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Re:Ask YC: How important do you think it is to have a blog? by jgrahamc on Tuesday March 18, 2008 @03:01AM (#139657)
I hate the regurgitation thing. The entire commenting on other people's comments about other people's original work is just such a massive circle jerk.

When decided to write my blog I made two rules (which I rarely break): no linking to other blogs just to stroke my ego with an opinion post, no personal experience posts (i.e. today I went to the Taj Mahal and...)

Re:Ask YC: How important do you think it is to have a blog? by davidw on Tuesday March 18, 2008 @05:58AM (#139718)
I think some personal experiences are interesting, if they're somewhat unique. People seem to appreciate some of my writing about living in Italy, and even more importantly, I've made some good friends after people have contacted me to say hi and get information. I don't mix that up with the technical/business blog, though, which is on another domain entirely.