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“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)

• Robert Birming has a huge treasure trove of blogging inspiration.
• 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

Markdown References

• Commonmark Spec
• Goldmark
• Markdown Guide: Hugo

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Published: Nov 13, 2023

Last Modified: Oct 24, 2024

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