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Published: Nov 13, 2023

Last Modified: Mar 15, 2024

“I wish that I had been blogging consistently for the last decade! I would know so much more stuff and probably have lots of interesting social interactions. Oh well, here we are.” (2023-04-10)

“You Should Blog” Posts

Cory Doctrow on The Memex Method: Reflections on Twenty Years of Blogging
- The incredibly manual process of putting this all together: Twenty Years a Blogger
- Pluralistic is Four
Derek Sivers on Daily Diaries and Topic Journals
Austin Kleon on 15 years of blogging (and 3 reasons I keep going)
- Austin’s main point is that blogging is pleasurable and creates opportunities.
  1. To leave a trace.
  2. To figure out what I have to say.
  3. Because I like it.
Marc Weidenbaum on Bring Out Your Blogs
- “Writing is a process of discovery. Blogging is an essential tool toward meditating over an extended period of time on a subject you consider to be important.”
Matt Might on 6 blog tips for busy acsdemics
- Matt’s main argument is that a blog can be a easy by product of usual academic things, and that writing them to a blog can improve quality.
  - Doing an interesting lecture? Put your lecture notes in a blog post.
  - Writing a detailed email reply? “Reply to public” with a blog post.
  - Answering the same question a second time? Put it in a blog post.
  - Writing interesting code? Comment a snippet into a post.
  - Doing something geeky at home? Blog about what you learned.
Alexey Guzey on Why You Should Start a Blog Right Now
Rebecca Toh on Why Write?
- Writing to learn
- Writing to understand myself
- Writing to organize my thoughts better
- Writing to help and inspire
- Writing to build a community
- Writing because it is hard
- Writing because I enjoy writing
Matt Webb on 15 Rules for Blogging.
Write Yourself In has a thought-provoking list of Things To Think about When Blogging
Brandon on blogging what you like
Brian on Reasons Why You Aren’t Updating Your Personal Site

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