I’ve been running a blog right here for the final 20 years. Each Tuesday and Thursday, fairly persistently, for twenty years. However final yr, with out planning it, I received 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 get pleasure from my YouTube as nicely, and my weekly podcast goes robust with practically 900 (!) episodes of interviews with cool folks. I’ve additionally lately began posting on Mastodon (a fediverse (federated universe)) Twitter various that makes use of the ActivityPub internet commonplace. I see that Mark Downie has been 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 crammed 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 put in writing and share throughout a lot of platforms, however it’s going to proceed to begin right here as it is tremendous essential to Personal Your Phrases. Maintain taking snapshots and backups of your keystrokes as you by no means know when your chosen platform would possibly change or go away solely.
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, marketing consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft worker. He’s a failed stand-up comedian, a cornrower, and a e-book writer.
