Blogversary
Four phases of life, three cities, two job changes and all through there remained one constant - this blog. Every time I look at my first post I cannot but help laugh at the following lines:
I am not sure for how long I will be able to continue this blog, but I will definitely try
Today we complete three years of Random Expressions. For someone who has an attention span of a child, it is indeed a colossal achievement that this blog has survived three years.
Cliched as it sounds, but the fact is that none of it would have been possible without your constant support and patronage. I have seen times when publishing a post meant constant clicking of the comment box to view the responses. Often, the discussion would go way beyond the relevant subject matter. In fact, the comment box would resemble a ‘chat room’, and has been used for many a ’social interaction’. Today, the inclination and the time is much lesser, but still I enjoy getting the comments, even if I am unable to respond right away.
It would be impossible to list everyone out, but my sincere thanks to everyone who has been on these pages for making this journey worthwhile and fruitful. I also miss some friends who have stopped blogging for the while but I am hopeful they will return. From them, I miss Ashish and RS the most. Thankfully, with both the interaction has moved beyond the web-space.
I started blogging with rediff’s platform. But their apathy towards the service is well evident, so much so that the home page hasn’t been changed for close to two years! I was very sure that if ever I shift it would be on my own space. Hence, last year I began a search for a reliable hosting service. After browsing through several of them, without understanding an iota of what they were offering, I zeroed down to Dreamhost. Their operation looked easy and their email responses were quick and to-the-point. Till date, they have served well, without any outtages or hitches - and more prominently, without cluttering my email with their promotions or offers!
Choosing a blog platform was a cake-walk. After all, I had always been impressed by Wordpress. Poonam’s tremendous help made setting it up easy; she patiently gave solutions to problems when I was irretrievably stuck. Wordpress’s effective discussion forum took care of the rest.
If you wondered about the sudden spurt of posts in the recent past - then a share of credit can be attributed to Zoundry, a blog client service. A blog-client is like an email client (eg. Outlook Express) and makes posting and editing convenient. There are several such services available - Zoundry and Ecto being two of them. I had tried Ecto’s trial version earlier, but that was a paid service, and I wasn’t too sure I wanted to shell out more cash for it. Zoundry offered much the same ease and features - for free! What clinched the deal in Zoundry’s favor was their step-by-step tutorial on transferring MS Word files onto a blog-client. That was something I always wanted! An added feature is the links to Amazon.com and Buy.com that can be added to several products, apart from direct links to Wikipedia and Answer.com.
Thank you DreamHost, Wordpress and Zoundry for making my blogging experience absolutely thrilling!
Thank you readers, for making this blog continue and survive!
Happy 3rd Anniversary to Random Expressions!
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February 17th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Happy Birthday Random Expressions
February 17th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
hey in its first year i used to remember Random Expressions as a blog whose owner wrote brilliantly and had this habit of never replying the comments and used to work at CP. all these attributes changed and now the owner writes super-brilliant posts, lives by Taj and comments promptly!!
February 17th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Hey, happy b’day tp random expresseions!
where’s the party DJ?
February 17th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Have always enjoyed your blog and wish you many more Blogversay’s. One thing I have always enjoyed (and found nice) is people running for that “first comment” spot. Many a time I hit your blog and realize none have commented (yet) and hence I refrain from commenting so as not to deprive someone of that no. 1 spot!
So you better put up a special thanks to your commenters for making this equally enjoyable
PS: Am gonna send you a special present for the Happy Birthday. Expect it in email soon!
February 17th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
@Apoorva…thanks mate…..Most of my ‘meee phirst!!’ @ RE are cuz of you
February 18th, 2007 at 1:59 am
Happy Anniversary
Though I don’t comment on your blog often, but I do read your posts. You write very well DJ… great going!!
February 18th, 2007 at 5:23 am
@Mehak: LOL. I promise I didnt have you in mind when I wrote that comment.
@Deepak: Your email is firstname.lastname@gmail?
February 18th, 2007 at 9:20 am
@Apoorva…ohh hoo…..the previous comment was on a lighter note!!
February 18th, 2007 at 11:12 am
Happy Blogversary to Random Expression.:D
Aap nirantar likhe raho aur issi tarah hum sab “Blogversary” manate rahen…..:)
Blogging is not like the same as it used to be in first year but still it’s enjoyable
.
You know what few days ago I chatted with Ashish (after …. I don’t remember how long may be it’s been years). It was really nice to talk with him and that reminded me our old days when we used to have mastis in blog comment box, chat and VMB
. He said he misses all those and sent his regards to all.
Happy Blogging and Happy Blogversary once again… Keep blogging
February 18th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Mehak - Thank u ji thank u
And yeah this year the ‘Gold of the Gold’ Award truly belongs to you , with u getting the gold even on this one 
Dhoop - Thank u
LOL, yeah at that time i was too naive to know that ke comments ka reply bhi karna hota hai. In fact, the credit of teaching that to me goes to u 
Anks - Thanks !
How about making another trip to the Taj? We can hv the party right here right now !
(ALL are invited for it !)
Apoorva - Thanks a million! And yeah, the ‘me first’ comment race dates long long back. At that time there was super rush to get the ‘gold’. It’s good to see the tradition alive here
Yep, my email is firstname.lastname@gmail.com (but be careful in spelling the last name, often people mistake it as ‘jaiswal’…the correct spelling is ‘Jeswal’….) Waiting eagerly for it 
Manpreet - Thank u ji
And keep marking ur presence once in a while…achcha lagta hai…
Juneli - Thank u thank u for the lovely wishes. And yeah, hopefully when i m next again in Delhi, will try to catch our superbusy man Ashish!
February 18th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Happy 3rd Anniversary to Random Expressions!
Congrats!
Like Manpreet I also read every post of yours but sometimes don’t comment because whatever I had to say, had already been said in the previous comments…anyway..
Once again happy anniversary…
February 19th, 2007 at 12:36 am
3 saal!!
bahut bada time hota hai yaar..
yahan toh zindagi ne kayi mod le liye 3 saalon main!!
Janam din ki hardik badhaiyan…
February 19th, 2007 at 1:52 am
Deepak, you know it. We love your blog and your writing. So keep going….
February 19th, 2007 at 7:05 am
DJ
Heavy compliments on the completion of three years. Wish you all the best. We pray to God that this blog continues for ever.
Keep going DJ!
February 19th, 2007 at 10:31 am
Navjot - Thanks a ton
And as I told Manpreet - kabhi kabhi comment karte raha karo, achha lagta hai…
Gaurav - Zindagi ne toh yahan bhi kai mod liye hain… but this blog survived all that. Amen! Thanks for the wishes
Prakash - With such love and support, I am bound to continue. Many thanks for the wishes!
Harshadji - Bahut bahut dhanyavaaad!
February 19th, 2007 at 10:54 am
Mubarkan Dost!
I know it is very difficult to continue, and that too with quality, but yes Random Expressions chugs on - relentlessly.
But then you have passion and skills, and that attracts.
February 19th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Happy third anniversary! At least once a day I open my email, our group’s site, indianscreen and few other music related sites and Ur blog! Ab to mujhe yeh adat hi ho gayi. And I do miss it when I dont visit Ur blog.
Keep going. All the best!
February 19th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
Congrats on completing 3 years. I have been regularly readig all your posts but seldom comment. Remember u must be having such avid readers who reads your posts but do not comment. keep up the good work buddy!!
February 20th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Manish - Bahut bahut shukriya
Madhu - Thank u thank u
Jay - Great to see your comment after ages. Many thanks for reading it through and for the wishes
February 20th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Happy B’day Random Expressions! I don’t remember how I stumbled uopn ur blog towards the end of 2004,but I can never forget the impression it made on me,it had me hooked ..for good! Reading ur posts and stories(and Ashish’s ) are what kept me sane during that difficult period in my life.Yeah,am getting too senti,and I know u might find that a bit too much..so will stop..but not before saying ‘THANK YOU ‘!!
February 21st, 2007 at 7:22 am
Happy Blogversary DJ! We love Random Expressions! Without getting too mushy I have to tell you, if I had to name a few people whom I interacted with through blogs that had a lasting impression on me then you be damn sure that you will be on that list.
Kya mazaa aata hai when we used all get together on comment boxes and spam them. Twas Ashish one day, you the other, and anyone or everyone who wanted to host a comment chat! I miss how we chatted in conferences and made fun of everyone. Ofcourse we were better than everyone then! The anticipation of your stories and the anticipation of the gold comment!
I am glad that your blog has survived all these ups and downs in the past three years! We really need to chat!!!!! I feel like I have been estranged from all friends! Keep it rockin Deeej!!!!
Many many more years to deepakjeswal.com
February 23rd, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Ragz - That was truly overwhelming and exhilirating. Thanks for such a beautiful comment. Will always treasure it
Kaushi - Thanks a ton…and yeah those ‘hectic’ VBM days were fun. At one point, we used to be constantly on Yahoo chat…remember? And then desiradio.com…and what all dhamaal…rumors (;)) et al we used to make … Thanks for being here always!
March 1st, 2007 at 10:27 pm
wah wah….Happy Blogversary -belated one. But you are soo right about the attention span bit…ur a demented kid we all know that!
March 2nd, 2007 at 9:44 am
Anz - Thank u thank… and i didnt read the last line
February 2nd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
pos yourgirls