Websites as anthologies of self

I recently read a post from James' Coffee Blog titled, Websites as anthologies of self, and in there he wrote about some thoughts I've had in my head for a while but never actually explored on paper, or in this case, the screen by means of my keyboard. I consider the writing I do on my blog as a structured outlet for my notes. Each post is a snapshot in time of what I was reading, thinking or doing around that time. Looking through what I have published so far, most of it isn't as personal or creative as James' writing, but I see some similarities in the way we use our blog. He writes:

Every post here is atomic in the sense that it captures a moment in time, while also continuing a narrative I have been writing for years.

Once something is published I don't edit a blog unless thre are any egregious errors, typos or updates. These changes I point out in a separate section at the bottom and direct users to a follow-up post if there is one. I've thought about creating posts that morph into a complete piece over time while out in the public, but I think that content is more suited towards a wiki page with a definitive log of each change over time.

While each of my posts can stand on its own - in James's words, it is atomic - I still draw from past experiences or events in my current writing. In order to highlight that I like to link back to posts I've written. It's partly why I wrote a series of posts about each Sprinter train in the Netherlands, or my first time riding an ICNG train; anything I write about those trains in the future builds on my notes from those posts. The same goes with links I share, the short descriptions that point to the source build over time, and I can collect related topics and roll them up in a post. James, in his writing, phrases this well:

I use my site in a different way, I suspect, from readers. I use my site for creative reference. I use my site to remember if I have covered a topic before. I link to posts that I want to build on as I develop an argument in future posts. And, over time, my website becomes something of an anthology of self.