Whatever... [Deepak Alur's Blog]: Deepak Alur's Blog @ Sun

OK, I do understand that you can choose to be anonymous, that is one of the aspects of blogging. [Update: As one reader commented, in many cases, anonymity is justified due to personal and/or political reasons. In other cases...] I find it is frustrating to read your blog without knowing who you are... even (especially) if you are a brilliant writer. I find blogger anomymity very strange, you are writing in public to communicate with your readers, aren't you? On many blogs like yours, I scroll down to the bottom of the page looking for a copyright line hoping to figure out the author's identity. And not everyone has a copyright line. And on many other blogs, I browse the archives hoping I can catch the first blog entry introducing the author. And not everyone has an introductory entry.

Even well-known bloggers display their names on the blogs. Why not you? For example, take a look at Tim Bray's blog. Everyone knows (atleast in Blog world) who Tim is and his website URL (http://www.tbray.org/ongoing) hints at his name. But, what I like on his blog is that he has a link titled author that when clicked clearly communicates who he is. There is another link titled What This Is that clearly states what his blog is about. Why can't you do the same?

So, O wise and famous (to be) anonymous blogger, do me and others a favor. Please forsake your anonymity.
Please tell us who the heck you are (on your blog). The world will be a better place.

Thank You.