Comments on: Saturday Morning Surfing: Programming Is “Actionary” Blogging Is “Reactionary”

By: Curious case of nothing much to say - Saturday Morning Surfing | Website In A Weekend

Sat, 30 Oct 2010 07:13:30 +0000

[...] in HTML, CSS and Thesis Theme code. Blogging and coding don’t mix so well. After a day of taking programming action, I just don’t feel that interested in adding to the verbiage in [...]

By: Antti Kokkonen – When it has to be done right | Website In A Weekend

Antti Kokkonen – When it has to be done right | Website In A Weekend — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:15:42 +0000

[...] Saturday Morning Surfing: Programming Is “Actionary” Blogging Is “Reactionary”. Programming and blogging seem to be hard to do at the same time. What’s your experience? Join the conversation. [...]

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:05:22 +0000

You might want to invest some time into learning Atahualpa theme if you want to stay with free themes.

Watch for Dave Thackeray’s article here in a couple of hours.
.-= Dave Doolin´s last blog ..Consistency – A 7th Characteristic of Trust Building (Everyone can do this) =-.

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:02:34 +0000

I’m really bad about overloading myself.

I do like both, writing and programming. When I have everything in balance, I can do both effectively.
.-= Dave Doolin´s last blog ..iPhone Blogging – Writing is so last millennium (& the Last Week in Review) =-.

By: Valentina

Valentina — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:50:52 +0000

Dave –

I understand and fully agree that coding and posting content are two sides of the same coin – but I am sure that those fully functional in both disciplines are few and far between. I have a natural (or perhaps not – maybe it was developed) predilection towards content. I find it takes more of my time than some of my colleagues who seem to be able to publish stellar stuff written in under an hour. Small step by small step I am learning a bit about programming but it is not a major priority for me. It is the main reason I subscribe to WordPress Direct which may not be perfect but it sure makes life a lot easier for me. It may be costing me in terms of PR or other important stats – I don’t know. Even as it is I often find that at the end of the day I have not completed all the tasks for the day (maybe I put too many to start with).

So for me it is the blogging that my attention is focused on.
.-= Valentina´s last blog ..Sunday Morn Musings: Reading and Independent Thinking. =-.

By: Cebu Tech Blogger

Cebu Tech Blogger — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:15:55 +0000

I have this “TQM” at work in which I write codes for databases and just simple UI. I’m more inclined on doing this before, not until I started indulging myself to blogging. I never bought any premium theme for my blog, instead I modified the codes. Very time-consuming task, and unsatisfying. Checking the codes at w3.org will just give you 300+ errors (embarassing), yet still works. I ended up with a layout which I think good enough. I’m not sure though if big “G” really considers efficient coding on SEO. I’m doing on writing some contents now, but still have plan of redesigning the layout by end of March.
I agree, programming is actionary…
.-= Cebu Tech Blogger´s last blog ..Webthesurfi Rugs Webdesign =-.

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:19:35 +0000

While programming was first, this is a lot easier for me – you can inject more of your personality into it with stories and tales… different discipline though definitely.
.-= Heather´s last blog ..Three Sites that Play with Colour =-.

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:51:26 +0000

Programming first was my experience as well. Writing non-programming (or no-technical) blog articles is a but different. I have to think about story rather than facts.
.-= Dave Doolin´s last blog ..Saturday Morning Surfing: How’s Your Blog Traffic Lately? =-.

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:02:29 +0000

I was a programmer before I was ever a blogger or 3D person actually, though I don’t do it so much any more. There are days where I’d find blogging easier, and days where I’d find more technical things (like 3D. Seriously) easier; tends to vary with me.

Glad the two are fairly interlinked on my own blog though, makes the whole thing much easier. :)
.-= Heather´s last blog ..Three Sites that Play with Colour =-.

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:05:33 +0000

Programming often gives me an internal sense of satisfaction far different than writing.

Actually, that’s not true when I spend as much time on writing an article as I spend writing a piece of code. But writing well isn’t rewarded as well as writing quickly.

So I try to write well, but quickly.

Programming has to ship as near to bug free as possible. Most of last week I did a lot of pondering before releasing, and still ended up with two reported bugs.
.-= Dave Doolin´s last blog ..How a 9 Day Denial of Service Attack Affected Blog Traffic =-.