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_posts/2025-01-04-sam-rodriques-bio-foundation-natural-language.md

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-via [X post](https://x.com/SGRodriques/status/1870531405127840235){:target="_blank"}
+source [X post](https://x.com/SGRodriques/status/1870531405127840235){:target="_blank"}

_posts/2025-01-04-simon-willison-on-link-blogs.md

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 title: "[tif] simon willison on link blogs"
 date: 2025-01-04
-tags: tif blogging sharing
+tags: tif blogging
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-[Simon Willison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Willison) runs a 
-[great blog](https://simonwillison.net/){:target="_blank"}, gives 
-[great talks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1-KQZZarpc){:target="_blank"}, 
+[Simon Willison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Willison) 
+is a co-creator of 
+[Django](https://www.djangoproject.com/){:target="_blank"}, gives 
+[great talks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1-KQZZarpc){:target="_blank"}
+at events like [PyCon](https://us.pycon.org/2024/about/keynote-speakers/index.html){:target="_blank"}, 
 and is the kind of 
 [netizen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netizen){:target="_blank"}
 we should all aspire to be more like.
 In his 
 [My approach to running a link blog](https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/22/link-blog/){:target="_blank"}
-post (part of his [how I blog](https://simonwillison.net/series/blogging/){:target="_blank"} 
-series) he describes how he runs a link blog where he publishes links to things he found on the internet along with some short commentary.
-
-He wants more people to start blogs :) 
+post and the rest of his [how I blog](https://simonwillison.net/series/blogging/){:target="_blank"} series,
+he lets you know that he wants you to start a blog.
 
 > You should start a blog. Having your own little corner of the internet is good for the soul! 
 
-And he wants you to know that you don't need to write a novel to start out
+He also wants you to know that it's mostly about the journey,
 
 > ... blogging doesn’t have to be about unique insights. The value is in writing frequently and having something to show for it over time—worthwhile even if you don’t attract much of an audience (or any audience at all).
 
-He also goes on to describe how to "add something extra" along with the found link.
-This can serve as a personal log of things that are interesting to the link blog author, 
-but it can also serve as an introduction to that material for other people on the internet.
+To help people get started, he describes three kinds of low stakes / high value posts.
+
+ * things I learned
+ * project descriptions
+ * things I found
 
-He describes a post he made on Bluesky
+The third kind of post, "things I found", are what make up a link blog. 
+They consist of a link to something interesting along with a bit of commentary.
+They can serve as a personal log for the link blog author, 
+but they can also introduce the material to others.
 
 > I wish people would post more links to interesting things
 >
@@ -37,8 +42,8 @@ He describes a post he made on Bluesky
 >
 > (In my ideal world everyone would get their own link blog too, but sharing links on Bluesky and Mastodon is almost as good)
 
-I'll be making these kinds of posts with the [tif] prefix (for "things i've found") and they will have the `tif` tag.
+Ideal world challenge accepted! You'll be able to identify my "thing i found" posts by the `[tif]` prefix in their title and the `tif` tag.
 
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-via [My approach to running a link blog](https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/22/link-blog/){:target="_blank"}
+source [My approach to running a link blog](https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/22/link-blog/){:target="_blank"}