I sometimes feel like I should do more blogging. But, I also feel like whatever I'd write would be but an unseen drop in a vast influencer ocean. So, why even bother? Needless to say, this is not helping...
@dabeaz blog whenever you feel like it. Those who find it interesting will add your RSS feed (you have one, right?) to their readers and will keep reading anything else you write.
I feel like you’re like a great prog rock band (Yes or Rush, say).
You mightn’t have the biggest fan base … but by god are they ready for when your next thing drops!
@dabeaz I enjoy your writing and would love to read more.
Personally, I blog just because I enjoy it, not because anyone does or doesn't read it.
@dabeaz I never watch technical videos, but a friend recommended me your lambda video and I devoured it. I would love more material of that style- in written form would be even better.
I don't think the material you'd write has anything to do with the "vast influencer ocean", so I would ignore that the ocean exists wrt. to your decision. Certainly you might not hit the front pages of trendy pages, but I know there's more people like me that would appreciate it.
@dabeaz your posts on Mastodon are very interesting and informative. I strongly encourage you to write longer form articles! I’d be happy to help you pick what to write about and review drafts
@dabeaz blogging does feel like a race to the bottom, to me. yet another unpaid "freetardism" the capitalists want us to do for their benefit. I want to believe in its value to me, I do. but the cold sober reality anchored version of me has not seen any
@dabeaz I love your writing. I’m not sure if Python Distilled is the angel or devil sitting on my shoulder, but I’m sure glad it’s there.
@dabeaz Wrt. to the Medium, I think you can do something with GH Pages (or equivalent services) in <2hrs. I would recommend you avoiding anything like Medium (sorry, but esp. please avoid anything that I can't read without disabling NoScript), but I'd do the easiest thing you can find for hosting, and focus on the writing- at least for now.
You can always iterate and polish the hosting.
@mdione Infrastructure for doing it is also an issue. Maybe it would work if I could put some kind of boundaries around it (for example, on the amount of time spent devoted to it).
@dabeaz ah, you don't have a blog already, right. You said 'more blogging', I misread it.
I currently have not much time and energy to blog, so I minimized as much a possible. I cogitate for a while; I record audios with the general idea, usually 10-15m; transcript with `whisper`; and then spend 1-2h editing and publishing it. I don't really consider the first two steps to use any time...
@mdione Well, I've had a blog in the past, but it's been erratic. Hosting of it has been inconsistent (first on Blogger, then self hosted, then GitHub, etc).