I write to deepen my own understanding. Explaining concepts to others forces me to organize my thoughts and fill in gaps I didn't realize I had.

It forces me to rotate the shapes of ideas; my beliefs become more durable when I'm willing to explore differing views through the act of writing (or it exposes how weak my initial take is)

I'm just getting started blogging despite having run sites since the late 00s.

I mostly want to blog to sharpen my writing skills, produce something useful that I can point to as mine (and isn't at the whims of a platform), and to have fun on the sysadmin side of running the VPS, domain, traffic, etc.

I started because I wanted to think about transportation policy but my work as a Data Scientist wouldn't let me. I continued because a colleague convinced me it could help position me as a thought leader and get me a new job or engagements. More recently it's been a way to complain about the absurdities of mega corp life, awful past coworkers and jobs, etc. without being too obvious about it (hopefully).

But also I have always enjoyed writing and producing. Just passively consuming the internet leaves me feeling a little empty. Also I hate the short, singular point of view, short attention span, social media, everything we say and write getting neutered and just made worse by communications and legal departments world.

blog: https://kennethswindow.com/

I blog to think more clearly.

It’s utterly pointless to outsource this to ChatGPT. I need to muddle through with my slow dumb human words trying to explain my thinking against the social pressure of not looking stupid in public. Only then do I truly battle-test an idea.