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Tech BloggingTen Thoughts by Alister Scott
About Me
● Currently @ Domino’s Pizza● Previously @ ThoughtWorks● Special ♡ for ruby - ‘watir’ project● Arid plant collector● Father of three● Blog @ watirmelon.com
watirmelon.com
● Software testing/automated testing focus● 6 ½ years old: first post 1st Feb 2008 - 38 views that month● Now ~300 posts, ~1000 views per day, nearly 900,000 all time views, ● Over 500 email subscribers● two sub-blogs - quotes.watirmelon.com and links.watirmelon.com
What about you?
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Ten thoughts ontech blogging
1. Strong opinions (weakly held)
2. Blog platforms don’t matter, but channels do!
3. Brew, don’t stew, ideas
4. Find inspirationAirbnb Nerds: http://nerds.airbnb.com
Spotify Labs: https://labs.spotify.com
Code as Craft (Etsy): https://codeascraft.com
Fog Creek Blog (Trello) http://blog.fogcreek.com
5. Close comments
6.Visualize it!
7. Make your readers kick ass
8.Don’t be afraid to share everything you
know
9. Change your mind
10. Have fun!
Checkpoint
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'To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.' – Aristotle
