Re:You Should Start a Blog
by devindotcom on Thursday March 06, 2014 @03:33AM
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> Blogs were invented to teach. The mission of blogging is to empower all of us to go directly to each other with our expertise.
>Blogging helps you turn your flow of ideas into a stock of content.
>You create opportunities. I’ve met a ton of cool people through my blog.
>Finally, blogging helps you build your skills. Remember, the big gap is the one between doing nothing and doing something, not the one between lousy work and great work.
Although I recognize this very positive post is not intended in this way, this ends up seeming to me at heart a rather cynically narrow definition of blogging, one that has little to do with self-expression and sharing and a lot to do with making an investment in a work-related product that will make you more effective and marketable.
I don't disagree that you should start a blog right now. But starting it for the reasons listed in this post is only one way out of many, and if you ask me a sort of outlet for workaholism.
>Blogging helps you turn your flow of ideas into a stock of content.
>You create opportunities. I’ve met a ton of cool people through my blog.
>Finally, blogging helps you build your skills. Remember, the big gap is the one between doing nothing and doing something, not the one between lousy work and great work.
Although I recognize this very positive post is not intended in this way, this ends up seeming to me at heart a rather cynically narrow definition of blogging, one that has little to do with self-expression and sharing and a lot to do with making an investment in a work-related product that will make you more effective and marketable.
I don't disagree that you should start a blog right now. But starting it for the reasons listed in this post is only one way out of many, and if you ask me a sort of outlet for workaholism.