I haven't blogged in quite awhile, and I don't know why. I've done what everyone has done and started five or six blogs and then abandoned them, but never more

I haven't blogged in quite awhile, and I don't know why. I've done what everyone has done and started five or six blogs and then abandoned them, but never more than that. Anyone who has seen my HN history knows that I'm not averse to writing out large quantities of text spouting out my dumb opinions on things, and I don't think I'm a terrible writer or anything. I think at least some of my longer HN comments could be converted into blog posts with just a little effort, but for whatever reason it has never really stuck with me. I guess part of it is that HN is a lot more conversational, or at least when I write a comment here, I'm writing it either a) in response to someone or b) with the expectation that someone might respond to me. For whatever reason, having that bit of social interaction (with the relatively technical and educated audience of HN) is enough to lower the barrier for me to write something. I think if I already had a blog that was relatively popular, I'd also find it easier to get into the mood to write a more organized blog post, if for no other reason then there would be an automatic minimum-interest in whatever I write and then it would feel less like I'm shouting into the void.