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Hagai Luger on September 12, 2018

Hey you! Yeah I'm talking to you. The guy who looks at me in the mirror right now. (And maybe some others). You should really start blogging. It'...

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Sung M. Kim • Sep 13 '18 • Edited

Blogging would make you understand your stuff better. And deeper.

The way I understood that quote is that, once you start writing, you find gaps in your knowledge.

I do much research before writing but after start writing, I run into many situations where my understanding lacked.

Hagai Luger • Sep 13 '18

Thanks,
That's what I meant.
I'm sure I understand something, but when I'm starting to explain it to someone, I find that I didn't quite understand some parts.

Keith Greer • Aug 27 '19

Great post Hagai,

I would love to contribute but I feel I am still fairly inexperienced in comparison to some of the people who post, I struggle to see what I could write that would be of any interest.

Hagai Luger • Aug 27 '19

Write a post about that!
The very fact that you are writing would give you ideas.
And maybe ask for the community ideas/comments.
The community here is invaluable!

Keith Greer • Aug 28 '19

Thanks for the reply!! I have a couple of things I might be able to post about.

Sung M. Kim • Sep 13 '18

Thanks for the inspirational post Hagai.

My reason for starting a blog was a bit selfish.

I was too lazy to memorize what I've learned and wanted to go back to what I wrote about. (kind of like a personal cheat sheet).

There are still some posts I do go back once in awhile 🙃)

Hagai Luger • Sep 13 '18

Thanks
That's a great idea!
I'll try to do that too. (posting in order to remember things and get back to them in the future)

C.OG • Sep 13 '18

I've attempted to start micro blogging for the past 2 years. Still haven't been able to press publish on any of the countless drafts!

I'm struggling on what the first post should be about, does it have to be an explainer of the blog, why you're writing or do you just go straight into it?

After that barrier, the amount of edits I've gone through, and it never sounds / reads quite right?

Maybe perfection syndrome has gotten ahead of me!