Why am I writing a blog?
"This is certainly the most important thing I'll ever say in my blogs: YOU should write blogs. Even if nobody reads them, you should write them. It's become pretty clear to me that blogging is a source of both innovation and clarity. I have many of my best ideas and insights while blogging. Struggling to express things that you're thinking or feeling helps you understand them better.
Blogging is also weird because, as it happens, the best things to write about are things you already know, or have just figured out for yourself. You'd be amazed at how many things you take for granted as "common knowledge" are actually brand new to other smart people. There's simply too much to know in this world, and we're all continually learning. (I hope)."
- Steve Yegge, You Should Write Blogs
That is about the learning and helping part of writing stuff.
Another side-effect, hopefully, would be that by making my (vainglorious and grandiose) goals public, I'd think twice about backing out of the venture and would stay on track longer than I otherwise would. Social pressure can be a force for good in this case, I think.
