So when i listen to music you also want me to sing. You have writers and readers, im a reader and a huge fan of writers, who i support when i can.
Not saying that everybody should start a blog or that most blogs are not garbage written by people that don't have anything interesting to say. But if you want to take your career further it's probably a good idea to immerse yourself in your professional community in a way that expands your reach further than your near friends and co-workers. A blog can be a way to do that.
The post speaks about "owing something to someone" but this holds even just by purely egotistical measures.