Avoiding the Blogger Trap

by Tommy

Marco Arment:


I’m not just about technology, just as John Gruber’s not just about Apple products and Merlin Mann isn’t just about index cards and Steve Yegge can speak briefly and Jeff Atwood enjoys Rock Band and Paul Graham is a great cook and Ted Dziuba likes stuff and pretty people take shits and maybe, just maybe, there’s an area of Michael Arrington’s life in which he isn’t a dick.

Just because I’m a blogger who’s known for tech- and student-related stuff doesn’t mean I can’t post about starlings, natural light, theatre or declining party invitations at 11pm on the LUAS. Like Marco, I’d hate to feel that I couldn’t post something because people expect a different type of post from me. This is my blog, written for me. A not-insignificant amount of people happen to read it too, but I wouldn’t do much different if my audience was just me.