Comment by rickcarlino

Comment by rickcarlino 5 days ago

Most of your questions revolve around acquiring readers and sharing content. I am not sure my reasons for blogging are the same as yours, but I will say that it has been beneficial for me, both personally and for my career. During job searches, it is helpful to have a collection of writing samples that show I am competent and indeed a real human rather than an LLM fabrication. On a personal level, it’s been very rewarding to get emails from people telling me my content helped them in unique ways.

If I had to start over, I would certainly do it again.

Shameless plug: http://rickcarlino.com

pcblues 5 days ago

I'm probably old, but still curious. You seem to have so many social contact routes on your website but I couldn't find an email address. Did I miss it?

I try to limit my contact routes to as few as possible so I don't have to process so many interruptions.

I have a twitter link on my website, so that may cater for people who don't use email any more :)

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palata 5 days ago

> I have a twitter link on my website, so that may cater for people who don't use email any more :)
I wouldn't consider Twitter a replacement for email, though. The one thing about email is that everyone must have one. It's the one common denominator, and I believe it is the reason why email is still a thing.
Twitter, on the other hand... I mean just the fact that you apparently refuse to use the new name says a thing or two about what you think about it, right?

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rickcarlino 5 days ago

I don’t directly link my email, but people still find it pretty easily because I’m not trying too hard to hide it. Even the folks who can’t find my email managed to get a hold of me quite easily. I am not famous enough to be at a point where people wanting to talk to me is a distraction. I even have a Calendly page if people really want to hop on a call with me. I probably get five requests a year which is not unreasonable.

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alp1n3_eth 3 days ago

Totally agree with this. It's nice to have something to point at for writing samples, to show some experience in a field, and to get ahold of you.

I have a link aggregator (Bento.me) that points to my blog, GitHub, cool projects to get involved with, etc. I feel like this also shows a level of enthusiasm / involvement with the field / community as a whole as well.

I saw your other comment and also agree with the email exclusion. My blog has the ability to have comments, my GitHub has open repos, and there is a calendar link. If someone wants to dig for my email they can (as it's very public at this point lol), but I'd prefer it not be the main route I handle online comms through from people reaching that link agg.

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