How to website
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I've contemplated the idea of starting my own tech blow, but after starting a health and fitness blog that only lasted a month I found that blogs are not for me. However I wanted to run my newest idea past everyone. Over the years I've created hundreds of how-to documents on various topics that I was studying or learning about at that time. Though the process of creating all of them I've learned that I rather enjoy creating documentation and teaching. So I'm considering creating a web site that is just how-tos. My end goal is to turn it into a giant knowledge base by the end of my IT career. Be like the Google of IT documentation! lol
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I find that documenting for other people helps me to learn because I have to think about how they will be approaching it.
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@Duffney Have at it! It is how Daniel Petri did it—
Check the WaybackMachine to see how it had evolved over the last fifteen years.
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Can be a great idea. You definitely need to do some marketing!
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A good How-To site can do a lot to drive traffic to your "brand."
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While not this exact text, this is what drove me to start my own blog. And it's really worked. When "teaching" you are forced to look at a problem from several different angles and make sure you know what you're talking about. Go for it!
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@Martin9700 said:
While not this exact text, this is what drove me to start my own blog. And it's really worked. When "teaching" you are forced to look at a problem from several different angles and make sure you know what you're talking about. Go for it!
Yes, I find that when I document for others, especially anonymous others, it makes me learn things better myself.
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@Duffney Sounds like a great idea. I don't think there are enough sites out there of high quality.