[genmon]

I started blogging in February 2000 (it was social like Twitter back then). 5 years ago, I ramped up my writing again: I've been posted at least weekly for 256 weeks.

I've learnt that blogging is a necessary part of my practice for finding and exploring new ideas. It's brought me work and friends. And there's especially a place for blogging today: no platform will value your words like you will yourself.

[ktallett]

I have always wondered if blogging could be a way of getting out those side project ideas that I know I will never get around to.

[lawn]

Anecdotally blogging has helped me finish and even expand side projects.

I usually have ~10 drafts of different posts and many of them are basically "project logs" that I transform into a post over days/weeks/months.

[genmon]

It's super handy to have a place to put everything. So I can make a dumb iOS app and just announce it on my blog, without having to think about landing pages, hosting etc etc. Just lowers the barrier

[ktallett]

That is a good point. The admin of creating small projects is as much hassle as the project and often requires more maintenance. I have the site ready to go, I just need to get into the habit of doing it I think.