Blogging tips
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1 Introduction
My favorite excuse for not blogging: "It takes too much time to write".
I found this answer "Make sharing part of the way you work" makes perfect sense.
The problem then is how to make blogging part of your daily workflow. For me, as I spent most part of the day working with a text editor, I discovered that is much easy to just grab little snippets of code or ideas and copy&paste in another buffer of the text editor. This has the advantage that I don't have to interrupt the workflow of what I'm doing. At the end of the day I simply export the contents of the text file (org-mode) to html, and then I synchronize the content with the web server with a single command (rsync or git). I found this workflow much more convenient than opening a browser, login into my wordpress site and copy&paste content. Previously I spent much time formating content, and getting distracted. Now I simply write in a text file, and sync at the end of the day.
http://www.slideshare.net/sachac/2014-0214-a-noexcuses-guide-to-blogging-sacha-chua-v2
2 A No-Excuses guide to Blogging (by Sacha Chua)
2.1 I don't know what to write about
- Write about what you don't know
- Write about what you are learning
- Find tons of topics
- Deal with writer's block
2.2 There's so much I can't write about
- Focus on what you can
2.3 But I'm not an expert yet
- Share while you learn
2.4 I don't want to be wrong
- Test what you know by sharing
2.5 I feel so scattered and distracted
- Don't worry about your strategy
- It is okay to write about different things.
- Plan, write, organize and improve
2.6 I have all these ideas but I neve finish posts …
- Turn your ideas into small questions, and then answer those
2.7 I don't feel like I'm making progress
- Be clear about your goals and possible approaches
2.8 It takes too much time to write
- Make sharing part of the way you work
2.9 I'm too tired to write
- Figure out what you can write better when you're tired
2.10 No one's going to read it anyway
- Focus on selfish benefits
- Ask for feedback
- Get other people to read your posts
3 Getting good ideas out of your head: a path to publishing
3.1 Harvest the resources you alrady have
- check your sent email. Copy & revise
3.2 Brainstorm or collect questions
- what do people ask you about?
- What have your learned?
3.3 Answer, revise
- Answer one question. Then the next, and the next …
3.4 Organize
- Put the resources in a logical order
3.5 Connect with people
- Connect with others, learning and sharing ideas
3.6 Package
- e-book, different formats for easier reading
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