Blogging Loves Me, It Loves Me Not...Or Vice Versa

I have a love-hate relationship with blogging.

There are times I have a few extra minutes, I really, really want to blog something, and....nothing. I can't think of a single thing to say.

And then there are times like today when dozens of thoughts race through my head. I try to make notes for later -- must blog about this, and that, and the other. And then when it comes time to write about it? Um, yeah...I forget what I really wanted to say.

Blogging feels a little arrogant and egotistical, like...I have so many important thoughts, I write them in a blog. It also can feel contrived. Trying to come up with something pithy or interesting enough or new to say on a subject. And self-censoring to not offend the sensibilities of...whomever.

Despite all of that...I blog. And I love it. And somehow, through the self-censoring and everything else, it's still me that comes through. Quirky, geeky, passionate about certain issues, some guy like...me.

So I won't blog today about the thoughts that were racing through my head. No time for that. :-) But I will try harder to remember what it is that I *wanted* to say, and get back to saying.

And to keep me honest, I'll share the basic thoughts with you: some thoughts from my recent talk about women in the workplace; more on VDI use cases; what's been consuming my time recently and keeping me from blogging -- budgets; the impostor syndrome/not a "real" CIO; immersion into the world of VDI; CIOs as Jean Luc Picard ("make it so"); guilt; vendor sales calls -- of which I get a *lot*; and defining problems/disguising solutions as needs.

Which one(s) do you want to read about?