merkal2005: Hi Ash, please introduce yourself to Bloghology readers

ashchuan: My name is Ashley Chuan. I grew up in sunny Malaysia and moved to London, England in 1994 to complete my university education. I have been living in England since. I work as an Application Developer and enjoy what I do. My interests are in photography, blogging, travel and cooking.


merkal2005: When did you start playing with computers?

ashchuan: When I was given my first computer, the Apple IIe and I learnt to write sofware in BASIC and I got hooked on software programming.


merkal2005: How do you earn your living?

ashchuan: I earn my living working in a 9 to 5 job doing software development. Having said that it is my dream to be able to earn a living blogging.


merkal2005: What is the purpose of your blogging?

ashchuan: I enjoy writing about web technology and having a blog allows me to share and learn from other bloggers. I started to blog seriously more than 3 months ago and discovered that making money from blogging is an extremely challenging task. I have no problems with the technical aspect of setting up a blog, etc. but I learnt that being a blogger does not necessarily make me a good marketer and I am still learning.


merkal2005: Please tell Bloghology readers about your future dreams.

ashchuan: My future dream is to run my own web development business and blog for money but most importantly whatever I do, my goal is to add value to others.