Comments on: Joel Won’t Be on Software Anymore http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/2010/03/joel-wont-be-on-software-anymore/ Not everything must be a CCrit. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:11:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: noccrit http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/2010/03/joel-wont-be-on-software-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-66 noccrit Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:10:50 +0000 http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/?p=153#comment-66 I agree with you re both paragraphs, Michael. I wasn't trying to suggest he should keep it going, but rather simply noting the passing of his (regular) voice. I agree with you re both paragraphs, Michael. I wasn’t trying to suggest he should keep it going, but rather simply noting the passing of his (regular) voice.

]]> By: Michael http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/2010/03/joel-wont-be-on-software-anymore/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Michael Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:19:21 +0000 http://noccrit.com/Steveblog/?p=153#comment-65 Joel's posts will be missed. But, I'm sure he also did the ROI calculation... His existing base of content is a huge honeypot for web crawlers and search engines. He's got a huge base of content with links to his products. He's got a great Google page rank. Given the existing base of content, how much incremental gain does he get for each new post? It is probably close to zero, and knowing Joel, that calculation made him realize it was no longer worth the effort. I also suspect that some of the side business generated by the blog (job listings, discussion, etc.) will be subsumed by StackOverflow and its related sites. One of the stickiest things about joelonsoftware was the discussion forums that surrounded it. I suspect this community has moved on to the new network of StackOverflow derived sites. Joel’s posts will be missed. But, I’m sure he also did the ROI calculation… His existing base of content is a huge honeypot for web crawlers and search engines. He’s got a huge base of content with links to his products. He’s got a great Google page rank. Given the existing base of content, how much incremental gain does he get for each new post? It is probably close to zero, and knowing Joel, that calculation made him realize it was no longer worth the effort.

I also suspect that some of the side business generated by the blog (job listings, discussion, etc.) will be subsumed by StackOverflow and its related sites. One of the stickiest things about joelonsoftware was the discussion forums that surrounded it. I suspect this community has moved on to the new network of StackOverflow derived sites.

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