A good blog is. I was walking along wondering if I could make a list of traits of a good blog. I'll flesh out the handful of notes I took then:

A good blog has a focus, a field or topic where the writer keeps up with what's being said. The writer attends with interest to the work being done by others, and the writer's thinking is provoked and advanced by the particulars of the work others are doing. The writer is generous with others, responding to their work and risking and sharing ideas with them in return. These values imply character on the part of the writer; anyone who writes seriously -- has the character to keep at it -- will develop a voice or style appropriate for the subject matter. This voice implies the writer's character.

I can see which of these traits I'm most likely to slip up on when I'm having a bad day or making a rush of things. For the moment, though, I like the list. [0 & P]