Welcome to the 5th Episode of TechBlogger’s Face-Off series and Today We are going to talk to Brajeshwar, His profile says he is an ace digerati and an ardent believer of KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid). He masters in Adobe and Flash Media his articles sure makes a difference. Lets talk to Brajeshwar and hear what message he brings to us.

Ashish: What did spark the idea of Tech blogging to you ?

Brajeshwar Says: While learning Adobe (erstwhile Macromedia) Flash 5, one mentor
answered to one of my weird question, “It is not yet possible or vailable anywhere. So, it should come from brajeshwar.com!”. So, I thought I will just babble out on my own site – booked the domain in 2001, started off as a flash site complete with a “flash intro”. I
converted it to a blog during May, 2002.

Ashish: How your blog helps readers to understand technology ?

Brajeshwar Says: It was not really something “to make people understand”; it was more of a fun way to share what I know and learn more from people’s reaction. Very fortunately and with the love of my readers, my blog turn out to be something useful to technology people specially with Adobe Technologies particularly the Flash Platform.

Ashish: Which point you think is very crucial in Tech Blogging ?

Brajeshwar Says: I’m not that philosophical to give you any advise. Well, just try to be honest, frank, a bit personal (not too much). Though a good english is not that necessary, I’ve learn that it helps a lot. You’ll be surprised that I receive readers’ mail with corrected english and facts from my articles. I just promptly edit my articles to reflect the appropriate ones. Thanks to my readers again.

You can’t just publish anything you see on the internet, you have to make sure it’s true. If you’re writing about a rumor, you have to make it clear that it’s not confirmed. If you’re writing about products or “how-tos”, you have to make sure that it works.

A sense of humor is critical to a Tech blog. Don’t take yourself too seriously. If you made a mistake, admit it. If your readers correct you, thank them and update your post.

Ashish: Before making a post how you analyze it?

Brajeshwar Says: All the time and everyone must. I don’t strictly follow Jakob Nielsen’s Write Articles, Not Blog Postings but I love to stay somewhere in between “writing articles” and writing “blog posts”. So, I do analyze before, and after writing an article for my blogs.

Ashish: What kind of readers you are targeting ?

Brajeshwar Says: I started off targeting just Flash Platform users, then it expanded ll Macromedia (now part of Adobe) Softwares, it now encompasses their topics like India’s IT/ITES, Open Source, Startups and Entrepreneurs and a bit of Technical Business and Management needs.

Ashish: How you upgrade yourself with technology ?

Brajeshwar Says :Of course, the Internet – blogs (lots of them), RSS Feeds, digg.

Ashish: How you measure that readers have grown with your blog in terms of knowledge?

Brajeshwar Says: The lots of “thank you” comments and emails, usage of my tips,
tactics, source files and the constant “ask the expert” kinda questions to me is the scale that makes me feel the readers are benefiting from my blog.

Ashish: How you see you and your blog after 5 yrs ?

Brajeshwar Says:I don’t know. I’m not really planning strategically for my blog. It just happened, will just go on and will tune according to the wind blowing across the internet. It might even remain like today but with increased readership (this year, I saw a three fold increase in readership than last year) or it might grew to be established site like GigaOm, Techcrunch. I mean, neither do I care that much nor do I neglect it.

Experience Speaks and Tech with humor gets one more point. This was Brajeshwar and his views about technology and tech blogging. You can visit his blog at Brajeshwar Flash Platform Analyst and share some ideas with him. Do share your views and feel free to ask anything that hits your mind. Thanks a lot for your time.