mobile when am away from a PC(probably on a vacation) so it can also be termed as my mobile blogging !! ;)
- twitter.com/amitgupta_in –› Another Twitter stream from me but this is solely in Hindi, so now I post bi-lingual rants on Twitter in their own seperate streams!! ;)
- iG:Syntax Hiliter –› Its a free & open source plugin that I made for WordPress to enable colour coding of any code posted in blog posts or comments by employing easy to use tags. Used an open source package called GeSHi as the engine to parse the code. Having been downloaded more than 20,000 times, its a popular code highlighing plugin for WordPress used by many techie bloggers.
- iG:CoComment –› Its another free & open source plugin that I made for WordPress to make it fully compatible with CoComment.