Some blogging myths

Some blogging myths

A few years ago I gave a short talk ( slides ) about myths that discourage people from blogging. I was chatting with a friend about blogging the other day and it made me want to write up that talk as a blog post. here are the myths: myth: you need to be original myth: you need to be an expert myth: posts need to be 100% correct myth: writing boring posts is bad myth: you need to explain every concept myth: page views matter myth: more material is always better myth: everyone should blog myth: you need to be original This is probably the one I hear the most often - "Someone has written about th

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