Simon Willison wrote/reposted yesterday about Jeff Triplett’s blog post called “Please publish and share more“. In their posts they ask everyone to write and publish more without overthinking about the content, analytics and other factors that usually unrelated to post itself. The modern age of Content Creation has forced us all to think of our personal memories and experiences as revenue streams and gave us all the impression that if it doesn’t generate clicks or views, it is not worth posting. This view has made us feel that our lives are worth a little less because there will always be another person’s “content” with better metrics.
You don’t have to change the world with every post. You might publish a quick thought or two that helps encourage someone else to try something new, listen to a new song, or binge-watch a new series.
Due to the WordPress drama I spent many hours researching about alternate CMS platforms and static site generators. At one point I was convinced that I need to move to Github pages with Jekyll. I was never able to follow up on that because it kinda felt daunting and I didn’t have enough time. Its still something I want to do in the future, but for now WordPress is the best solution for me. In the end Jeff says that blogging is not about writing the perfect essay or about sticking the landing. In February I wrote about how I was thinking about starting a nownownow page or a Notes page because I was not sure if I wanted to post only wall of text kind of posts and maybe the silly needs to be separated? I’m still not sure about it but one thing I have decided is to not look for a perfect conclusion or the perfect ending to my entries. My post ends when I stop writing.