Try Usersnap for User Feedback<\/h2>Try Usersnap Now<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n200 articles and still counting…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
To be exact, we\u2019ve published 227 articles on our web development blog. Besides writing for our own blog, I have published dozens of guest posts which have been published on other news sites, magazines, and blogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each post is special to me in its own way. Traveling 18 months back, I had not written a single article in the development and design area. Even worse, as a German native speaker, I had not published a single design or development article in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looking back at that time, I have some vivid memories of how I felt. I was anxious, doubtful and a bit excited about how my future journey as a blogger at Usersnap would look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1) Technology changes, and so do you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When I look back on the first articles I\u2019ve published on our blog, I cringe. I was a newbie to SaaS<\/a>, had some background in web development<\/a> and managing digital projects. I had yet to learn a lot about writing styles, grammar, and formatting.<\/p>\n\n\n\nI\u2019ve once written about how code and people change<\/a>. And so did my writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIt\u2019s always easy to look back at someone\u2019s articles and forget that every one of us evolves and so do our knowledge and abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looking back helped me to see the progress I\u2019ve made personally and we made as a whole company. And to be honest, I feel very proud seeing this journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2) Writing is about education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019s a lot of content out there on how writing helps you to become better at something. To me, this is absolutely true. Writing helped me to learn many things. No matter if I these are some new JavaScript libraries<\/a>, Docker<\/a> or any other development trend<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nYou never really learn something until you teach it.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
(source: https:\/\/dzone.com\/articles\/you-never-really-learn<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nFor me, this can be applied to writing too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you try to write about something new, you have to go through the process of learning in your own mind. You have to understand the information available, you need to sort it out, and organize it in a way that someone else can understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m a deep diver. And writing helped me to educate myself about a certain topic. Normally the process looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n
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3) Drawing motivation from industry experts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
One of the reasons I love to write can be found in the networking part of it. Writing requires you to do your research, meet with new people on a regular basis and exchange thoughts about certain topics.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Meeting industry experts in person and via Skype<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nMeeting all those industry experts<\/a> has been such a joy. And it motivated me. It motivated me to write and become a better person in my space.<\/p>\n\n\n\nI\u2019m glad for every single person I\u2019ve met along this journey so far, and I\u2019m looking forward to all these new people in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PS: If you\u2019re interested in web development or SaaS, feel free to contact me<\/a> for a skype or coffee chat. I\u2019d love to meet you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n4) The web development community is such an inspiring place<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Being a developer in 2016 is great. Not only is there so much great content out there on how to become better at what you do. There\u2019s also such an inspiring community out there to help you along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No matter if you\u2019re looking for great web development newsletters<\/a>, podcasts<\/a>, or blogs<\/a>, I highly recommend connecting with like-minded people.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPublic Slack groups (like these ones<\/a>) give you access to so many incredible people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n5) Release early, release often.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When I started out at Usersnap, my biggest fear was to be criticized for something I published. And that thought hindered me in my writing as I was afraid of the first bad comment on my post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over time, the agile approach of releasing early and often<\/a> started to fascinate me. I forced myself to \u201cship\u201d everything I wrote earlier and earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\nDon\u2019t get me wrong, there were some failures. And there will always be failures. However, I learned a massive amount about web development and it gives me much more inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simply be pushing myself out of the comfort zone and publishing articles as early as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6) All in for feedback<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feedback is super important for my writing. If I don\u2019t spend enough time on a draft, I overlook typos or other issues. Having someone read over my writing helps me to clean up my words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We at Usersnap follow the rule that nothing gets published without the check of someone else who is not the author of a piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But feedback doesn\u2019t stop at the release. Feedback from our readers, the community, and other people is as valuable as internal feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n
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PS: If you ever have any feedback on one of my posts, feel free to reach out to me. I\u2019ll reply to every single message.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n7) No question is dumb.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019ve all been there. Situations where I felt insecure or uncomfortable and therefore kept my mouth shut. I should have known better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nWhen you look back, you\u2019ll regret the things you didn\u2019t do. More than the ones you did.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s the same with questions. Only asking a lot of question will help you to learn. And when I learn about new technologies, frameworks or methodologies I try to ask a lot of questions. Also asking various people in certain industries helped me gain deep insights on the new topic I was researching about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The time has come for a roundup of the best development and design content that our blog has to offer. So, here comes a collection of the best and most popular articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
23 amazing lessons learned from interviewing the world\u2019s top developers<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
It\u2019s been super fun and interesting to interview all those creative minds and personalities. In this blog post, I summarized some of my top takeaways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n12 web development trends for 2016<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
Being already halfway through 2016 it\u2019s funny and interesting to look at this article including some interesting predictions and trends for 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\nLessons learned from relaunching our website<\/strong><\/em><\/a>
Relaunching your website is quite a challenge. The process of bringing our website live has been a crazy ride with so many lessons learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve once written about how code and people change<\/a>. And so did my writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s always easy to look back at someone\u2019s articles and forget that every one of us evolves and so do our knowledge and abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Looking back helped me to see the progress I\u2019ve made personally and we made as a whole company. And to be honest, I feel very proud seeing this journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s a lot of content out there on how writing helps you to become better at something. To me, this is absolutely true. Writing helped me to learn many things. No matter if I these are some new JavaScript libraries<\/a>, Docker<\/a> or any other development trend<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (source: https:\/\/dzone.com\/articles\/you-never-really-learn<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n For me, this can be applied to writing too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you try to write about something new, you have to go through the process of learning in your own mind. You have to understand the information available, you need to sort it out, and organize it in a way that someone else can understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m a deep diver. And writing helped me to educate myself about a certain topic. Normally the process looks like this:<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the reasons I love to write can be found in the networking part of it. Writing requires you to do your research, meet with new people on a regular basis and exchange thoughts about certain topics.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Meeting industry experts in person and via Skype<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Meeting all those industry experts<\/a> has been such a joy. And it motivated me. It motivated me to write and become a better person in my space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m glad for every single person I\u2019ve met along this journey so far, and I\u2019m looking forward to all these new people in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n PS: If you\u2019re interested in web development or SaaS, feel free to contact me<\/a> for a skype or coffee chat. I\u2019d love to meet you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Being a developer in 2016 is great. Not only is there so much great content out there on how to become better at what you do. There\u2019s also such an inspiring community out there to help you along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No matter if you\u2019re looking for great web development newsletters<\/a>, podcasts<\/a>, or blogs<\/a>, I highly recommend connecting with like-minded people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Public Slack groups (like these ones<\/a>) give you access to so many incredible people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I started out at Usersnap, my biggest fear was to be criticized for something I published. And that thought hindered me in my writing as I was afraid of the first bad comment on my post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over time, the agile approach of releasing early and often<\/a> started to fascinate me. I forced myself to \u201cship\u201d everything I wrote earlier and earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don\u2019t get me wrong, there were some failures. And there will always be failures. However, I learned a massive amount about web development and it gives me much more inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Simply be pushing myself out of the comfort zone and publishing articles as early as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Feedback is super important for my writing. If I don\u2019t spend enough time on a draft, I overlook typos or other issues. Having someone read over my writing helps me to clean up my words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We at Usersnap follow the rule that nothing gets published without the check of someone else who is not the author of a piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But feedback doesn\u2019t stop at the release. Feedback from our readers, the community, and other people is as valuable as internal feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n PS: If you ever have any feedback on one of my posts, feel free to reach out to me. I\u2019ll reply to every single message.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019ve all been there. Situations where I felt insecure or uncomfortable and therefore kept my mouth shut. I should have known better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s the same with questions. Only asking a lot of question will help you to learn. And when I learn about new technologies, frameworks or methodologies I try to ask a lot of questions. Also asking various people in certain industries helped me gain deep insights on the new topic I was researching about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n The time has come for a roundup of the best development and design content that our blog has to offer. So, here comes a collection of the best and most popular articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 23 amazing lessons learned from interviewing the world\u2019s top developers<\/strong><\/em><\/a> 12 web development trends for 2016<\/strong><\/em><\/a> Lessons learned from relaunching our website<\/strong><\/em><\/a>2) Writing is about education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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You never really learn something until you teach it.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n3) Drawing motivation from industry experts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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4) The web development community is such an inspiring place<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
5) Release early, release often.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
6) All in for feedback<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n7) No question is dumb.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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When you look back, you\u2019ll regret the things you didn\u2019t do. More than the ones you did.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Try Usersnap for User Feedback<\/h2>Try Usersnap Now<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
BONUS tip: A best of 200+ articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s been super fun and interesting to interview all those creative minds and personalities. In this blog post, I summarized some of my top takeaways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Being already halfway through 2016 it\u2019s funny and interesting to look at this article including some interesting predictions and trends for 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Relaunching your website is quite a challenge. The process of bringing our website live has been a crazy ride with so many lessons learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n