2014-07-24 03:21:28 +00:00
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title: To Blog or Not to Blog
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2014-07-30 22:18:34 +00:00
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The original intention of this blog was to serve as a place where I could
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showcase the programming work I have done and detail my process. However, as
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you can tell, there hasn't been any posts since my first ["Hello,
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2014-07-28 19:13:49 +00:00
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World!"](/2012/12/03/hello-world) post. Sure, I've been working on projects, but I
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just haven't gotten to the point in any of those projects where I felt like I
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could blog in detail about it.
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Then I watched this great talk that [Brian
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Jones](http://pyvideo.org/speaker/352/brian-k-jones) gave at
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[PyCon](http://pycon.org) that my friend, [Daniel Bond](http://dbond.cc/),
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pointed out to me:
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2014-07-24 17:26:12 +00:00
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<div class="video-container"><iframe width="640" height="360"
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src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BBfW3m3TK0w?feature=player_embedded"
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frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>
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One point that he makes that really resonates with me is how I should write
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even if I feel like I don't know what I'm talking about. The reluctance to show
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my inexperience is essentially the reason this blog sat stale for so many
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months after its inception.
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I have decided I will take Brian's words to heart, and start blogging just for
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the sake of writing. Henceforth, I will no longer hesitate to chronicle my
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journey through programming, writing, and any other quest which may take a hold
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of me as I continue to improve and broaden my skills. I'll be wrong, I'll ask
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questions, and I may frankly look like a blundering idiot at times; but, I only
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ask that you just bear with me and understand that I'm new at all this still,
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and I appreciate any constructive criticism that anyone has for me.
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Let's see how far I can go.
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