A. Jesse Jiryu Davis - Write an Excellent Programming Blog

Writing rewards you and benefits us all: when you write you refine your thinking, share your knowledge, and connect with your niche community. This talk describes the special challenges of writing a programming blog. It outlines solid article structures, and offers methods for generating ideas and writing more skillfully. Get the guidance and inspiration to craft articles of enduring value.

https://us.pycon.org/2016/schedule/presentation/1668/

Transcript

1. Write an Excellent Programming Blog A. Jesse Jiryu Davis @jessejiryudavis MongoDB
2. Why?
3. Share your expertise
4. Meet fellow
 specialists
5. Writing is thinking
7. Why? Share your expertise Meet fellow specialists Writing is thinking
9. Why? What? Who? How? When? ✓
10. What?
11. Story
12. Story “I'm going to tell you a story about Foo, how it taught me Bar, and led to Baz. First this happened, then that happened. And that's the story of Foo.”
14. Opinion
15. Opinion "Thesis.
 Points of evidence.
 Response to likely objections. 
 Restatement of thesis." Karate for defense only.
17. How To
18. How To "Doing Foo is important under the given conditions. I'm going to show you how to Foo. Do this, then do that. There, now I've shown you how to Foo. You should go out and do Foo."
20. How Something Works
21. How Something Works "Do you wonder how Foo works? I'm going to show you how Foo is implemented. It does this and that. Now I've shown you how it works."
23. Reviews
24. Reviews "I read, saw, played, or used something. This is what it is. This is what my experience was like. The thing has these strengths and weaknesses. In conclusion, it's best when evaluated by certain criteria."
26. Story Opinion How-To How Things Work Review
27. Find your audience
28. SEO
29. Planets, aggregators, weekly emails
31. Specialists will find you
32. Improve Your Writing Practice, read, get an editor
33. Make Time to Write
34. Write infrequently
35. Write when inspired
36. Or, write short things
37. Write Together
38. A. Jesse Jiryu Davis @jessejiryudavis MongoDB bit.ly/programming-blog