In Andrea's Weblog: October 31 2000 Andrea links to a Metafilter thread about the question:

Why do you keep a weblog?

In my case the main reason is to try and apply some self-discipline - a daily round-up of some of the things I've found of interest on the web. Other reasons include the incentive to write more and to put down some thoughts and to maintain an 'annotated' bookmark that I can search later. Alas, I'm not really keeping the bargain I made with myself and my writing has all but dried up. One reason for this in the past couple of weeks is the fact that my rail travel has been greatly curtailed and I've missed the peace and quiet that I need to pursue this activity. Once I get home the family takes precedence - at least until they have all gone to bed and I can steal an hour or so for surfing.

I have no real idea of how many people visit this site and, besides, the number of readers is not really an issue. I know some of my students drop by occasionally and to a certain extent I cater for that community as the links/comments I post about computer and web technologies - in particular computer architecture and design - reflect my interest in these and, to a great extent, what I consider important/fascinating. One of these days I may even make up a list of bookmarks I visit often.

Most of the links I refer to in Duncan's Jotter have been cited on weblogs that I regularly visit. The weblog community is a fascinating mix of people and I just wish there were more hours in the day to visit more of them more regularly than I do.

I'd encourage anyone that may have suggestions for (CAD) links to drop me an e-mail. I do appreciate personal site recommendations.

Thanks for reading.

Duncan