May 7th, 2007
My Eleven Desi Blogging Cafe Questions
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Yesterday, I announced that ‘Desi Blogging Cafe’ was open for business -
‘Desi Blogging Cafe’ is open now! Do walk in tomorrow for (virtual) coffee and (real) conversation with your favorite bloggers!
- and mentioned my ‘eleven Desi Blogging Cafe questions’ -
Sometimes, I’ll ask them my ‘eleven Desi Blogging Cafe questions’. Sometimes, I’ll put aside these questions and ask them other questions. Sometimes, I’ll let you ask them questions. Sometimes, I’ll let them ask me questions.
If you are wondering what those ‘eleven Desi Blogging Cafe questions’ are, here we go -
- When and why did you start blogging? Has the reason why you blog changed over time?
- What do you blog about? Has the focus of your blog changed over time?
- How do you think people describe your blog to others who don’t read it? How would you like them to describe it?
- How do you think people describe you to others who don’t know you? How would you like them to describe you?
- Is your online persona different from your real self?
- How important is your blog to you? In what ways? Why?
- What have you learnt from blogging?
- What are you highest and lowest blogging moments? Why?
- Which are your three favorite posts? Why?
- How many blogs do you read? If you were to read only one blog, which one would it be? Why?
- If you were to think of one question I should have asked you, what would it be? What would your answer be?
Do you like the ‘eleven Desi Blogging Cafe questions’? Do you love them? Do you not like them/ love them at all? Do let me know. What other questions do you want your favorite desi bloggers to answer? Let me know that too.
And, yes, do you want to know who are the first two desi bloggers who walked into the ‘Desi Blogging Cafe’? Jai from Jabberwock and Jammy from Ouch My Toe - don’t tell me it gets any better than that! 
Hey, that’s an interesting cafe!
And interesting questions too!
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I like the questions in general. They do extract the “personal” side of the blogger.
“How do you think people describe you to others who don’t know you? ”
I don’t this is very useful. I am guessing everybody is going to answer it “i don’t know”. But the later part of the question is quite useful because it lets us understand what the blogger is aiming his blog to be.
Same goes with the next question.
Some other questions I can think of:
1. What demography is your blog targeted to?
2. (If you really want to put them on the spot) Who is your favorite desi blogger?
3. Who do you want to see featured on the Desi Blogging Cafe?
4. Any regrets in blogging?
5. Advice for new bloggers
And a lot more
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Interesting… would love to see how this pans out!
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Damn, I couldn’t think of one other question and TDNA says “More”. For some reason, I never really thought about the personal side of bloggers until I saw this questionnaire. Maybe because it’s rare to see a blog that’s absolutely impersonal so I never missed it.
Those are some really thought provoking Qs though.
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