Why this blog had to exist?
I’m as seasonal as blogging gets. My material comes from personal experiences. I mostly write about my observations on knowledge work, academia and tech in general.
Writing about personal experiences carries the risk of writer being out of touch, missing the big picture etc. When there are thousands of thinkpiece iterations on academia, work and working in tech. It gets really challenging to produce orginal stuff while putting myself in the shoes of a reader.
I believe writing has a special place in human communication arsenal. Nowhere other than writing I need to I need to rely on intuition to get my message accross by careful selection of words and organized thought, nowhere else is the pressure to get the basics is greater. I can’t assume innate knowledge from the audience nor I can suppose the same interest in the topic for I have to spark interest to retain them. I found power in regular re-iteration to polish what is out there.
You don’t know what you know until you get it in writing.
