It's In the Name
You see, when I first started blogging (circa 2010 http://jtdezign.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-year-new-blog-low-down.html), I was a wide-eyed and curious student sitting in my Web Design class. I remembered my professor had all of her students join a blogging platform as part of our assignments. Truthfully, at the time I was concerned about the internet and privacy issues that I didn't want to put any information about myself that everyone in the world had access to. Yes, I was that person.
Overtime, I grew to like the blogging world. Don't get me wrong, I am still careful about what I share online and I definitely have had my accounts hacked. Although, to some degree, I still feel that some things are meant or should still be kept private; but, I have accepted that I live in a generation where everything is shared and done online.
At the time, when I looked at my options of different platforms to use for my own personal blog I settled on Weebly. It was the most basic platform for anyone who was just starting out in the blogging world. Of course, when you sign up on anything you need a name and since, design is a huge part of my life I wanted to incorporate it somehow and at last, JTDEZIGN was formed. Believe it or not, I remembered googling that name and no one had it. I even had a post that I never published (until now http://www.jtumala.com/2015/05/the-hidden-meanings-of-z-in-jtdezign.html) which, explained the meaning of the JTDEZIGN brand. However, recently I googled the name and other companies or artists have also incorporated it.
I could keep on using this name but, I want this blog to be unique to me and make it my own. When I started this blog, JTDEZIGN was a way to document my travel experiences, to share my thoughts and/or ideas about design or any creative process; but, it has grown over the years to inspire people and connect with other bloggers, artists, companies or anyone for that matter who wants to simply network. This blog has an international audience with Malaysia as the 2nd largest percentage to U.S.A Followed by Russia, France and Mexico as my top 5 biggest audience. I intend to keep this blog as is with a global presence but, keep in mind the blog will continue to grow or change whether it's in content, user interface or ideas under the new name JTUMALA (my birth name).
Here's a step-by-step instruction in changing a url name via blogger.
http://www.thewonderforest.com/2013/08/how-to-set-up-custom-domain-in-blogger.html
Links:
http://www.jtumala.com/2013/07/were-on-pinterest.html
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