Recently Freia mentioned to me a blogging platform she uses and absolutely loves, Medium. And my initial reaction, fortunately only in my head, was, How can a blogging platform be different ? Isn't it a page of words and pictures ?
Nevertheless I decided to check out Medium. And I was pleasantly surprised. There's a lot you can do, even with just a blog.
Medium is the current project of Evan Williams, who happens to be the co-founder of Blogger and Twitter. Its become extremely popular, especially in the tech community and the platform was created only in August 2012. It seems like the same group of people are able to create successful products one after the other.
Trying to find the salient points of the new blogging platforms in general, and Medium in particular, I once again found quite a few people who could explain the difference better than me, so here goes.
"Medium and Svbtle Are Great for Discovery, but Less Customizable"
Thorin Klosowski
http://lifehacker.com/whats-with-new-blogging-platforms-like-medium-should-1518292181
“Medium is a beautiful space for reading and writing — and little else.“
Evan LePage
http://blog.hootsuite.com/3-new-blogging-platforms/
"Twitter’s new blogging platform Medium is a free and incredibly functional platform that finally went public in late 2013. Now a couple of versions in, Medium is still turning heads with its smooth, sophisticated appeal and community-driven backbone."
Marco Strzeszynski
https://medium.com/@rendr/best-blogging-platforms-of-2014-d62682d9b0aa
To read my favorite medium blog, check
https://medium.com/@freialobo/lessons-learned-from-a-summer-at-girls-who-code-ad3a0f737df9
And to read my favorite Medium blogger, check
https://medium.com/@freialobo
Nevertheless I decided to check out Medium. And I was pleasantly surprised. There's a lot you can do, even with just a blog.
Medium is the current project of Evan Williams, who happens to be the co-founder of Blogger and Twitter. Its become extremely popular, especially in the tech community and the platform was created only in August 2012. It seems like the same group of people are able to create successful products one after the other.
Trying to find the salient points of the new blogging platforms in general, and Medium in particular, I once again found quite a few people who could explain the difference better than me, so here goes.
"Medium and Svbtle Are Great for Discovery, but Less Customizable"
Thorin Klosowski
http://lifehacker.com/whats-with-new-blogging-platforms-like-medium-should-1518292181
“Medium is a beautiful space for reading and writing — and little else.“
Evan LePage
http://blog.hootsuite.com/3-new-blogging-platforms/
"Twitter’s new blogging platform Medium is a free and incredibly functional platform that finally went public in late 2013. Now a couple of versions in, Medium is still turning heads with its smooth, sophisticated appeal and community-driven backbone."
Marco Strzeszynski
https://medium.com/@rendr/best-blogging-platforms-of-2014-d62682d9b0aa
To read my favorite medium blog, check
https://medium.com/@freialobo/lessons-learned-from-a-summer-at-girls-who-code-ad3a0f737df9
And to read my favorite Medium blogger, check
https://medium.com/@freialobo
Thanks Steve O :)
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