I’ve been running a blog right here for the final 20 years. Each Tuesday and Thursday, fairly constantly, for 20 years. However final 12 months, with out planning it, I acquired drained and stopped. Undecided why. It did not correspond with any life occasions. Nothing attention-grabbing or notable occurred. I simply stopped.
I did discover pleasure on TikTok and amassed a small group of like-minded followers there. I take pleasure in my YouTube as nicely, and my weekly podcast goes sturdy with almost 900 (!) episodes of interviews with cool folks. I’ve additionally just lately began posting on Mastodon (a fediverse (federated universe)) Twitter different that makes use of the ActivityPub net normal. I see that Mark Downie has been taking a look at ActivityPub as nicely for DasBlog (the weblog engine that powers this weblog) so I must spend someday with Mark quickly.
Being constant is a tough factor, and I believe I did a very good job. I gave many talks over a few years about Private Productiveness however I at all times talked about doing what “feeds your spirit.” For a minute right here the weblog took a backseat, and that is OK. I stuffed that (spare) time with household time, private tasks, writing extra code, 3d printing, video games, taekwondo, and a ton of different issues.
Going ahead I’ll proceed to jot down and share throughout quite a few platforms, however it would proceed to begin right here as it is tremendous necessary to Personal Your Phrases. Hold taking snapshots and backups of your keystrokes as you by no means know when your chosen platform would possibly change or go away fully.
I am nonetheless right here. I hope you’re too! I’ll see you quickly.
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About Scott
Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, advisor, father, diabetic, and Microsoft worker. He’s a failed stand-up comedian, a cornrower, and a guide writer.
