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by bootload 5983 days ago
"... if you (aka myself) plan on having any part in tech (I'm studying CS) that you should blog ..."

Thinking about things isn't enough. Putting ideas into words lets you develop new ideas. Making something and writing about tells others about your new ideas. There is also another reason: you get to define yourself online. Nature might "abhor a vacuum" but google doesn't care. [0] It will associate something to a search term against your name. Better it be something you have written.

[0] Idomatic use of the phrase "horror vacui" described by aristotle ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_thermodynamics