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Best technical blogging tips in under 30 seconds

Before you start writing, have the answers to the questions below.  You can revise, iterate the answers as you write. This will make your blog crisp and help you to ship.  QUESTIONS Who’s the audience? What audience questions will the blog answer? YOU CAN STOP HERE. Start thinking and writing. Everything else is secondary – Tips, tricks, rules and all.  These tips are from Larry McEnerny , professor of English at University of Chicago. The lecture is about 80 minutes, I highly recommend it. For the past couple of years, I’ve used this model to write my blogs which have been read over half a million times. At minimum, this helped me to structure my blogs faster and better. Hopefully, these have created better value to the readers.  When we’re not writing, we’re readers. We carefully search, select and see the content useful for us. We’re looking for things that are interesting and valuable. The crucial thing is the value. The value is in the eye of the beholder - en...