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This is interesting. If you're not writing for anyone except yourself, then why post it online? Why not just use a journal or an audio diary?
by mortivore 8y ago
This is interesting. If you're not writing for anyone except yourself, then why post it online? Why not just use a journal or an audio diary?
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoNot OP: I tend to blog tech fixes I found to make them more visible, I'm not really writing for an audience, but just recognising that there may be value in it and so ensuring that such value can be extracted. As much as anything it's a journal for me.
- robocat 8y agoI document my fixes on Stack Overflow, then put a comment with a link to the answer in the code. It is remarkably convenient, high Google ranking, with zero technical maintenance and seemingly permanent. Sometimes better solutions are given by other people. I have even found my own past comments when googling for solutions!
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoYes, I've found I use StackOverflow sites mostly now rather than blogging things.
- widforss 8y agoI just started writing a kind of emotional diary public on the web. I'm not linking to it anywhere (though it's not really hard to find), and I write it in my native language (not a good proposition if looking for exposure). The simple explanation for this is that I'm more keen to keep stuff if they're on the internet. Otherwise, they will just rot in my home directory and get thrown out on next reinstall in a couple of years. It's also a good emotional exercise. Am I really up to the task of releasing my inner thoughts publicly, even though nobody is likely to read it? The thing that made me start it was this challenge from Neil Gaiman. >The moment that you feel, just possibly, you are walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind, and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself...That is the moment, you might be starting to get it right.