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Big take away from Insites Tour Brighton

Jeremy Keith was last on in the Insites Tour at the Lighthouse in Brighton on Monday and apart for his slight error in assuming he was the oldest in the room (I beat him by nine years - that’s a lot of kids programmes that only I remember…) he said a few things about blogging that made me think hard. In a world where blogging is being declared dead and people turn to social media his message was that he was proud of his blogging (just coming up to 10 years worth and at an average of 1.75 posts per day I think) and that we should blog anything we think of saying rather than holding back because we think that everyone knows it. He mentioned that those who have advanced knowledge of things tend not to blog about them because the assumption is that everyone else knows what you do. Actually they don’t.

And this resonated with me a lot. I need to blog a lot more - I have this shorts channel for short length pieces rather then long articles (this is turning into an article!) but my articles are supposed to be more thought out and need images with them whereas I designed this channel (literally if you know #eecms) as a thought capture area or as a note area where I can write down stuff I want to read later - the audience is me but you are more than welcome to read.

I have also reinstalled iExpression so that I can blog on the move - that’s an awesome bit of kit for ExpressionEngine if you have never tried it.

So that’s it - more output from me like the old days - hopefully less inane than way back then.

by Simon Cox | 20 Jul 2011 |

Gallery

: Brighton Insites Tour by Simon Cox - Mon, July 18, 2011: Mash Tun Brighton
@therulebook and @mrqwest get social
: Duck for food by Simon Cox - Mon, July 18, 2011: Mash Tun Brighton
Food order duck table piece. number 22.
: Brighton Insites Tour by Simon Cox - Mon, July 18, 2011: The Digital Lounge @ Lighthouse Brighton
@CrCreatives - @SimianStudios, @mikestreety and @MrQwest
: Brighton Insites Tour by Simon Cox - Mon, July 18, 2011: The Digital Lounge @ Lighthouse Brighton
@addicto gets into the very nice food
: Brighton Insites Tour by Simon Cox - Mon, July 18, 2011: The Digital Lounge @ Lighthouse Brighton
@laurakalbag and @SimianStudios
: Brighton Insites Tour by Simon Cox - Mon, July 18, 2011: The Digital Lounge @ Lighthouse Brighton
@mikestreety and @MrQwest chat with host @keirwhitaker
: Brighton Insites Tour by Simon Cox - Mon, July 18, 2011: The Digital Lounge @ Lighthouse Brighton
@keirwhitaker

0 comments

2 MrQwest on 2011 07 20 said :

Nice write up Simon, and I’ll be honest - that was one of the key points I took away from Insites too.

I wrote a similar post yesterday (http://mrqw.es/170) where I basically said the same as you. I often come across little snippets of code or ideas which I think are great but tend to assume everyone else knows about it but the truth is, they may not do.

I think, if any post I write teaches the reader in any way, shape or form, I’ve succeeded!

3 Keir Whitaker on 2011 07 25 said :

Hi Simon,

Firstly thanks for coming and secondly for the writeup. The pictures are great although the last one is a little scary! Hope you had a good time and found it useful. See you on the next one?

Cheers,
Keir

4 Simon Cox on 2011 07 25 said :

Oh yes - as long as it remains small and intimate I think the format works and i look forward to more.

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