This website is not a blog

<p> We came to understand blogs as chronologically-sorted pieces of information. And, although this works for many, it was not working for my personal space. <a class="wikilink" href="/i_don't_think_blogs_broke_the_internet/"> I don't think blogs broke the internet </a> , but in any case I was searching for <a class="wikilink" href="/a_new_way_of_blogging/"> a new way of blogging </a> . One day, I crossed these words on a post called "My blog is not a blog": </p> <blockquote cite="https://joelhooks.com/digital-garden" class="quoteback" darkmode="" data-author="" data-title="%F0%9F%8C%B1%20My%20blog%20is%20a%20digital%20garden%2C%20not%20a%20blog"> The phrase "digital garden" is a metaphor for thinking about writing and creating that focuses less on the resulting "showpiece" and more on the process, care, and craft it takes to get there. <footer> <cite> <a href="https://joelhooks.com/digital-garden"> https://joelhooks.com/digital-garden </a> </cite> </footer> </blockquote> <script note="" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Blogger-Peer-Review/quotebacks@1/quoteback.js"> </script> <p> Although I knew what the idea of a <a class="wikilink" href="/digital_garden/"> digital garden </a> was, I never considered it as an alternative for personal website. Most people I knew in that space are thought-workers. People whose main focus is to think about how to think. Such is the case of <a href="https://www.nesslabs.com"> Ness Labs </a> , or <a href="https://notes.andymatuschak.org/"> Andy Matuschak </a> . Even though <a class="wikilink" href="/i_like_to_think_about_stuff/"> I like to think about stuff </a> , I don't focus on the <em> meta </em> part of thinking. </p> <h2> A Blog without a publish button </h2> <p> This quote is a great way of describing what I am trying to achieve. On the one hand, I have notes, perhaps <a class="wikilink" href="/evergreen_notes/"> evergreen notes </a> , that are built on links (see: <a class="wikilink" href="/backlinks_are_the_core_of_my_digital_garden/"> backlinks are the core of my digital garden </a> ). Thanks to these connections, some notes evolve into <em> articles </em> . There's no change from draft to published, just a difference in length, <a class="wikilink" href="/epistemic_status/"> epistemic status </a> , or dominant position on the home page. </p> <p> Tom Critchlow puts it very nicely: </p> <blockquote cite="https://tomcritchlow.com/2019/02/17/building-digital-garden/" class="quoteback" darkmode="" data-author="@tomcritchlow" data-title="Building%20a%20digital%20garden"> The distinction will come down to how you blog - some people blog in much the same way. For me however blogging is mostly <em> performative thinking </em> and less captain’s log. So I am looking for a space to nurture, edit in real time and evolve my thinking. <footer> @tomcritchlow <cite> <a href="https://tomcritchlow.com/2019/02/17/building-digital-garden/"> https://tomcritchlow.com/2019/02/17/building-digital-garden/ </a> </cite> </footer> </blockquote> <script note="" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/Blogger-Peer-Review/quotebacks@1/quoteback.js"> </script> <h2> This website is a blog that is not blog </h2> <p> What I want to achieve in this space is a curated access to information by <a class="wikilink" href="/breaking_the_chronological_order/"> breaking the chronological order </a> . I want to step-out of my comfort-zone and explore edge-cases in the hope of reaching and connecting with like-minded individuals. I am in the intersection between academic science, entrepreneurship, and as a hobby I am a web developer. This intrinsically opposite drives are hard to channel on one single outlet... Unless that outlet is designed to let the readers find what they want to find. </p> <p> This website has a <em> blog </em> component. It is not a pure brain dump, a collection of linked notes. It has longer articles that will probably be featured on the homepage if I think they are worthy. There is no 'previous', no 'next', nor 'suggested articles'. The only way out of this note is by following a link to something you found interesting. </p> <p> I am still struggling with the contradictory feelings of whether this is an attempt to <a class="wikilink" href="/grow_your_online_persona_with_smart_performative_blogging/"> Grow your online persona with smart performative blogging </a> , or it is purely a combination of <a class="wikilink" href="/digital_gardens_and_personal_blogs/"> Digital gardens and personal blogs </a> . </p>