Blogs, Gardens, and Thinking Aloud in Public
by Bix FrankonisIn this post, Bix ruminates on blogging vs digital gardens, vs the polish a βblogβ is expected to have.
Bix talks about digital gardens vs the traditional blog. Honestly, I don't really get the former.
The whole concept of a βdigital gardenβ just seems like a shit-tonne of work that I really don't need rattling around my brain.
The phrase "digital garden" is a metaphor for thinking about writing and creating that focuses less on the resulting "showpiece" and more on the process, care, and craft it takes to get there.
β Joel Hooks
Yeah, donβt get it. I write a post, publish it, then rarely edit it again. Reading about what a digital garden is makes me feel like those who have embraced the contecept have simply moved the onus of content curation from the computer/database, to their brain.
Screw that. Between the search function, the next/prev links at the bottom of every post, and linked tags, I think content curation is fine on this site and I really donβt need that burden rattling around my grey matter.
Also, this idea that βa blog should be highly polishedβ isnβt a thing, in my opinion. Thatβs a desire thatβs instigated by the site owner - they have 100% control over that.
Iβve mentioned many times that I think a personal blog should be rough around the edges, just like this one. π
So yeah, I don't get the whole βdigital gardenβ thing. This is a great read by Bix, that subsequently links to lots of other good reads too.