Write Not Only For Your Readers, But For Yourself

As the blog posts recorded in my blog have begun to pile up, I have come to notice something. I find myself returning to old posts that walk-through how to do something. For example, one-time configuration changes when you first install Ubuntu or setting up the connection between your Ubuntu computer to your T-Mobile G1. Shame on me of course, I wrote those articles, so I should already know how to do those things by heart. Unfortunately, I am slow at memorizing, so after I return to these articles a few more times I believe I will have gotten the processes described in the posts down.

Anyways, when trying to come up with a blog post idea, write about a solution to a problem you found. Many times I was about to do this, but decided against it because I thought it was not worthwhile. I kick myself now, because there are times when that problem arises again, and I completely forget how I solved it the first time. I end up spending a long time on Google to find the solution again.

Even if the post is a short and simple one, it may prove invaluable to someone out there and possibly useful to yourself as well.