Take your experiences and your knowledge your distinct flavor and distill it into a potent package.
For an example, check out my essay currently on the front-page:
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35259588
It also helps to "Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere" (POSSE). This gives you a nice balance of freedom and control over your online identity.
[2] https://indieweb.org/POSSE
This essay provides great advice on finding things to write about:
[3] https://www.benkuhn.net/writing
# Second, be helpful (and opportunistic).
In order to be helpful, you must (1) know stuff and (2) share it.
To learn stuff, read voraciously and write obsessively.
To share things, be everywhere first. I have a bunch of keyword notifications to help people in my fields of expertise.
If you can't be there first, be there better. Hone skills that are difficult to ignore.
[4] https://hnrss.github.io
# Third, don't be annoying.
This takes finesse, and I'm personally still trying to find the balance.
People will signal to you when you're not wanted. Listen to those messages and cool down. Other people are generally not your problem.
Here's an example of how to be annoying:
[5] https://taylor.town
Take your experiences and your knowledge your distinct flavor and distill it into a potent package.
For an example, check out my essay currently on the front-page:
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35259588
It also helps to "Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere" (POSSE). This gives you a nice balance of freedom and control over your online identity.
[2] https://indieweb.org/POSSE
This essay provides great advice on finding things to write about:
[3] https://www.benkuhn.net/writing
# Second, be helpful (and opportunistic).
In order to be helpful, you must (1) know stuff and (2) share it.
To learn stuff, read voraciously and write obsessively.
To share things, be everywhere first. I have a bunch of keyword notifications to help people in my fields of expertise.
If you can't be there first, be there better. Hone skills that are difficult to ignore.
[4] https://hnrss.github.io
# Third, don't be annoying.
This takes finesse, and I'm personally still trying to find the balance.
People will signal to you when you're not wanted. Listen to those messages and cool down. Other people are generally not your problem.
Here's an example of how to be annoying:
[5] https://taylor.town