I’ve been running a blog right here for the final 20 years. Each Tuesday and Thursday, fairly persistently, for 20 years. However final 12 months, 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 sturdy with practically 900 (!) episodes of interviews with cool individuals. I’ve additionally lately began posting on Mastodon (a fediverse (federated universe)) Twitter various that makes use of the ActivityPub internet customary. 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 have to spend someday with Mark quickly.
Being constant is a tough factor, and I believe I did 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 put in writing and share throughout plenty of platforms, however it’ll proceed to begin right here as it is tremendous vital to Personal Your Phrases. Preserve 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 might be 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 ebook creator.
