Soumen Halder
Ampercent is an original work of Soumen Halder,a 24 year old computer science student from Kolkata, India. Soumen is a part time blogger and blogs in his free time about technology news,online tools, software & windows tweaks and is also interested in freelance web-development.
Apart from being a geek and recently a technology blogger Soumen is a huge music fan.In his free time he still loves to play his favourite synthesizer.Soumen & Amit(co-author of Ampercent) were previously members of a rock band and have performed live in some concerts along with that band (Evil’s 6).
Soumen is putting in everything to provide a better reading experience to his readers and plans to become a full-time blogger someday. He also hopes to start a company which will be dedicated towards helping newbie bloggers.
Connect with Soumen
You are welcomed to connect with Soumen on the following networks :
Or you can mail him at soumen[at]ampercent[dot]com.
Soumen’s Blogging Toolset :
- Blogging Platform – Self-hosted WordPress 2.8.
- Computing Environment – Lenovo Y330 Ideapad.
- Blogging, – Windows Live writer 9.
- RSS – Feed Demon,Google Reader.
- Internet, Email-Client – Firefox 3 (with Customize Google, Firebug),Google Chrome,Outlook 2007.
- Image Capture & Editing – Techsmith SnagIT, SnagIT 9 Editor, Adobe Photoshop CS3, Picasa, Picnik.
- Video Capture & Editing – Techsmith Camtasia Recorder & Studio, Cyberlink PowerDirector.
- Communication – Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, Skype.
- Organizing and Productivity – Microsoft Office 2007, Scrapbook Firefox addon.
Some FAQ :
Why do you Blog ?
I had a great fascination towards programming languages. This lead me to learn HTML, CSS, & then in course PHP. This motivated me to create a blog as a practice purpose. I am not a great programmer right now, but I like the challenge to develop a great performing blog as I gradually develop my programming skills. Hence I joined hands with Amit to develop this blog. Afterwards as I got more & more exposed to the web2.0 atmosphere I took up blogging more seriously and gave it a bit more priority. Right now I’m aiming to be a professional blogger as well as a freelance web developer.
How Much time You spend In Blogging ?
As I am a student right now & there are many more things that need my attention, my blogging time varies.It is anywhere around 2-3 hours per day.
Do you make Money out of Blogging ?
At present I do not get any revenue for blogging at Ampercent & don’t wish to hurry in this case. I believe in long time investment & hence concentrate on gaining reader-base, search rank & build a search engine optimised & W3C validated blog. Though I had some experience with those advertising programs earlier but that is too little to be talked about.
How do you manage your Studies and Blogging Simultaneously ?
It is not that difficult because I manage them on day basis i.e. on a particular day I do only one thing. It helps me provide long time for any one task at a stress.
About Ampercent
Ampercent now focuses on reviewing Web 2.0 products, productivity tools, other software and latest technology news.Ampercent is an original work by Amit Banerjee and Soumen Halder, two Computer Science students based in Kolkata, India. Ampercent was founded in June 2008 to share our learning and ideas about computers and technology.See more about the co-authors of this blog in About page.
