| I mostly prefer my own blog. Less editing and bureaucracy. That said if you’re new to blogging, your company’s editorial support can be a nice help. If you want to know why I think blogging - or “writing early/often/informally in public” is important, here’s some reasons. - I don’t believe I know something unless I can disseminate that information. - I need feedback on what I supposedly “know”. The mild embarrassment of friends engaging with my writing and giving me feedback is a fantastic way to learn. - It’s practice for communicating hard ideas to people that don’t share my background. - It is a natural extension of my interest in the topic. - It’s a natural milestone on a side project - explaining what I built and why - It highlights my expertise and markets me to employers. - It is practice for communicating hard concepts to others or persuading them - therapy to rant about the state of some topic - as a way of writing down information that i can share with colleagues now and in the future - to seed google with things past me learned and wants future me to find when they’re stuck - to share something cool I learned or figured out - to amplify someone or an event, article, etc I really want to support - to fully own my writing away from any specific social media site - just because I like attention :) And many many more |