What Is Technical Blogging?

The most generic definition of blog (an amalgamation of the words web and log) is a site that contains a series of posts organized in reverse chronological order. This sterile definition doesn’t quite convey what people really think when they hear the word blog though.

In the collective mind, blog often calls forth a picture of a writer in pajamas, talking about his or her daily life or (at the other end of the spectrum) breaking news stories before the media reaches them. Yet those two are by no means the only kinds of blogs on the block.

Many of the concepts we’ll explore in this book will be beneficial to those who are interested in starting such a personal blog; however, our focus is specifically centered ...

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