Thoughts on blogging

I read Peter Kim's latest blog post today and was immediately moved to write a blog entry about his blog entry.

In his post he lists 5 thoughts on blogging:

1. Once momentum is lost, it's a lot easier for the blog to remain at rest. For all the physicists out there, there's no lack of force around here, but it has been driving business activities other than the blog.
2. The blogs I've followed since "the early days" of social media post much less frequently today. That contributes to a lack of great content to react to.
3. Audiences and attention have fragmented wildly. The growth of other platforms (e.g. social networks, Twitter, Tumblr, Posterous) has clearly cut into the time and attention paid to blogs.
4. Even ego traps don't work well anymore.
5. Not posting on a blog reminds me of that Geico commercial - it's just sitting there watching at you, waiting for you to post again.

Now I know very few of my Technology Plumbing readers care about why I write a blog or what Peter Kim thinks about writing blogs but his points seemed so spot on to the challenges of writing a blog I had to share.

What my readers care about, at least I think what they care about, is information on technology that can be used to help their business and their personal lives. With that said Peter's comments are applicable to not only writing blogs but about staying focused on what is important to you and your business given the challenges and competing interests we face every day.

Let me know your thoughts on Peter's thoughts and what they meant to you.