It's really irritating to me when blogs go unattended for too long. I'm not sure if the people have died or have moved on or what, but I can tell you what has caused my (many) periods of lack of attention... the (perceived) effort to blog.
It's not like I've ever thought that I had so much to say, but I did always feel like if I was going to put something out there, it should be semi-meaningful. Unfortunately, this leads to a spiral where the longer it's been, the more I feel like I have to say and the more that I feel like the next post needs to achieve in order for me to put it out. I don't know if I'll ever get past that thought, but I'll do my best.
One thing I've started doing more of is posting to other social networks, in an attempt to make sure the writing juices, so to speak, keep flowing every day. I now have:
And, of course, more private stuff (facebook, linkedin, plaxo, etc etc) which I won't be sharing here ... I'll add more eventually, as more stuff comes up, but I'm doing my best to get it out there.