I'd have to disagree with these "NOT'S" as well. Not because I enjoy reading or writing them but it's what injects the blog with personality and makes it unique to some degree. Almost all the blogs I subscribe to I do so to learn something but if I'm reading a blog for a long period of time, I'd like to know a little something about the person who's writing it too. If they want to take a break from disseminating knowledge to tell me about something that happened on their vacation I can do one of two things, read it or ignore it. I often do both depending on the situation. Another thing is that some of these bloggers are looked at like "rock stars" and I think our societies need for "dirt" has gotten the better of us. I'm sure there are people out there that want to know what Matt Cutts cat just did because to some of these folks he's a celebrity and I think we all know how we love our celebrity "news." Anyway, that's my 2 cents.
That's my point: No one really does. That's what the "About" page is for. He's a "celebrity" because he (occasionally) gives us glimpses into what's going on with Google, not because of his damn cat. It's like when other "celebrities" like Tom Cruise give us their uniformed views on psychiatry and medicine - no one cares - you're a damn actor - stick to acting.
That's the point I'm trying to make, if people really didn't care, it wouldn't be "news." There's only a minority of people who don't care and whether wrong or right, majority rules.
Didn't you notice? Almost all of the reaction to Cruise's moronic remarks were along the lines of "shut the hell up - you're being offensive and you have no idea what you're talking about"... it's "news" because it's sensationalism anticipated by the reporters to evoke a negative reaction and that's what sells newspapers and advertising on network television news. But all that aside, it doesn't belong in a tech blog and who but friends of the writer even subscribes to the other drivel?