@luis_in_brief I don’t have any specific suggestions per se. I've written other things on this same subject and enjoyed reading your thoughts/perspective.
The first 100 people to star this toot shall have their Mastodon handle forever enshrined on this page https://shellsharks.com/starsharks. A can't miss opportunity to be sure.
*Remember to star first before boosting to ensure you reserve your spot! 😆
@kdawson Not sure I’m followin' Keith! But I can assure you that star would certainly inject the same if not more of that same endorphin hit =). Couple that with the reverse endorphin hit I get by adding the names to the page =). 'tis a silly thing anyways. I find Mondays need some silliness. Happy internet-ing! 👋
@ittavern Honestly there's no other motive lol. The idea popped up in my head last night and just decided to do it. But if you've bopped around my site enough (which I wouldn't fault you or anyone else for not having done this) you'd know that I do all sorts of silly things for no other reason than to add whimsy or experiment.
That said, this experiment has yielded a few things for me...
I've discovered some new cool accounts, including those that are infosec-related but not on infosec-primary instances.
I've also discovered a lot of new instances that I had never heard of. I always like finding these since they open up new areas of the Fediverse for me.
I've had some conversations with people I wouldnt have had otherwise. This platform is all about socializing afterall =).
Also there's boredom and me procrastinating on other stuff hah!
Fellow #infosec professionals. Our jobs can constantly feel like Sisyphean tasks. Regular parts of life constantly do as well. What do you do in your life that makes you feel like you're actually progressing with something?
@funes I’m actually working on a long-ish piece on burnout (and related topics) that I hope to share in the not too distant future. That said…
Being a father (of now 2!), I find it's easy to get perspective when I need it in terms of "what's important in life” by just hanging with the kiddos.
Outside that, I've actually found that blogging is a good way to help with burnout.
It can be a place where you can vent (anyone seen that crankysec article making the rounds?)
It can help you document something that you can reference in the future, which may save you time and mitigate burnout possibility
It let's you "achieve" something regardless of whether you feel what you did at work was impactful. So if you're churning at work, write about what you are doing and you will have that as evidence of your toil that you can share rather than just having your hours completely wasted.
Whats the blog platform of choice these days? I occasionally feel the need to publicly document all the stupid stuff I keep finding but CBA fighting with self hosting anything
@fridgehead It somewhat depends if you have any specific functionality requirements. But if you don't have anything specific, you could check out one of the many #IndieWeb / #smallweb -compatible blog hosting providers I've compiled here https://shellsharks.com/indieweb#hosting. I personally have used GitHub pages + Jekyll since 2019 and really like it but don't know if I would choose it if I was starting a new blog today. On the list I've shared I've heard great things about Micro.blog, omg.lol, Pika and mmm.page.
@fridgehead fwiw I don't know a thing about Ruby and have never once had to do anything with ruby in the 4 years I've been using Jekyll/GitHub. I suppose I've been ignoring a large area of jekyll power-user stuff but it goes to show you can do pretty much all webby kinda stuff without having to worry about it.
@bw I've been compiling a list of #indieweb / #smallweb hosting providers here https://shellsharks.com/indieweb#hosting. Of this list, I’m not sure which would best meet the two requirements of 1. Being super-simple and 2. Being HTML-customization friendly, but I can say I've heard great reviews of omg.lol, Pika, mmm.page and Micro.blog.
@adele I've been compiling a list of #IndieWeb / #smallweb -compatible blog hosting providers here https://shellsharks.com/indieweb#hosting. I personally use GitHub pages but with the association with GitHub/MSFT I wouldn't necessarily recommend it more widely. On the list I've shared I've heard great things about Micro.blog, omg.lol, Pika and mmm.page. Cheers!
I need a new laptop to replace my almost dead early 2015 MacBook Pro. I’m really torn between a Librem 14 from @purism or buying a new MacBook. Cost isn’t a factor, but privacy is. So far I’ve been mostly ok with Apple’s stance and ecosystem as someone who’s been doing offensive AppSec full time for almost 10 years, maybe it’s time to switch.
@simonroses Linkedin provides minimal, but some value…
There are a couple of people I chat with via LinkedIn that for whatever other reason I have not migrated chatting with them over to any other service.
I get some decent job opportunity messages from recruiters there from time to time. Don't think I've ever actually taken/gotten a job which originated from LinkedIn though...
Though most of my (and any one elses) LinkedIn feed is cringey nonsense I do surprisingly find some interesting blog posts from time to time.
I don't have enough analytics on my site to give any useful numbers, but I know LinkedIn drives some amount of traffic to my site, and thus to my other properties across the web 🤷♂️.
It is, in the end, where most jobs/hiring managers will want to turn when they want to look at your “professional profile”, even if you have a blog or w/e else, those will almost always be supplemental to 1. your resume and 2. your LinkedIn profile. So having a presence on Linkedin is important for that reason I suppose. I have taken a somewhat principled stance on how I present myself on LI. Rather than reduce myself to my timeline of jobs, I've decided to instead emphasize my skills, my portfolio (blog), my education, my credentials, and the orgs I am a part of.