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When You Feel Like Giving Up Blogging But Still Want To Continue Writing

Salman — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:15:53 +0000

I have witnessed a weird change in my thought process in last few weeks. It has been weird because it is forcing me to reconsider my passion for blogging. I know. I started blogging 5 years back and I have improved with every passing day. The progress has been slow. But it has always been positive.

I didn’t pay much attention to this blog due to my freelance writing gigs. The money is good. Really. I am writing for the likes of 1stWebDesigner, OneXtraPixel and Developer Drive. But, I feel like I am not doing my best. I can do a lot more. I know the readers of this article will be in single digits but sometimes you just feel like writing what is there inside you. I have given up on almost everything social in my life in order to earn money and improve my writing skills which is still far from being called “good.”

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t feel like giving up writing. It is just that I want to take the next step. Write for a newspaper, maybe. With my online writing gigs I am able to touch a section of this planet. The rest, who do not use Internet, are still not aware of my existence. I agree that my existence isn’t of any importance to many but at least I love myself. I understand things that I know will be of importance to others. I know I can write and reach that larger audience. I know I will. Someday.

As of now, I will try to approach few newspapers/magazines. The process is going to be very long. Very tiring because I am not looking for a full time gigs. This will be just the part time thing for me so as to test those waters. I really don’t know if I will be able to swim in the real world media. The virtual world is so lot different. And, I have enough experience here.

I really don’t know why I wrote this article. I mean, its of no use to my readers. But, its a change in me that I wasn’t expecting. I was assuming my sole target was being a famous blogger. It has now changed to being a writer. A writer who can jot down riveting lines. At least the core stays the same. I still want to write.

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10 Days Without Laptop Can Paralyze You

Salman — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:44:50 +0000

Okay!, I am frustrated. Angry. Fed-up! My laptop’s motherboard crashed some 10 days back and the support guys told me that it will take 15 days before they arrange for a new motherboard. Luckily, I was covered under warranty otherwise I might have been “forced” to shell out over $500. Anyways, every incident teaches you something and so did the nuked motherboard did. I guess the Internet addicts out there will agree with me.

What did I learn?

I wasn’t using my laptop to the best of my capability when it was working. Since last 10 days I have been using my friend’s laptop (which I get for an hour or so) and in last 10 days I have earned more from my freelance writing when compared to other days. It is pretty simple. I don’t kill my time online. I read and I write. It surely has made me a lot more productive and I am going to implement this when I get my laptop back. Concentrate my energy at one bloody point!
Another important lesson was that you must have alternatives ready if you are an online freelancer. A spare laptop (which will cost me around $500) or even an iPad might have done wonders for me in these 10 days. Hard luck I guess but I will be working on this thought in days to come.

I agree that the elevation in standards of broadband services have helped us better utilize our time but they surely have forced us to be dependent on them. Still, loving this phase of my life.

P.S. This post was written from my friends laptop and lately I have been comparing some national and international broadband services like Airtel and O2 respectively. It is one business where you really can earn lot of profits man!

Just a thought …

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Welcome Readers From ProBlogger

Salman — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:31:33 +0000

I would like to welcome the readers coming from ProBlogger. This blog will be four years old pretty soon and I guess it has started to take shape, although a little late. Please feel free to surf through various categories and drop me a message in case you would like to get in touch with me personally. Lastly, do check my dad’s blog Bell The Bull, which was the reason why my article was published on ProBlogger.

Link to article on ProBlogger

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Pak Spectator Interviewed Me

Salman — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:20:33 +0000

I haven’t given many Interviews ever in my blogging career so this one is truly special for me. Another reason is the traffic rank of Pak Spectator on Alexa which is around 30k. Now that is one awesome rank right? Without bragging much let us switch to the Interview page and know more about me.

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DreamHost One-Click WordPress Upgrade Still Rocks! Upgraded To WordPress 2.7.1

Salman — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:08:19 +0000

I remember the day when I had used DreamHost One-Click upgrade to move to WordPress 2.6.1 from WordPress 2.2.3 and it happened in not more than 2 minutes. Though I understand every bit of PHP coding that WordPress uses yet I am so much afraid of upgrading WordPress manually that I hardly upgrade whenever a new version is launched. Today out of the blue a thought came to my mind to use the DreamHost One-Click to grab the latest version of WordPress and as usual it took 2 minutes. Kudos to the DreamHost team for the awesome feature. It is my second year with the DreamHost Team and beleive me, I am loving their Service.

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Back With Multiple How To Creat Shortcuts/Hotkeys For Various Activities

Salman — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:47:43 +0000

I had been badly busy in various other activities and hence somehow could not post articles to this pet blog of mine. After many months here I am back and hopefully will now be regular in terms of publishing articles. I recently discovered an awesome utility namely NirCmd created by some genius guys at NirSoft. In the days to come I will enlist all the features of this small utility and the reason being that I will be concentrating on this utility is because of the multiple features which will surely leave you people astonished.

Believe me, various shortcuts that this utility can create are something that all of us want to learn and will benefit to every reader of my blog. Just keep pace with the upcoming articles.

Tags: CompuWorld, NirCmd tricks, offline tools

Enjoying An Extended Vacation At Branson

Salman — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:58:49 +0000

Well, I guess it has been pretty long time since I actually wrote something for this blog. Yet the positive part is even when I haven’t written anything in last 25 days still I can see a constant increase in my feed reader count and my daily traffic. Looks like the 500 articles in my archive are doing the job well.

Just to update you people currently I am enjoy an extended trip to Branson, Missouri. I am sure you would ask why only Branson? I have a friend who has just moved to US for his post graduate studies and I also have an uncle in Texas. These became the reason for me to move to US and enjoy some free time with my friends and relatives. So, as of now I am in Branson!

Just wanted to update my readers about the delay in articles. You will soon have the regular chain of articles coming. Please stay with me.

Lastly, I must also mention the great discount packages which I have received during my visit to Branson Missouri from this great organization namely Branson Gateway. They offer various packages for people with different budgets and if you get lucky then you can also win some free vacations.

When it comes to this city Branson then all I can say is marvelous. I am loving this.

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See You On January 1st, 2009!

Salman — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:00:38 +0000

Its been an awesome year and I have really worked hard in last couple of months in different fields. From a blogger to a freelance writer, I have see it all. From the dark days of zero earnings to those $1000 per month, I have see it all.

And now after so much hard work I guess its time for some rest. I am leaving on a long christmas holiday and hence you won’t be getting any new articles for the rest of this year. My next post will be on January 1st, 2009!

Happy Christmas to all of you.

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Time To Transform Your Windows XP To Windows Vista

Salman — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:00:36 +0000

We have talked a lot about Google chrome tricks, firefox tricks, and other general tips tricks and hacks. Recently one of my friends wanted my help so that he can give his old Windows XP the look of Windows Vista.

I did some Google Searching and was able to find out a couple of methods to optimize your Windows XP and give it the look and feel of Windows Vista. Over the next couple of days you will be given many of those applications which I used on my friends system so that his XP starts to look like Windows Vista.

Gear up! Your Windows XP is about to behave like Windows Vista. The WOW will start now!

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Forget FireFox Or Chrome, Its Time To Optimize Your Windows XP

Salman — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:00:30 +0000

For the last couple of weeks I have mostly been concentrating on firefox tricks or Google Chrome tricks. Although I did cover tips tricks and hacks from other sections too but most of my emphasis was on FireFox And Google Chrome.

I kept feeling that I need to include articles for Windows XP users too and hence the coming weeks will include lots of Windows XP registry tweaks that will make your life heaven. This was just a short notice that from coming Monday you will see CompuWorld talking about XP tricks madly enough. So, please don’t be surprised. I am just trying to balance the categories.

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