Why You Want to Publish on Your Own Site

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I’ve shared my opinion many times about writing over the years with my friends, followers, and colleagues. When you publish your writing, publish it on your own website. A site you manage. Not LinkedIn. Not Medium. Not the platform formerly known as Twitter. Not Mastodon. Two months from now, people won’t find your insightful 18-paragraph… Continue reading Why You Want to Publish on Your Own Site

Think Twice Before Only Publishing Your Posts on LinkedIn

Woman using a blue pen to handwrite in their spiral journal, a coffee mug in the foreground.

Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a trend for people to publish posts on LinkedIn.

Not only two to three paragraph posts, but long posts with more than 1,000 words.

I’m not saying you shouldn’t publish posts on LinkedIn.

Their interface allows you to create a post, write your thoughts quickly, add a few line breaks to break up a wall of text, and press the “Post” button.

But I’m a big believer in owning your own content, rather than using Medium, LinkedIn, or Facebook to publish your content.

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How I’m Migrating My Storify Stories

Storify home page with announcement about closing down

When Storify announced in late 2017 they were closing down, I wasn’t too surprised.

I had been an early adopter of Storify, using it to curate events, talks, and conferences since 2011.

Storify had a drag-and-drop interface that made it easy to add tweets, Flickr photos, posts, and other online content to a story. Continue reading How I’m Migrating My Storify Stories