I struggled with what would be my first official post. It should be prolific after all this time, right? Grand in nature. Broad in scope. So, I struggled. And then I realized it’s just like walking into a room full of people you’ve never met – I’ll introduce myself to you. It seems like the most polite thing to do, right?

First an introduction for the unfamiliar. Web design and development (Web.D) is what I have been doing for a while now. Am sure most of you are not aware of this layer of me, but what the heck… some of you might not even be knowing me. So lets start from the scratch. I am Akshay Raje, a self thought freelance web designer and developer. I love travel and am a great movie buff too. Apart from the above, I try to spend the rest available time with my wife and also try to squeeze out of whatever time’s left for the Gym.

That’s it. That’s the gist of who I am, but this blog isn’t about me. It’s about what I love to do. And I love to code for creative satisfaction. Mankind by nature has always been seeking ways and means to channel creativity. These channels range from Fine Arts to Applied Sciences. For me, coding is the simplest available way to draw creative satisfaction from tangible achievements. Web technologies has obviously been a natural choice in this pursuit due to the high amount of exposure, visibility and thereby tangibility.

I have worked on a wide range of projects including cross browser HTML and CSS implementation of web design, Flash web sites, WordPress powered blog setups with custom theme development, WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS) for websites, PHP-MySQL powered web applications, AJAX powered web applications, Web-scrapping and Feed parsing applications. I have also done a couple of WordPress Plugins and some Google Gadgets too. Read more of this on the Projects page.

This blog is all about my projects and experiments with web technologies. At times I may digress but that won’t be a dominating part of this blog. I am keen to hear from you, anytime and all the time. Constructive criticism is welcome, slander is not. Basically, please don’t say something here that you wouldn’t say to me in person. So, there you have it. My little introduction to the blogosphere. If you have questions or comments, please ask. I’m all ears.