I have a colleague that have his own blog. When I started blogging, it was because of Jeff Atwood’s post about starting to write and him having say on StackOverflow’s podcast that he’s not always right but that he have an online presence and that he’s loud.

I agree. Having a blog and writing it (useful or not) is a way to broadcast yourself. Having a blog (depending on what you it) can be good for your career and can also serve as a way to store your personal knowledge that you gained through out projects.

I’m happy that I started my blog. It’s kind of a technical diary and I’m more than happy to write to it when I have a moment.

To go back to my colleague, he’s a nice guy with a huge technical knowledge. What I’m proud of is this. I started my blog in 2009 and he had his since 2007. During 2007 and 2008 he wrote an average of 5-8 post per years. When I started my blog, he followed me on my journey and we started comparing Google Analytics total number of visits. That’s when the friendly competition started.

He knew that I would win easily if he wasn’t going to post something interesting. So he started following me. That’s why I say that blogging is contagious.

Now instead of making around 8 blog post a year, he makes 8+ a month.

Is that THAT contagious or are we the only duo of blogger like that?