Fatbobman’s Swift Weekly #052 | Reflecting on the Original Aspiration: On the First Anniversary of the Weekly’s Inception
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Reflecting on the Original Aspiration: On the First Anniversary of the Weekly’s Inception
Although there are already many excellent Apple development ecosystem weeklies and newsletters online, I still founded this one. The initial intention was simple: to filter out content that interests me from daily readings and share it with readers from my own perspective. From the first issue published in early October last year until now, it’s been a year in the blink of an eye, totaling 51 issues.
As social beings, we inevitably crave some external positive feedback. The continuous growth in readership and page views of the blog and weekly did satisfy this need for a while, making me feel that my creations were recognized. I originally thought this would be a long-term encouragement, but as time went on, I found that these ever-increasing numbers began to affect the purity of my creation. Unconsciously, I started to have concerns about topic selection and timeliness when writing, caring more about readers’ feelings rather than the intrinsic value of the content. Of course, the problem doesn’t lie in the numbers themselves but in the subtle change of my mindset. This needs…
