Thanks Doug, there's a bunch of good ideas in there! Now all I need to do is get this flaming move over and done with, and one day I might even get my DSL reconnected :)
-Josh On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:43 AM, Doug McCune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh my god. Please please please do not write those announcement > non-posts. That ticks me off so much and it ruins a full day or two of > blog reading because I can't deal with filtering out the 90% of the > posts that are "Flex 4 details were released!!! ZOMGZ Gumbo!" > > The approach I took when I started blogging was just to take > unanswered questions on flexcoders and post an example solution. > You've been really active on this list, so I bet you've got a good > idea about what people have been asking. Go back through your inbox > for flexcoders and find some of the custom component questions that > haven't been really answered. That way you know there's at least > someone out there who wants to read the post (even if only one guy). > > While I understand the previous message about wanting to see full app > examples more than small code snippets, I would argue against that. > Well, not against that per se, but I would say that the most important > thing is to blog the stuff you find interesting. Your interest and > enthusiasm is half of what makes a post good (the other half being a > good topic obviously). So my only suggestion is don't let yourself get > bogged down in making "complete examples" or "broader programming > tutorials" if that's going to slow you down. Just blog the shit out of > what you like doing. If you like debugging webservice calls then show > me stuff very specific to that that's cool. If you like custom > components then show me some cool custom components. If writing about > the broader historical context and proper usage of that component > isn't your thing, just post the component code. On the other hand, if > that is your thing then do that (and still post the component code). > Your job isn't to teach anyone programming, it's to show us cool shit. > > The only thing I'd suggest is start blogging with a focus on code > samples and runnable examples. If you're showing a block of code for a > custom component, I'm looking for a runnable swf embedded in the post > (or at least a link to one) that shows what the code does. > > Doug > > > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
