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Content vs. Code

One of the drawbacks to blogging that I've discovered is that it takes away precious coding time.

Beyond the normal use of the HTTP and SMTP protocols, there are only a couple of things that I do regularly on the computer: Code and, over the last couple of years (in a very sporadic nature, mind you), blog.

So it comes down -- in any given keystroke -- what is one to do? Crank code or create content?

While not a big concern for many bloggers - who are writers only - it is a big issue, I would think, for many others. Face it, a lot of the popular bloggers out there were already known for code work (for example, Dan Bricklin, creator of VisiCalc about a million [Internet] years ago. And, of course, there is Dave Winer, a developer and Blogerati).

So there is a choice that needs to be made.

On the other hand, there is always the interest in keeping a rounded personality (as if coding AND blogging will turn one into a Renaissance man/woman...)

Oh well..