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[samanthacsik]

1. I created my first distill blog post! And it was actually fun :) You should all try it out too. Let's talk about why.
2. [Ask Question] What do you all think are reasons to blog?
   • professional online profile
   • practice writing/communication
   • stay up to speed on what's new
   • networks/soliciting feedback
   • teach yourself something new
   • combatting imposter syndrome - "Once you've shared some analyses and code, you'll probably find that you were underrating yourself in some areas" - http://varianceexplained.org/r/start-blog/
   • maybe even get a job!!
   • "sharing anything is almost always better than sharing nothing" - http://varianceexplained.org/r/start-blog/
3. We had our first student-authored MEDS blog post published this week: https://ucsb-meds.github.io/posts/2021-09-24-summery-summary/; reflections from the authors?
4. Small group discussion of blog post structures/ideas
5. How to customize your blog posts (technical side)

Some other bloggers to follow:

• Kara Woo: https://blog.karawoo.com/
• Julia Silge: https://juliasilge.com/blog/
• David Robinson: http://varianceexplained.org/about/
• Vicki Boykis: http://veekaybee.github.io/
• Chelsea Parlett-Pelleriti: https://cmparlettpelleriti.github.io/writing.html
• R-bloggers: https://www.r-bloggers.com/