Anyone coming to blogging now is faced with a wealth of tools and options and the growth of the medium has been endlessly documented. It's extraordinary to note that it's absolutely possible to put up web pages like this and never be noticed because of the density of the forest. As for the quality, never can so much technical expertise have been put to such disappointing use. Even the primarily excellent technical blogs are notable for their lack of consistent quality control. Just look for example at this.

I love Scoble's site actually (like millions of others). His Channel 9 videos too are oddly compelling. My favourites are where he sits with MS staff talking about a new product asking if it can do XYZ and watching the reaction as they (generally) explain no, it can't. Here's a classic one about Outlook 2007. Scoble has actually said on his blog he finds this an improvement on Outlook 2003. Admittedly this wouldn't be hard, but my own experience is that it if anything slower. Just me I'm sure.