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You could blog about controversial topics related to tech, and have a small chance of getting splashed around the news circuit. That article will be pretty muc
by swalsh 11y ago
You could blog about controversial topics related to tech, and have a small chance of getting splashed around the news circuit. That article will be pretty much forgotten in a time-frame of a few hours to a few days. Very few articles live beyond that.
Or you could write things that are "googleable". Solve a hard python problem? write about it, found a bug in a framework? Blog about it.
People searching for those things will find it. It'll never make a "splash", but the tail is longer.
It depends on what you want to accomplish. Is the purpose of the blog to demonstrate to the world how "brilliant" you are? Or is it to genuinely help your fellow programmer man?
- tjr 11y agoOr you could write things that are "googleable". Solve a hard python problem? write about it, found a bug in a framework? Blog about it. People searching for those things will find it. It'll never make a "splash", but the tail is longer. This makes sense to me. I don't read any programming blogs on a regular basis; I never have. I read individual posts that I find in web searches when looking for specific information. I couldn't care any less what the rest of the blog is about (though if I like one post, I may well read a few more while I'm there).
- ngoede 11y agoThat is what the blog post I linked to in my other comment is basicly suggesting to start with. Post solutions to specific problems and other non-opinion things that will get found via google searches. Then when you feel more comfortable start posting more opinion type articles. Regardless, I think the writing practice is valuable and you can build up a stable of articles to give to people when they ask your opinion on something.