Comments on: Interview with Jeff Atwood from Coding Horror

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:10:54 +0000

Been a reader of Jeff’s blog since the early days, and I have to say that for me, he’s well and truly ‘jumped the shark’. Shame really.

By: OJ

OJ — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:28:01 +0000

Jeff’s blog posts are always entertaining and interesting. His articles are of high quality, and don’t stink of regurgitated content like so many other blogs do. If only there were more blogs like it. Fresh content, even if it’s a new view on an old topic, is always going to be king.

Bravo Jeff, love ya work.
OJ

By: Skellie

Skellie — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:29:28 +0000

Ironically, his latest piece is a meta-blogging list of pet peeves. It certainly isn’t boring, either!

By: Nita

Nita — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:55:03 +0000

I love your blogs. They’re very informative 🙂

By: engtech @ internet duct tape

engtech @ internet duct tape — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:03:42 +0000

He’s definitely correct with the don’t worry about meta-blogging + social networking in a sense…

I’ve been reading Coding Horror since back when I used Sage and only tracked 3 blogs.

What I think Jeff does right is:
– consistent writing (frequency + quality)
– focuses on what he finds interesting
– almost completely ignores blog culture… meaning a wider audience than “just bloggers”
– doesn’t sweat the small stuff like blog theme (find someone that works and stick with it)

By: Ashok Arora

Ashok Arora — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:19:49 +0000

It is very difficult to learn from successful bloggers.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:16:25 +0000

Good point Skellie.

Yeah when you have over 50k rss readers you probably don’t need advice about how to blog :). If anything it would be the other way around.

By: Skellie

Skellie — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:14:18 +0000

I’m also subscribed to this one, and I don’t even know how to program. For me, it’s a lesson in great writing.

It’s also funny that he finds meta-blogging boring. I guess when you’re that much of a genius by nature you don’t need tips. It’s not so easy for the rest of us 😉

By: Arpit Jacob

Arpit Jacob — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:54:25 +0000

Nice interview I love his blog. Its in my “Notable blogs” Directory in Google Reader.