A few days ago, I came across an essay from George Orwell: "Why I Write". It was a great short read, which still rings true in todays blogosphere.

1) "Sheer egoism. Desire to seem clever, to be talked about, to be remembered after death, to get your own back on grownups who snubbed you in childhood, etc., etc."
2) "Esthetic enthusiasm. Perception of beauty in the external world, or, on the other hand, in words and their right arrangement."
3) "Historical impulse. Desire to see things as they are, to find our true facts and store them up for the use of posterity."
4) "Political purpose - using the word 'political' in the widest possible sense. Desire to push the world in a certain direction, to alter other people's idea of the kind of society that they should strive after."

Personally, I fall into the first two maybe three categories when I post on this blog. Where do you fit in? How about the writers on TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb, or the greats Robert Scoble, Lewis Gray?