Today I want to do a round-up of my blognado experience.
First, allow me to explain the origin of the name. There was a short-lived TV series called The Middleman. It was perhaps the geekiest show ever, it was glorious. During the back half of its only season a running joke developed where one character would refer to something as being “a ___nado”, leading another character to ask “You mean a tornado made of ____?” Thus the term blognado proves I am the nerdiest person in the world.
So what did I learn from this experience? For one thing, I should blog more. Despite how much work went into some of these posts (3 hours in one case), it was good to get back into it. Many of the topics were things I wanted to talk about at some point, and by committing to at least 5 posts I gave myself the impetus to actually write them. So lesson 1 – do more things.
Based on the comments at least, the biggest hit of the blognado was the tax post on Tuesday. I was a little curious as to how that one would be received because most of it seemed too straightforward to merit much attention. This is an occupational hazard of expertise – you underestimate the gap between what you know and what everyone else knows. Since tax policy isn’t even something I’m specialised in, I should think I could do similar post son other topics that could provide even more detail. So lesson 2 – more policy blogging.
The third thing I leaned, al though I kinda knew this already, is that we have a great community here. That ta xpost in particualr spawned side conversations that were post-wrothy int heir own right. So lesson 3 is to thank the commenters – Thanks’s commenters!
And that’s it for blognado. Perhaps when I next take time off work I’ll look at running another blognado. Thanks for reading.
Keep writing every day. Write until the well runs dry… then sit down to write and write 1000 words anyway. You will learn stuff about yourself.Report
“Thus the term blognado proves I am the nerdiest person in the world.” I find it amusing when nerds compete for the title. The other day I was watching a clip on YouTube of the Big Bang theory cast and producers doing a panel interview and Kaley Cuoco explained that, like her character, Kaley too is attracted to nerds. Thank goodness for women like Kaley.
“So lesson 1 – do more things.” I find this is a good general life lesson.
“This is an occupational hazard of expertise – you underestimate the gap between what you know and what everyone else knows.” I remind myself of this almost every day. I do not claim to be an expert in my field, but I forget that most people know even less than I do. I usually find that hard to imagine, so another good life lesson.
Like JB, I think you should continue to write (when life allows). If you keep writing, I’ll keep reading.Report
Thank you both.Report