036: Blogs and Digital Gardens

Blogging is a win-win activity. Not only does the act of writing help burn knowledge into your long-term memory, it also acts as an easily searchable repository of your own thoughts. Furthermore, it helps other people solve similar problems when they stumble upon your blog in the future.

The value-add of blogging is obvious; the way start blogging is less clear. This week, Adam, Ben, and Tim talk to Carol about her desire to start blogging. The discussion touches on tooling, platforms, hosting, content, and strategy which Adam sums up nicely as:

Do whatever it takes to get started soon. Just get into the habit of writing.

Notes & Links

• Blogger
• Medium
• GitHub Pages
• WordPress
• Trello
• Digital Gardening
• Awesome Socks Club
• Adam's first blog post
• Ben's first blog post
• Tim's blog

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