# Why I Decided To Start A Blog

DevFeed: [Why I Decided To Start A Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-i-decided-to-start-a-blog-33349.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://timkellogg.me/blog/2010/05/29/why-i-decided-to-start-blog>)

Published: 2010-05-29T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tim Kellogg](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tim-kellogg.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>)

Tags: [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [open-source-software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source-software.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

The author explains why they started a blog: to share problems and solutions from their experiences, help technical readers learn, and give back to the community. They also discuss the value of blogs and open source software as public resources, praising Google's investment in open source.

## Source excerpt

I strongly believe that for every avenue of life that we enter, we should leave it a better place. So for every job that I take, my goal is to leave a more efficient or more powerful work group behind. By blogging I can bring up issues that I come across, and if I also bring up solutions to those problems I can give other people the chance to learn from my experiences.I also believe strongly in open source software (OSS). I wish there were more companies like Google that invest a lot of capital in developing OSS. From a business standpoint, when considering investment in public resources like OSS, it is hard to see the ROI. I think Google has done an exceptional job of finding revenue from OSS, and I think that is positive for the world.Blogging is similar to OSS in the way that blogs are a public resource and they're written by regular people in their spare time (I wish I could be paid to develop OSS). I read a lot of blogs from other technical people. Some of them I follow regularly, others I end up inadvertently reading by googling for some technical problem. Blogs are free content that adds value to our lives. Starting a blog was a result of a lot of thinking. It's been bugging me for a while that I read all these blogs and I don't write one. I think its important to give back at least a portion of what you consume. If you don't like what I have to say here you don't have to read it. What I say here won't waste anyone's time or clog their inbox without their consent. Since this blog can't ever be a burden on society, it can only add value. So in that line of logic, this blog is necessary.