So who/what inspired you to take up blogging?

Being Abused for the first post you write. And continued abuse  has kept me blogging

Some 5-6 years back... when doing my B-Tech.... we were so bored with the routine daily life and used to explore all kinds of pastime activities. It was then that I hit my friend's blog. And it was THE moment I discovered one wonderful way to kill time :D

When I was in class VIII, I read an article in The Hindu about the website blogspot.com. I was really fascinated about the idea of blogs, though I understood very little about it. I was really fascinated about the idea of having a website of my own. But, as we have had no access to internet in school , it took me nearly 3 years to open the page blogspot.com. I guess, by then, the blogspot.com was changed to blogger.com.

And finally, in the second year of my engineering, I could start blogging.

I really thank J.Murali, who was the author of the article in The Hindu, for introducing me to the blogging world.

I used to read other's blogs, used to comment for them. I used to twitte also. Once one of my twitte was retwitted by many friend and that made me go from micro-blogging to blogging.

I've already posted a reply in this forum, but I realize that it is not the right reason behind my blog. I wrote a post and it was the only achievement for more than 1 year. One day, a friend went through my blog and asked "Where did you copy all these things from?". It inspired me alot to stay here.

My friend who keeps inspiring me every day ... thats what I call him...

it was an accident :)

For me it was the First Indibloggers meet, which I attended in Bangalore. Actually, i was a speaker there talking about some stuffs around Windows 7. The folks there shared so much in common that, it urged me towards blogging.. and ever since has been a wonderful journey so far!

the precipitating factor was great food at a restaurant called Bravo Avo

aww thanks so much. Honoured by your kind words and to be in such esteemed company. Simon inspires me to go to the gym everyday :) And thanks for keeping me afloat when my tummy gives in... couldn't keep blogging otherwise

Simon Majumdar and Kalyan Karmakar,both wellknown foodies

one of my friends inspired me to start a blog...most amzing fact is he has mere 4 posts on his blog and combining my both blogs make it 80 or more posts..

Another inspiration to me was Seher who is a blogging queen to me...she inspires me to write.

But what really made me a regular blogger is Indiblogger..After the meet,i was excited enough to be a regular blogger..This is an awesome,authentic blogger's community..

Kudos Indi

I was introduced to blogging 6 years bk by a friend..i like my geeky friends and treasure them.I was so new to the whole idea of blogging i used to create a new blog instead of a new post until somone pointed it to me   Then i went peeking into others blog to get a gist of the purpose of having a blog....My mechanical head got used to it slowly and methodically

Good One Vaishali. I reckon, that practice of creating a new blog stopped now..! :)

Love...

Inpired me to write

Regards

Amit

My Infatuation Love Demystified

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I had some ideas in my mind and blogging is the most cheapest and simplest way to express it.

ma frnds popularity among girls due to his blog

@sanjay.... hell yeah thats the only reason to start but now ma blog changes ma vision.... now its for y m not still popular among girls

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My sister Geeta http://www.indiblogger.in/blogger/26502/ inspired me to blog as she felt that I must share my poems to the outer world and give myself a chance to express in front of other people and here I am.I thanked her so many times but this time I want to tell her whatever I am today in this blogworld its because of her.Can't say anymore..........thanks a ton sis.

you are most welcome ...no need to say thanks

Whenever I used to travel, I used to search the net for places to visit, eat, stay...

Never found a good enough site with all the necessary information...

So one fine day, I decided to start a blog and include my travel tales with all the general information for an average traveller!!

So my blog http://myyatradiary.blogspot.com/ was formed, inspired by my difficulties!!