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Both John Scalzi and Charles Stross have been blogging since before they were called "blogs" :)

Charlie is even a regular here, user cstross.

FWIW, I find Charlie's blog [1] more interesting, because his schtick of taking random ideas and mashing them together to see what sticks makes him come up with insightful perspectives.

Also as an ex-programmer (and ex-pharmacist), he speaks our language ;)

[1] http://www.accelerando.org

I thought the canonical location for Charlie's blog was Antipope: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/ although Accelerando redirects there.

(as for why that name: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/old/antipope.html)

Also, for those who want to sample his writing https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51964.Old_Man_s_War is a very good read.

He was blogging for years before getting his fiction in print. IIRC, his first novel (Agent to the Stars) was published on his blog. He's a great writer, yeah. :)