I was excited to reconnect with my friend Colin Devroe on this episode. We met through the WordPress community in Scranton and I just the co-working space he and his business part Kyle created. In this conversation, we get back to basics, and talk blogging. With the ever changing landscape of the web and social media, how important is it to have your own blog? Let’s find out! Show Notes<ul><li><a href="http://cdevroe.com/">Colin Devroe</a></li><li><a href="https://Jujuma.com">Jujama</a></li><li><a href="https://poststatus.com/barley-wordpress-inline-editor/">Barley</a></li><li><a href="http://cdevroe.com/2013/10/07/writing-is-the-how-i-think/">Writing is How I Think</a></li><li><a href="http://cdevroe.com/2019/09/03/bad-reasons-not-to-blog/">Bad Reasons to Not Blog</a></li><li><a href="http://cdevroe.com/2017/08/10/my-personal-blogging-tips/">Colin's personal blogging tips</a></li><li><a href="https://www.zeldman.com/">Zeldman</a></li><li><a href="https://seths.blog/">Seth Godin</a></li><li><a href="https://micro.blog">Micro.blog</a></li><li><a href="https://howibuilt.it/repurposing-content-jaclyn-schiff/">Repurposing Your Content with Jaclyn Schiff</a></li><li><a href="https://indieweb.org/">IndieWeb</a></li><li><a href="https://howibuilt.it/chris-lema-managed-woocommerce-hosting/">Chris Lema and Managed WooCommerce Hosting</a></li><li><a href="http://cdevroe.com/2014/07/08/the-future-of-blogging/">The Future of Blogging</a></li><li><a href="https://mastodon.social">Mastodon</a></li><li><a href="https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2019/08/31/ep-262">The Talk Show | Daring Fireball</a></li><li><a href="https://bulletjournal.com/">Bullet Journal</a></li></ul><a href="https://howibuilt.it/feedback/">Send your feedback for 2020!</a>Sponsored by: <a href="https://howibuilt.it/cloudways/">Cloudways</a> | <a href="https://useahoy.com/howibuiltit/">Ahoy!</a> | <a href="https://pantheon.io/gutenberg?utm_source=howibuiltit">Pantheon</a>

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