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That's basically why I don't have a blog. I know I would end up with a few posts and then a multi-year gap in it. But I like discussions on HN. There is just e

by rdtsc 10y ago

That's basically why I don't have a blog. I know I would end up with a few posts and then a multi-year gap in it. But I like discussions on HN. There is just enough variety and interesting mix of topics. Also the style is more conversational, while a blog is more narrative (fire-side chat vs a presentation in front of an audience). There should be an "HN-post-history-to-blog-format" library or service. Maybe something that picks the most interesting discussions in last X years.

aethertron 10y ago
That sounds like a cool idea. HN has an API [0] ... not sure if this is possible or allowed though. [0] https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API Also, there's nothing really wrong with having a blog with no recent updates. I know there's this idea that a blog needs to be regularly updated. But a blog with just 2 valuable posts made 2 years ago, is a valuable thing! If you just want to write some stuff and put it online, without the feeling of some ongoing obligation -- here are a few options: https://medium.com/@jason.sackey/apps-for-super-fast-web-publishing-e1e3d96756e9#.3oq3y2q9t https://medium.com/@jason.sackey/apps-for-super-fast-web-pub... I hope you will be encouraged to post some stuff.
- rdtsc 10y ago
  Thanks!
Noseshine 10y ago
> That's basically why I don't have a blog. A reason why I gave up on my own Internet presence entirely, including my own domains was that years ago when I got them I put a lot of effort into them - and got very little people to visit. Multimedia too, and I still think it was actually pretty nice (interactive learning content - I would not use multimedia for what could better be done with text, I love a minimalist approach). The problem was nobody even got there. I am not complaining! It was important to see what works and what doesn't. I now think it is far better to jointly contribute on a big project/website rather than piecemeal individually. Of course there will always be examples of people for whom it works, this is a "statistical" statement. Part of the reason I in particular got nowhere was the kind of content. Too many people trying to provide learning content, you can see it on Youtube, a lot of channels with sometimes great lectures started big for a few years but now have not been updated in years because the authors noticed the big gap between effort and reward (a few hundred viewers and a few comments). My conclusion was that I would instead go to sites like reddit (technical and science subreddits mostly) and HN, and if I really think it's worth writing up something larger there are plenty of sites to choose from. An important part of this is a conscious decision to give up creating my own brand. Instead, it was important for me personally to be perfectly okay, even to actually desire it, to disappear in the anonymity of the masses.

by rdtsc 10y ago

aethertron 10y ago

That sounds like a cool idea. HN has an API [0] ... not sure if this is possible or allowed though. [0] https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API Also, there's nothing really wrong with having a blog with no recent updates. I know there's this idea that a blog needs to be regularly updated. But a blog with just 2 valuable posts made 2 years ago, is a valuable thing! If you just want to write some stuff and put it online, without the feeling of some ongoing obligation -- here are a few options: https://medium.com/@jason.sackey/apps-for-super-fast-web-publishing-e1e3d96756e9#.3oq3y2q9t https://medium.com/@jason.sackey/apps-for-super-fast-web-pub... I hope you will be encouraged to post some stuff.

rdtsc 10y ago
Thanks!

Noseshine 10y ago

> That's basically why I don't have a blog. A reason why I gave up on my own Internet presence entirely, including my own domains was that years ago when I got them I put a lot of effort into them - and got very little people to visit. Multimedia too, and I still think it was actually pretty nice (interactive learning content - I would not use multimedia for what could better be done with text, I love a minimalist approach). The problem was nobody even got there. I am not complaining! It was important to see what works and what doesn't. I now think it is far better to jointly contribute on a big project/website rather than piecemeal individually. Of course there will always be examples of people for whom it works, this is a "statistical" statement. Part of the reason I in particular got nowhere was the kind of content. Too many people trying to provide learning content, you can see it on Youtube, a lot of channels with sometimes great lectures started big for a few years but now have not been updated in years because the authors noticed the big gap between effort and reward (a few hundred viewers and a few comments). My conclusion was that I would instead go to sites like reddit (technical and science subreddits mostly) and HN, and if I really think it's worth writing up something larger there are plenty of sites to choose from. An important part of this is a conscious decision to give up creating my own brand. Instead, it was important for me personally to be perfectly okay, even to actually desire it, to disappear in the anonymity of the masses.