Thinking of starting a new blog very soon. It will be Nikola powered, of course...
The idea is that it will be about issues for younger (teens/twenty-something) geeks and hackers. There is already http://bluehackers.org/ but I want to provide a perspective and limited discussion on growing up and integrating with other people our age and not so much about dealing with mental illnesses.
I thought about this a lot last night and there is a *lot* of content to cover. Everything from my own lessons learned, discussion on the problems technology (and privacy) aware geeks face, general PSA's...
I can't help wondering how valid or appropriate some of my personal commentary would be. I doubt I have any controversial opinions, but I do worry about saying something wrong or something that I may regret saying publicly.
The idea is that it will be about issues for younger (teens/twenty-something) geeks and hackers. There is already http://bluehackers.org/ but I want to provide a perspective and limited discussion on growing up and integrating with other people our age and not so much about dealing with mental illnesses.
I thought about this a lot last night and there is a *lot* of content to cover. Everything from my own lessons learned, discussion on the problems technology (and privacy) aware geeks face, general PSA's...
I can't help wondering how valid or appropriate some of my personal commentary would be. I doubt I have any controversial opinions, but I do worry about saying something wrong or something that I may regret saying publicly.
I would expect that anyone who thinks for himself/herself will have some controversial opinions. That in itself is not a reason not to start your blog.
I would be concerned about
If you have the time to put into it, I hope you go for it.
I would be concerned about
- having enough time to devote to writing blog articles and responding to comments so that site visitors have a reason to return regularly
- whether you are able to tolerate commenters whose worldviews are quite different from yours
- where to draw the line on your own content and on comments
- preventing spam comments (spam chases away legitimate visitors)
- whether to have occasional articles by guest-writers
If you have the time to put into it, I hope you go for it.
Controversial is not bad. By definition.
Wrong sucks a little. But that's why we write publicly, in part, I think. For corrections and refinements. What would really suck is never figuring out where you were wrong.
Yeah that's exactly what I am thinking (execpt for the Spam, that's actually pretty easy to deal with). I might just sit on the idea for a bit longer and if it keeps buzzing around my head for long enough I'll just do it.
Guest writers would be really awesome.
I might just draft some articles and if it looks like the idea is robust then I'll bring it public.
Guest writers would be really awesome.
I might just draft some articles and if it looks like the idea is robust then I'll bring it public.