Recovering interrupter with occasional relapses, lover of spreadsheets, blogger, programmer, adept debugger, conjurer of analogies, and probably other things.
Something about being here, publishing my often haphazard thoughts for the world to see, makes me a little uneasy... a little uncomfortable.
I have found the sustained act of writing for the Web (now at year 11 of my personal blog) to have helped me move past my uneasiness.
I stumbled upon the concept of an Everything and Nothing blog: "The website's content means everything to the publisher, but it could mean nothing to the rest of the world."
With that phrase, I felt the gates of writing open. Nothing was off-topic because I was writing for myself. I now use my writing to synthesize and "cement" my learning. So please, keep writing.
"The website's content means everything to the publisher, but it could mean nothing to the rest of the world."
This quote is amazing. I've had the same mindset for a while. I have a blog but few know I have it and I don't advertise it. I don't post my blogposts here on dev.to because I don't want it to be a chase for likes. I just want to write because it is fun. If someone stumbles upon it and find it interesting then that's great, but it's not the goal.
I have found the sustained act of writing for the Web (now at year 11 of my personal blog) to have helped me move past my uneasiness.
I stumbled upon the concept of an Everything and Nothing blog: "The website's content means everything to the publisher, but it could mean nothing to the rest of the world."
With that phrase, I felt the gates of writing open. Nothing was off-topic because I was writing for myself. I now use my writing to synthesize and "cement" my learning. So please, keep writing.
Cheers and keep writing!
This quote is amazing. I've had the same mindset for a while. I have a blog but few know I have it and I don't advertise it. I don't post my blogposts here on dev.to because I don't want it to be a chase for likes. I just want to write because it is fun. If someone stumbles upon it and find it interesting then that's great, but it's not the goal.
I agree with you, as much as i hope someone enjoys something i publish, this really is an exercise for me. Thanks for your feedback!
Thanks Jeremy, i will =]