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Re: Re: Do people IRL know you have a blog?

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Post by bdw5204 »

langsoul-com wrote: post #14

The thing about irl blogs is how, if it's tech related, then it kinda follows you. So there's a pressure to keep things corporate to not scare away job opportunities. There's a reason why LinkedIn reads like garbage, and even if it's obvious, people neither point it out or stop.

I'm personally less averse to calling that stuff out these days because I found that I wasn't exactly getting job opportunities in the current market by playing it safe. Since being quiet and uncontroversial doesn't even work, what's the point? I think people are making a mistake by not saying what they actually think.

The only reason I don't have a blog yet is inertia/laziness. It'll happen eventually.

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Post by Brajeshwar »

During the early days of Blogging (I meant the early 2000s), when we met up in person during conferences, we talked a lot about blog posts, etc. I once let one of my cousins tag along as I spoke at a conference organized by Macromedia. I did the usual thing with others there, talking about blogs. When we returned home, my cousin said, “You are kind of a deal. People know you by your blog - brajeshwar.com.”

I’ve been lucky to have been recognized by a few people in the wild (IRL) who walked up to me and asked, “You are brajeshwar.com?”

These days, I just write for myself.

Fast forward 15+ years, my daughter somehow decided to search the Internet for me, and she said, “You are like a ChatGPT-powered Discord bot, answering questions on an antique Reddit forum.”

https://x.com/brajeshwar/status/1630852614303924224

Re: Re: Do people IRL know you have a blog?

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Post by Brajeshwar »

_the_inflator wrote: post #20

Dude is right, no one except for the audience cares. I was a successful blogger in the 00th years and with a side business around Made for Adsense because once you understood SEO it was inevitable, if this rings a bell. Reading a blog seems magical. Just imagine “Do ppl IRL my print magazine?” to use another metaphor. Nope and yes. Same goes for artists, say singer and songwriters: “Do you listen to my stuff?” Why sh…

I had removed Analytics from my website/blog quite a while back and I don't know who read, or what happens to my website anymore. It is a pleasure not knowing. Cloudflare does do the basic Analytics that comes built-in and I rarely see them.

Re: Re: Do people IRL know you have a blog?

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Post by ggm »

The point of the article is one I align with: You're writing it for yourself, 99% of the time. The other 1% is the future you.

I blog for work. I don't discuss it with family. I think I'd find it very stressful answering the "why did you say that" questions.

The corollary of this, is that I write notes by hand in almost every meeting I attend, and never ever read them again -But for things like IETF I do a mixture of .org and meetecho (markdown) because there is at least some possibility others may get value from the shared log in meetecho, and I know I will use the .org to .. write the blog.

Re: Re: Do people IRL know you have a blog?

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Post by sudohackthenews »

Brajeshwar wrote: post #22

During the early days of Blogging (I meant the early 2000s), when we met up in person during conferences, we talked a lot about blog posts, etc. I once let one of my cousins tag along as I spoke at a conference organized by Macromedia. I did the usual thing with others there, talking about blogs. When we returned home, my cousin said, “You are kind of a deal. People know you by your blog - brajeshwar.com.” I’ve been…

I don’t know whether to be impressed or scared that the first thing that came to her mind was a llm powered bot haha

Re: Re: Do people IRL know you have a blog?

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Post by manuelmoreale »

langsoul-com wrote: post #14

The thing about irl blogs is how, if it's tech related, then it kinda follows you. So there's a pressure to keep things corporate to not scare away job opportunities. There's a reason why LinkedIn reads like garbage, and even if it's obvious, people neither point it out or stop.

It’s funny how different lives can be. I’ve never been part of the corporate world, been self employed basically my whole working life and my blog is not even a thought when it comes to work. I’d honestly be super happy if someone I interact with for work asked me about something I wrote because I write about things I care about and I’m always happy to chat with people.

Re: Re: Do people IRL know you have a blog?

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Post by manuelmoreale »

bdw5204 wrote: post #21
langsoul-com wrote: post #14

The thing about irl blogs is how, if it's tech related, then it kinda follows you. So there's a pressure to keep things corporate to not scare away job opportunities. There's a reason why LinkedIn reads like garbage, and even if it's obvious, people neither point it out or stop.

I'm personally less averse to calling that stuff out these days because I found that I wasn't exactly getting job opportunities in the current market by playing it safe. Since being quiet and uncontroversial doesn't even work, what's the point? I think people are making a mistake by not saying what they actually think. The only reason I don't have a blog yet is inertia/laziness. It'll happen eventually.

Do it! You’ll have a bunch of people happy to read it: https://manuelmoreale.com/i-ll-read-it
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