monkeys on typewriters

Or: Piggybacking FTW.

Austin (Taco Widgets design ninja) recently wrote a piece entitled “A Guide to Blogging”, in which he describes 1) why you should blog and 2) how you should blog.

He also mentions me incognito as “software developer”. (At least, I think it’s me.) I dunno if I’m the one of the three who actually blogs — I’m not sure if this counts. But I digress.

It’s a great article and if you don’t blog, you should read it. I agree with everything he has to say. I simply wanted to add one little tip of my own on how to blog. This tip is brought to you by John Gruber of Daring Fireball:

That reader I write for is a second version of me. I’m writing for him. He’s interested in the exact same things I’m interested in; he reads the exact same websites I read. I want him to like this website so much that he reads it from the top to the bottom, and he reads everything. [transcript link]

That is the exact same spirit that you should write your blog in. It will help ensure that you’re writing the right blog and not pretending to be something you’re not. It’ll make your blog feel more authentic and, in the end, will result in better content.

Go.