Julia Evans – “A few years ago I gave a short talk (slides) about myths that discourage people from blogging. I was chatting with a friend about blogging the other day and it made me want to write up that talk as a blog post. Here are the myths:

• myth: you need to be original
• myth: you need to be an expert
• myth: posts need to be 100% correct
• myth: writing boring posts is bad
• myth: you need to explain every concept
• myth: page views matter
• myth: more material is always better
• myth: everyone should blog…”