yes, but it's not the kind of thing anyone would read regularly (almost all traffic is from search). it's a simple way (i can "post" by sending myself an email) for me to keep a note of interesting links and to publish technical fixes so that they appear in google searches for others.
Do you have a blog? And if so, why?
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Re: Do you have a blog? And if so, why?
#12Yes.
1) To practice my writing skill - I may be awesome at programming, but my prose comes out too slow. I hope practice will allow me to write faster, yet still coherently.
2) There are many people on the internet that are just plain wrong, and I must correct them! :)
3) To leave an impression when I am gone, albeit small.
Re: Do you have a blog? And if so, why?
#13Sometimes I discover something I want to share with everyone else. Or I have an opinion I want to air to the world. In the end, it doesn't really matter that the world largely doesn't care because I don't promote my blog a lot, because I post very rarely or because my posts aren't brilliant like Steve Yegge's. I'm happy whenever there's someone who reads it, but I don't have enough time to put into making it better than it is right now.
Re: Do you have a blog? And if so, why?
#14Yes. 1) Blogging is like going to the gym except for writing: if I stopped, I'd end up an overworked, pudgy Japanese salaryman with no writing ability in English. 2) Blogging makes people say nice things about my ideas and that has always given me the warm fuzzies. 3) My decision to start a business 3.5 years ago was heavily influenced by accounts of success I had read from other people, and I wanted to leave similar…
I came here to say these exact things. Well done, and good luck!
Actually, I'd add a fifth item that is related to item 1:
5. Writing about things helps me clarify my ideas and stop hand-waving over important details. So writing makes me a better writer, and it also makes me a better thinker.
Re: Do you have a blog? And if so, why?
#15Yes, it provides an easy way of transferring ideas and scripts I'm using at home to work without having to pass code through an overly aggressive email filter.
Besides, as others have said people can see what quality level of code I can produce from it.
Re: Do you have a blog? And if so, why?
#161. Arrogance. All writers have some form of arrogance because they think that what they say is worth reading.
2. To promote my book. I hope readers of my blog will be tempted to buy The Geek Atlas.
3. To quote Alain de Botton: "Authors write things down so as to have to think of them less."
4. It helps me practice writing.
Re: Do you have a blog? And if so, why?
#17Yes. For apparently similar reasons to other people.
1) To write. Whether or not I am good at it or anyone reads it, I enjoy the act of writing.
2) To record a bit of who I am, not for the internet, but for my kids, just in case I get hit by a bus before they grow up.
Re: Do you have a blog? And if so, why?
#18Do you write comments on Hacker News? And if so, why?
Re: Do you have a blog? And if so, why?
#191. Arrogance. All writers have some form of arrogance because they think that what they say is worth reading. 2. To promote my book. I hope readers of my blog will be tempted to buy The Geek Atlas. 3. To quote Alain de Botton: "Authors write things down so as to have to think of them less." 4. It helps me practice writing.
To quote you quoting Alain de Botton:
>3. To quote Alain de Botton: "Authors write things down so as to have to think of them less."
This is what I do when I have a lot on my mind. It is a nice exercise to flush everything out and get closure.
Also, can I get a review copy of your book? Ill write a review on O'Reilly .. No? ok didnt think so ...
Re: Do you have a blog? And if so, why?
#20No, I feel a lot of people my age are not experienced enough to be able to write anything worthwhile. The result is "So I was reading this on [well-known blog] and here is my commentary", or "This is how you do X in Y", which should really be in the wiki for Y.