[TriLUG] TLDP

[Ken M]

Perhaps we should get a members site list put out there in general.  Kind of part of our user directory.  Just my $0.02 that that might be a good thing in general.  Be it blogs or what not.

Ken

On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 08:40:06AM -0500, David Both wrote:
> +1
> 
> My own web site, http://www.databook.bz, is a good example of
> creating a blog or personal database of some sort as a memory aid
> for one's self and making it available to others. Mine started
> primarily because I had to research the same problems, fixes and
> various bits of information several times over. In part due to the
> holes in memory caused by just getting older, but also because I do
> many of these things so infrequently that they don't get ingrained
> into my brain or muscle memory.
> 
> I would suggest that if any of you other folks on this list have
> similar blogs or memory aides, that you let us all know of their URL
> so we can partake of your collective knowledge and wisdom.
> 
> 
> 
> On 01/05/2015 08:30 AM, Ken M wrote:
> >Second this idea.  And Alan's blog is a good example one.  Having browsed it myself there is some cool stuff in there.
> >
> >Another option is participating in wikis and forums to document bugs and workarounds.  Last year I came full circle for the first time on this.  As in I could not remember the steps for a fix I had done a couple months prior for something.  So I went to google it and the top response that came back was my own forum post on the solution.  So I actually ended up googling myself sort of.
> >
> >Ken
> >
> >On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 10:24:31PM -0500, Alan Porter wrote:
> >>>Quality documentation is useful and people should be praised for wanting to contribute by producing more of it.
> >>If fully volunteering for a project like TLDP is too much for you, it's
> >>still worthwhile to share your experiences through blog posts.
> >>
> >>I started writing tech stuff on my blog as a way to document tricks for
> >>myself, so future-me could find reminders of the Linux-fu that past-me
> >>had accomplished.  But once that stuff is recorded in a public searchable
> >>space, it can benefit a lot of downstream users.
> >>
> >>So write on!