Schibsted Tech Polska´s Developers blog was established in March 2015 as a way for developers to share their knowledge with the rest of the tech community.
Since then more than 50 blog articles have been written – and for the first time the “Blogger of the Year” award was given out during the annual Schibsted Tech Polska Winter Event 2016. 210 dressed up participants followed the award ceremony on the Winter Event gala dinner.
Android developer won
Proud “Blogger of the Year” winner
11 programmers fulfilled the minimum requirement for the award: to have published at least two articles in 2015.
The winner was Jacek Kwiecień, a senior Android developer. In 2015 he eagerly shared his knowledge through seven different blog articles, all of them about how to best develop apps for Android.
“Blogging definitely has helped me improve as a developer. When I write, I have to remind myself about the important stuff and also do some additional research. Also it helps me improve my English skills,” he says.
“But it does require motivation. You don´t know ahead how it will go.”
Mix of metrics and quality
The “Blogger of the Year” winner was chosen by a mix of criteria.
- Total “Attention minutes” counted for 40 % of the score. “Attention minutes” was calculated as the number of views of the articles multiplied by the average time on each article.
- Average number of shares in social media – as measured by Sharedcount.com – counted for 10 % of the score
- The final 50 % of the score was based on the average quality of the blogger´s articles, as evaluated by a five person jury with representatives from Poland, Norway and Sweden.
Jacek Kwiecień saw readers in total spend more than 30.000 minutes – or 500 hours – on his articles in 2015.
The winners in the STP Awards received 5000 PLN as well as an award statue.
Gave up blogging alone
The winner tells he used to have his personal blog, but that he found it hard to find enough time and energy to maintain. Therefore he was happy to contribute to the company tech blog in Schibsted Tech Polska, where many colleagues also write.
“A blog is only good when it has consistent content,” he adds.
The winning articles
Here are the seven articles written by Jacek Kwiecień in 2015:
- December 8: The hottest Android libraries
- August 30 and 31: Two articles covering the Droidcon NYC conference in New York
- June 8: Activity recreation rethought
- May 28: Killing an Android app from anywhere
- May 7: 8 cool Android libraries to speed up your development
- April 20: 10 tips for becoming a successful Android developer