The thing is that while I do blog, I don't really want to become a communicator, I, and I guess plenty of other people, am plenty happy being a software developer. I will much rather spend a weekend playing with node.js than write.
I do believe many people feel the same way, but obviously the viewpoint isn't blogged about so often.
I'm an IT Manager and communicate with my peers and friends in real time. Anything of merit goes into a helpdesk ticket or our knowledge base.
When I am not doing my job, I have a life with friends and family and don't plan to spend it writing up all the things I did or experienced while I was working.
This all comes from the perspective that maximising your work related potential is the ultimate goal in life which simply isn't the case for me.
Sure I want to be good at what I do and I want to know as much about it as I can but it's one thing in my life and there are massive time pressures. Simply put blogging is not an effective use of my time given the varying demands placed on it (primarily a 22 month old child and another one due in the next two weeks).
Congratulations. Your children will be about the same age difference as mine. It's a good age distance, although it has challenges along with the joys, the humour, and the memorable moments.
You may find yourself wanting to record those moments for the future. Photographs and video won't let you capture everything. You may want to start writing about them. Short essays about your kids and your family life, written in a poignant and/or humourous way, will both entertain your extended family and serve as an important record for years to come.
Rather than simply being about maximizing your "work related potential", the skills you learn in this process will lend themselves to all aspects of your life. When life calms down a bit, you can apply them to work if you wish.
Immodestly perhaps, I fancy I could actually be a fairly good blogger, it is just a matter of time.
I'd certainly love to have a personal diary of things (a permanent record of when exactly in the first few weeks my wife comes out with the line "I'm so tired I think I might die" as she did with the first one), I'm just realistic enough to know that between work and the two kids anything more than the notes we scribble down in a notebook is unrealistic.
Aside from the practical side of things, maybe part of it is the fact I'm from the UK and we tend to have a more reserved attitude towards putting personal stuff up on the internet. Certainly my wife (who in her job deals with the public) is very nervous about anything being made available in that way.
Work relate thoughts I could deal with (and I don't question the merit - I find writing a very good way to get things clear in your head - a variant of the old "how do I know what I think, I haven't had a chance to hear what I'm going to say yet"), it's just the personal stuff that troubles me.
I do believe many people feel the same way, but obviously the viewpoint isn't blogged about so often.