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If one wants to write down thoughts, no computer is necessary. Keeping a journal with pen and paper has been a thing for centuries. Blogging being less write-f
by theandrewbailey 10mo ago
If one wants to write down thoughts, no computer is necessary. Keeping a journal with pen and paper has been a thing for centuries.
Blogging being less write-friendly? It can be as simple as writing a tweet, or editing a comment for HN. It doesn't need to involve git or hugo. You could use one of the big blogging platforms, and have no more than a login and some HTML text fields.
Blogging as pressure to improve your writing is real, and that's one of the reasons I blog.
- onesandofgrain 10mo agoSo you need the scrutiny of others to feel pressured to write better?
- theandrewbailey 10mo agoI wouldn't call it scrutiny. It's mostly caused me to communicate and articulate my thoughts better, to the point where I'm misunderstood less often. Along the way, I realized that I left out important points, so I've gotten better at including them the first time. Others? Only a handful of people read my blog, and most of them are my friends.
- onesandofgrain 10mo agoThat's fair, I'm not trying to belittle people that like to blog just for everyone's information.