Slug: un-blog-pour-quoi-faire
Title: A blog ? What's the point ?
Category: 3615 ma vie mon oeuvre
Tags: 3615, meta
Date: 2018/07/09 20:00
Modified: 2018/07/14 18:00
Summary: I mean, really ?
Image: /images/confused.gif
Lang: en
Status: published

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![gif confus][confused]

That's an excellent question, thanks for asking !

... Truth is, I know you're not that interested, but I will do as everyone else
on the web and start by talking about myself.

It's been a solid 20 years since I've been using Internet ; and it's the very
first time I open my own webpage. And yet I have been online for an
undisclosable and awful lot of time, I have written tons of stupid and a pinch
of clever stuff (not using that nickname, don't even bother looking !), I've
read and seen things that only Internet can offer (for better or worse).

So why only now ?

Maybe because I finally have some stuff worth sharing that might be of some use
to others. My articles won't change the world (well, who knows ?), but after
so much time spent enjoying stuff written by others, it's time to ... ; it's
very useful for me in the first place to write about what would otherwise remain a
mere thought or experience.

So what's that stuff I feel like writing about ? (you're so interested in me I
feel touched).

A confession, for starters : I have studied and worked for a few years as a
software engineer, and for a few months the biggest part of my time has been
spent on a web project (a topic I knew stricly nothing about a year ago). So I
might make my former colleagues (but still friends) cry, but one of the main
topics will be the **wonderful world of Web technologies and my own exploration of
its ecosystem**, with many technical articles that I can use as personal notes
and that may also turn useful to others. And since it's quite an experience
working as you intend to, there might also be personal reflexions regarding
**development, software engineering, and project management**. I'll also try my
best to demystify that field so many people take way too seriously, with
**easy-to-understand articles on computer science**.

Additionally, since I feel like eventually completing that project and make a
living out of it, I'm also discovering the **world of entrepreneurship**, which
makes it a topic I could write about some day.

I will also talk about **topics related to my project : the web, social networks,
information, knowledge** ... and of course **my project** itself, in due time.

As for the rest, it'll depend on what comes on my mind, inch'Allah !

As a conclusion, some important points :

* Please disable your ad blocker so that the author of that content may ... nah,
just kidding, **no ads ever in here**, and no third-party services such as
Google Analytics
* **You can leave comments** on each article without subscring to any service ;
and if you post one using a given nickname, your browser will automatically
pre-fill the fields for all the comments you might want to write in the future
* I'm very fond of the relative **anonymity the web provides** ; please respect
it towards me and others (e.g. by avoiding posting comments under your own
identity if you know me !)
* Please **share at will**, on social networks or anywhere else
* For those who know how to, you can subscribe to a [RSS feed][feed] that will keep
you updated on all my fascinating adventures.
    - For those who don't know that a RSS feed it, please check
    [this page][flux-rss] .. and ask for advice in comments if you need to
* If you also want a blog just like this one, with Markdown versionable articles,
all required details are in the footer (you might need to get into some
technical stuff - or even a LOT of it if "Markdown" or "versionable" don't
ring a bell - but it's worth it !)

Cheers !

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[feed]: /feeds/all.atom.xml
[flux-rss]: {filename}/pages/rss-feeds-en.md
[flux-rss-pour-les-nuls]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smdlRrXasjg
