{"id":6783,"date":"2015-11-01T21:06:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T20:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chiperoni.ch\/wordpress\/?p=6783"},"modified":"2016-02-11T08:02:35","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T07:02:35","slug":"reasons-to-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chiperoni.ch\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/reasons-to-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons to blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeffbullas.com\/2015\/10\/31\/9-reasons-why-a-blog-is-important-career-life\/\">this article<\/a> today on the benefits of blogging:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo why should you&nbsp;blog?\u201d\u009d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sxbWSvtWPI\">https:\/\/t.co\/sxbWSvtWPI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00e2\u0153\u0081___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nchenga\/status\/660847028633776128\">November 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Blogs refine your thoughts\n<\/li>\n<li>Blogs reward the creator\n<\/li>\n<li>Blogs amplify your humanity\n<\/li>\n<li>Blogs connect us to our tribes\n<\/li>\n<li>Blogs give introverts a voice\n<\/li>\n<li>Blogs reward the \u201cnew age\u201d\u009d publishers\n<\/li>\n<li>Blogs embrace the experimenters\n<\/li>\n<li>Blogs accelerate discovery\n<\/li>\n<li>Blogs open up a world without borders<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I&#8217;ve written about the reflective power of writing. E.g. <a href=\"\/wordpress\/2013\/06\/because-writing-helps\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I bet, there were similar articles about writing ever since writing was invented. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s quite difficult to carve out a space in our multimedia world to sit down and write and reflect and create. Many times I just feel like I am part of the echo chamber. Not adding any value. Not going deep enough. <\/p>\n<p>One reason to keep your blog going is digital memories. <\/p>\n<p>The weather was beautiful today. Sunny and warm. I tried to capture the day and hold onto the moment with these snapshots. <\/p>\n<p>Walking down the stairs:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chiperoni\/22641509736\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/690\/22641509736_8ddd0a4c64_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Photo\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Crossing the river Rhein at the Kraftwerk:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chiperoni\/22679000405\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"hello basel\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/758\/22679000405_2cf17b4b4e_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" alt=\"hello basel\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This bicycle colour is cool:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chiperoni\/22679413035\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"hell-blau\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/690\/22679413035_a1a7536981_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" alt=\"hell-blau\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Looking down:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chiperoni\/22691374561\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"muster\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/769\/22691374561_a664fb71fc_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" alt=\"muster\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Just like in San Francisco, the fog moved in at around 5 pm:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chiperoni\/22691198561\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"der nebel kommt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/644\/22691198561_ea1a889c53_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" alt=\"der nebel kommt\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Autumn colours:<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chiperoni\/22665803812\/\" title=\"leaves\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5835\/22665803812_347eb1df59_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" alt=\"leaves\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I am continuing my Vine experiment. Here&#8217;s the new water fountain in Riehen Dorf:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">Riehen <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OIWZPqef3c\">https:\/\/t.co\/OIWZPqef3c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u00e2\u0153\u0081___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nchenga\/status\/660838352409731072\">November 1, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Video isn&#8217;t easy. At all. This <a href=\"http:\/\/coschedule.com\/blog\/5-different-content-types\/\">Coschedule blog post<\/a> mentions some tools to explore:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Video Hance (iPhone)\n<\/li>\n<li>QuickCast (iPhone)\n<\/li>\n<li>ScreenFlow (desktop tool)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Always a good resource, Hubspot lists <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/marketing\/video-content-ideas\">video ideas<\/a> to try out for your business.<\/p>\n<p>What tools or apps can you recommend? I&#8217;m on Android. <\/p>\n<p>By chance, I learnt that there is an edit function in Vine. <\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw this article today on the benefits of blogging: \u201cSo why should you&nbsp;blog?\u201d\u009d https:\/\/t.co\/sxbWSvtWPI &mdash; \u00e2\u0153\u0081___CollectThisTweet (@nchenga) November 1, 2015 Blogs refine your thoughts Blogs reward the creator Blogs amplify your humanity Blogs connect us to our tribes Blogs give introverts a voice Blogs reward the \u201cnew age\u201d\u009d publishers Blogs embrace the experimenters Blogs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"mf2_syndication":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,24,2,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basel","category-marketing","category-photos","category-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1LJxC-1Lp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiperoni.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiperoni.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiperoni.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiperoni.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiperoni.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chiperoni.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chiperoni.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiperoni.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chiperoni.ch\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}