Why Blog?

Gus Mueller led me to Dan Wood's article on blogging the other day. I didn't quite get around to reading it until just now, but in the meantime, I semi-subconsciously thought about why I think that blogging is a good thing to do. Dan's reasons, although very good reasons, are not my reasons.

1. Blogging pushes me to develop my thoughts from un-examined opinions to defensible theses.
2. Dan hopes future customers will read his blog. I hope other future people find my blog: mentors, co-authors of papers, peers, critics, skeptics, co-workers, people I can mentor?
3. Blogging exercises my communication skills. A big part of testing is detective work. But another big part is story-telling. I want to get better at telling clear, convincing, entertaining stories.