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Storyteller: Khanh Pham

A meeting between her two granduncles teaches a young Vietnamese American about war and the bonds of family. She gains a more nuanced understanding of history which isn't often presented in either mainstream or Vietnamese-language media.

Collaborators:

Center for Digital Storytelling

Creative Commons License:
Attribution Non-commercial (by-nc)

Q1: Welcome to Speakbindas.

Q1: Welcome to Speakbindas. Tell us since when blogging has been a part of your life? Was there any motive or inspiration as a backbone of it?

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A2: I maintain the blog myself and as the name “Upcoming Techs”suggests, it is mainly focused on technology (of any tense) and also computer tips & tricks, computer security, science & nature updates.

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A3: upcomingtechs.com has gone through some ridiculous domain transfers (3 times already!) which has terribly affected the amount of traffic my blog would receive. I finally settled with a final domain name in the year 2008. This is because when I started off, I was a newbie blogger and wasn’t aware of the consequences of a domain transfer. At present, my blog receives around 100 - 150 page views a day mostly from North and South America, followed by India and Europe. The unique visitors sum up to 60-70 per day.

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Q5: Who are your favorite bloggers, whom you read frequently?

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Q6: From the secret bucket of your blogging experiences, what tips you would like to share with the fellow bloggers?

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