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A few of the many reasons that come to mind related to why I created this blog.

Value
I feel I have something to share an value to add that will benefit myself and others and there is still plenty of room for new ideas.

Community
Making my thoughts and findings available to the public is not much extra effort and is a better way to share information than by email which is somewhat of a dead end compared to a blog.

First paradox - "01: There’s no such thing as bad clients: only bad designers"

The only part of this list I disagree with is the title as this applies to most types of design not just Graphic Design. See all 10 plus.

I visit the AIGA site (local and national) on a regular basis and only recently came across this resource.

"The AIGA Center for Practice Management provides resources to help designers with the daily management of their studios. We address a broad range of internal business and operational issues, giving creative professionals important tools for success."

Help! I can't stop reading. Interesting data and beautifully crafted survey results web pages including tables and charts. A few examples:

Job title - Developer 27.8%, Web Designer 12.7%, Designer 8.4%

Relevance of education - Not at all 19.1%, A little 29.3%, Some 35.2%

Prevalence of blogging - Yes 71.9%, No 28.1%

Making a site more search engine friendly. The benefits are many including access to a wider audience. Learn the basics of SEO.

The following examples, which involve three different types of design, all allow for the process to deliver the solution in a variety of ways.

Felix Sockwell's NYT iPhone App Icons

Insight into how these icons evolved from rough ideas, through numerous iterations, to a final set. The end is result is a clean, clear and custom solution.

Pixar's Animated Film Process

A look at the framework around how an animated film is created from "creating the storyline" through "polishing" the finishing details. Pixar's process consistently produces successful results while allowing room for things to evolve and turn out better than expected. Also see Concept art and Story boards by selecting any "Feature Film," such as Cars, then "The Full Story" and then "Learn about the inspiration."

Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain's Kinoma Website Redesign

The thinking and reasoning behind the design decisions. An explanation of how the design progressed through multiple iterations and incremental improvements to the end result which is a very dynamic layout along with some beautiful Photoshop work.

An argument for the design process being as important, if nor more important, than the final design.

A Jeffrey Zeldman video explains what web standards are and why you should care.

Boagworld

Relevant advice on "all things relating to building and running websites" by Paul Boag, Creative Director at Headscape.

Subtraction

The intelligently written design, technology and life observations by Khoi Vinh, Design Director at NYTimes.com.

Design Matters

Smart commentary on design and culture by Lenovo designers such as David Hill, VP of Corporate Identity and Design.