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Technical blogging: A skill with many benefits
Introduction
A blog is where you share your ideas, thoughts, experiences, opinions, etc. A technical blog is about technology and differs from fictional, life blogs and other categories. It is a channel for you to share your expertise in a selected domain or niche.
Some examples of technical blogs include TechCrunch, Engadget etc. Blogging allows you to develop your writing skills. Any concept is best understood when it is learnt to teach it to someone else. Blogging motivates you to read more about the topic, develop ideas, deepen your understanding and then explain it in an easy to follow manner. With time as you keep on writing, you develop your technical domain expertise and build an audience. Your credibility increases and so does your knowledge.
Getting Started
In today’s world, getting a blog ready is as easy as signing for a website like medium.com, wordpress.com, etc. These sites offer free and paid services. There are several site templates available with customization options. Getting something like myfirstsite.wordpress.com shouldn’t take you more than 10 minutes to set up. You have to pick a name for your blog. It can be anything you want and can be related to what you want to write about. For example, I have a blog called expoundai.wordpress.com. This is a blog about artificial…
