
A retrospective on writing a technical blog for a year

exactly one year ago today I posted my first video online
if you ever doubt how far you can get in a year, here’s what 365 days of consistent effort led me to:
0 to 111 videos (not all created equally, some short form, some long, some personal, some public)
0 to 166,723 followers across instagram & youtube
for an entire year i showed up almost ever... See more
if you ever doubt how far you can get in a year, here’s what 365 days of consistent effort led me to:
0 to 111 videos (not all created equally, some short form, some long, some personal, some public)
0 to 166,723 followers across instagram & youtube
for an entire year i showed up almost ever... See more
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Are you an archaeologist or an architect?
nikitakhandwala.com
Between 2013 and 2017 I read every issue of TIME magazine from 1923-2000–nearly 4,000 issues and 77 years worth of history. The project began as a way to track economic history and ended up being personally transformative. By reading TIME week by week over the course of multiple generations I was able to watch and feel history unfold. The experienc... See more
scottkrisiloff.me • Scott Krisiloff’s Blog

I guess what I’m trying to say in this essay is: I’m awed and surprised and deeply pleased that this turned out to be a good strategy. You don’t have to be a content farm to find a community of readers; you can just put your heart into making unreasonably thorough stuff.