In this episode, Amy and James discuss all the benefits that come from blogging, including the positive effect it can have on your career.

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Show Notes

• 0:00 Introduction
• 4:02 Marco Polo
• 5:29 Learn Build Teach
• 7:17 Emulating Chefs
• 8:09 Why Write
• 9:33 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 11:08 Writing Helps You Be a Better Communicator
• 11:52 Networking
• 13:47 Why blog, over another medium?
• 15:23 Picking a Blogging Platform
  • Framer is still alive and well… and it’s a game-changer
  • UX Collective
  • Medium
  • Hashnode
  • Dev.to
  • Chrome Extension Daily.dev
  • Chrome Extension Panda
• 21:17 Creating Your Own Blog
  • Wordpress.com
  • Wordpress.org
• 22:47 Sponsor: Vercel
• 23:55 Different Frameworks
  • Gatsby
  • Next.js
  • Gridsome
  • Nuxt
  • React
  • Angular
  • Vue
  • Svelte
  • SvelteKit
• 25:43 Sponsor: DatoCMS
• 26:25 Learning that Comes from Building Your Own Blog
• 27:30 Workflow for Writing Content
  • Notion.so
  • Grammarly
  • Grammarly extension for Chrome
  • Grammarly extension for VS Code
  • StackEdit.io
• 30:37 What would you do differently?
• 32:26 Grab Bag Questions
• 32:47 Grab Bag Question #1: Are there some things you can do right or wrong when it comes to creating content?
  • James Q Quick on YouTube: JavaScript Array Method Practice
• 35:49 Grab Bag Question #2: How do you choose what topics to cover? How do you decide who is your target audience?
• 39:00 Picks and Plugs
• 39:11 Amy's Pick: Headphone Splitter
  • Rode Micro Pro
• 39:51 Amy's Plug: SelfTeach.me on Twitch
• 40:13 James's Pick: Cable Clips
• 40:56 James's Pick: JS Challenges