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Re: Have a personal web site

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I tried doing what the OP described, become some interesting blogger person, but threw in a 2 or 3 line article about some mundane error I had with a tool one day mixed in with all the other wordfluff. Surprisingly the error code drew a ton of traffic compared to anything interesting I could have possibly thought about writing.

You stumbled upon a technical writing best practice. Always include the exact error code and message in documentation because people often search for that exact string.

Analogous: supply a link rather than tell someone to look it up.

Re: Have a personal web site

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Re: Have a personal web site

#433
Once I remember a coloring app developer, calling for artists to be featured in their app.

Requirement: Portfolio and Instagram profile with a considerable amount of followers. I mean, it's perfectly understandable. Who will want to feature unknown artist in their app — but you know what, screw it.

Re: Have a personal web site

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I used to feel the same way as you, but then I decided I didn't care if I was interesting or not (I'm not). So I made myself a website. I only update it a handful of times a year when I have something that I'm excited enough to write about. I choose a dead simple design that would be timeless and never need updating.[0] Turns out a few things I've written about have actually been very helpful and useful to a handful…

> I'm a UX designer in my professional life but ... My site is completely static and loads blazingly fast. Isn't that good UX design? Or are fast-loading sites a taboo in the UX field?

> Isn't that good UX design?

It certainly is!

> Or are fast-loading sites a taboo in the UX field?

Tragically overlooked.

Re: Have a personal web site

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How did you achieve that and what about sites like archive.org? Also, have you considered going a "middle path" where you are searchable but no info comes up besides your name and face? With how things seem to be evolving I lean torwards a "grey man" strategy because some day you will be suspicious by not being searchable online. At least that's what I kinda fear.

I'm lucky that I share a first and last name with someone who is a successful Social Media influencer, also with a professional photographer, a journalist and and an amateur model (Haha, I wonder if that is enough for an Internet detective to work out my name!). This helps because they all have very searchable content online. I've tried to strike a balance between anonymity and retaining 'placeholder' accounts with m…

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Re: Have a personal web site

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I don't want a personal web site. I've had a handful of them in the past, and I've thrown together a couple shitty blogs over the years, but there are three big reasons why I don't anymore: I'm not that interesting; I don't have anything to show off; and inevitably it'll either become a chore or go out of date. Like everyone, I harbor fantasies about how interesting I am, and if I run into you at the pub, I'll talk y…

I came here unknowingly to hear this. I am you. Thank you for this.
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