This talk could've been a blog post
Jamie Tanna he/him
Chief Blogger @ https://www.jvt.me
Senior Software Engineer @ Elastic
👋🏽
I've been blogging since 2016, where my site had ~250 views:
As the years have gone on, I've gained more traffic:
2017 - 2130 views (+755%)
2018 - 10380 views (+387%)
2019 - 47270 views (+355%)
2020 - 117545 views (+148%)
2021 - 146772 (+24%)
2022 - 363136 views (+147%)
2023 - ~322000
Have I got off track?
Sponsored by DidYouKnowJamieHasAWebsite.co.uk
I'm here to talk to you about the resurgence of blogging in the recent years, and why you should blog, too
Blogging is great
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Blogumentation: blogging as a form of blogumentation
- Solve problem ✅
- Write blog post ✅
- Number of blog posts: 691
- Number of blogumentation posts: 441
How blogging has affected me, as a neurodiverse person
- Write blog post ✍
- Forget about the thing 🗑️
- Did I write a post about that problem? 🤔
- Find the blog post in the future 🧙
Why am I on stage then?
Reasons not to blog
"I don't have anything to say"
"There are better people who can blog about this"
"I'm not very good at writing"
"I don't have the time"
Reasons to blog
Leave the internet better than you found it
Remember and show off all the great stuff you've done
For the dopamine hits of the traffic
Via Phew, that's a lot of traffic 😅 What happens when a blog post goes viral?
Learn by teaching
Help others
Free labour for your employer
It's a choice
On your employer's blog
Because you are an awesome, interesting person, and the world will care what you have to say
Recap
- It's your blog
- You don't have to write publicly... but it helps
- Own your URLs!
- Don't aim for perfection
- Choose a schedule that works for you - including none
- Learn through teaching
Thanks for having me!
- Slides - https://talks.jvt.me/blogging/
- Me - https://www.jvt.me/
- Blog post - Why should you blog
- Tangents cut for time:
- Happy to chat after, come say hey!