[mindcrime]

I think you have to start with "What is your purpose in blogging", for one. Are you trying to make money directly off the blog, via Google Adwords? Are you just doing some personal branding, trying to establish yourself as an expert in a field? Are you blogging to promote your company's products or services? Are you blogging to promote a political agenda? Etc, etc...

In either case, one tip is to keep a wiki page available, or a notepad and a pen, and as you go throughout your day, let "stuff" that you bump into spark ideas to write about later. Write those ideas down. Maybe you see a link on HN and you have a strong reaction to it... make a note, and blog about that.

If you use Quora, go back through all your Quora answers, and take some of the more interesting ones and expand them into blog posts. If you don't have any, browse Quora and see what questions catch your interest. Blog what would have otherwise been your answer.

[BrewerOnRails]

I actually have two goals: one short term and one long. The more immediate goal is to build a blog that will tell prospective employers that hiring me is good business. I want to show that I'm knowledgeable about my field and that I would be a good asset to the company. Secondly, I do want to establish myself as an expert at some point. This is a goal to be accomplished in the years to come as I am still a new developer.

The Quora suggestion is great! I don't have a Quora account, but I do follow links from Google to the site every once in a while, so maybe it's time I signed up.