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I definitely view blogging as a major distraction, it’s a time sink, tedious, needs mental context shift, and is more of a long-tail investment, really tedious.
by feralmoan 13y ago
I definitely view blogging as a major distraction, it’s a time sink, tedious, needs mental context shift, and is more of a long-tail investment, really tedious. Did I mention tedious? It does let you solidify the message or mental-model of your product, even if no-one even reads what you write, so I can see the value of it. So maybe if anything its just a chance to re-group and perhaps position yourself as an expert on xyz-topic if it aligns with strategy. It’s like starting at a gym, initially a horrible experience but then 6 months later you've got a new lump on your body which a doctor says is just a 'blogcep' (and a remarkably small one). Anyhow, like any chore it needs to fit into the routine somehow. Probably helps to be a people-person to begin with.
- disdev 13y agoDefinitely a time-sink. And I seriously question its value as a long-tail investment. Even if you use it to document processes or a tutorial, after a couple of years or so it's out of date. But I think you hit on the right value for someone who's not in the business of blogging: writing out the idea. We can keep ideas in our head, even code things out, but the process of putting your ideas into a blog post is a great way to flesh it out.