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Julia Evans
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Transcript
blogging myths demo EIEoYEEoh
me or 7 years of blogging 500 posts
myths you need to be original you need to be
an expert posts should be 100 correct you need to explain every concept page views matter
myth you need I l l l l l l
to be ringing
reality nobody has read the entire Internet
reality you only need to show people something new totem
i eh is O O Y wows TY Tf jogger
myth you need to be an expert in the topic
reality you just need to know I 2 things the
reader doesn't
how to get a core dump for a Seg fault
on Linux
Myth posts need to be 100 correct I
reality just get someone to check for Very Wrong Facts
you're fine
the correctness tradeoff a ta me P sublish always be
fast totally
myth good bloggers never write bad posts
reality people ignore unclear writing 0 0 shared 0 A
o o o ro fades into obscurity 0 O
8 Too
myth you need to explain every concept
advanced post about networking i
beginner uh I don't understand this advanced stuff advanced I'm
bored why person are you explaining network packet
writing for everyone actually means writing for nobody
pick 1 person write for them to your friend yourself
2 years ago
myth page views matter peek
Reality comments page views
0 N on How to teach taisukemino yourself hard things
Hey, @b0rk. Just wanted to let you know that this post really helped me to improve my skill of understanding a complex concept. Thanks! :)
myths you need to be original you need to be
an expert posts should be 100 correct you need to explain every concept page views matter
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