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Your HostsDavid Walsh
@davidwalshblog
https://davidwalsh.name

Todd Gardner
@toddhgardner
https://todd.mn

Episode Summary1. Why did you start davidwalsh.name? 1. Looking for specific answers to my problems 2. Sharing my own learning 3. Ask questions about what I’m doing wrong 4. 12 yo 5. Teaser for technologies 2. Dealing with comments 1. Throw out mean comments. 2. Address negative feedback and get better. 3. Why Do I, as a developer, need to have a brand? 1. How would my blog/website/social build that brand? 2. Showcase your talents and advocate for yourself 3. Opens a new revenue stream personally… ads and sponsorships 4. Feeling proud of accomplishing something. 5. Write in your own voice 4. What sort of things do you write about 1. Curiosity, wanting to know how things on the web are built. 2. Talk to my passion, not focused on a niche. 5. How do you stay active on the blog? 1. Writing makes you think and explain yourself, and understand the shortcomings in your own work. 2. Scheduled writing time and publishing over time. 3. Revisiting work through the blog in a different mindset 4. Publishing daily for momentum, but its however often you can. 5. Publish regularly, whatever that means for you. 6. No topic is too small 6. How do I know if it’s working? 1. Do I measure something, how many hits, shares, etc? 7. What do I do if no one reads my blog? 8. Choosing technology 1. Owned (wordpress, jekyll) vs Aggregate (medium, dev.to) 2. Probably don’t build it yourself