[thelist] What's with this blog thing, anyway?

**1st Vamp** wes at pmason.karoo.co.uk
Thu Mar 28 19:32:03 CST 2002


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<snip>
>> I can't really see what the big deal is.

> This is exactly why I asked the question, honestly.
</snip>

And also the reason I replied to myself a few minutes later.
(Also please don't take my above statement to mean I don't see the
fuss over the social phenomenom of weblogging, I just can't see the
point in the fuss made by many of the technique or concept of blogging
as something new. Its the use by diverse ppl that makes it exciting.)

<snip>
> grandmother start putting content online every day, it's a bit different.
> This is why I find it worth discussing on thelist. This is why I see it as
> an indicator of something. Could this be an actual method to use the web for
> something good on a wide-spread basis?
</snip>

I just thought of something closer to what can be seen in blogs..the
widespread use of e-mail. E-mailing your thoughts to your friends and
family has become very popular in recent years, and popping off a
quick/short e-mail to someone you know (or don't for that matter)
comes natural to a wide range of ppl (net savvy and not).
The difference being of course is that 'blogs' open information up to
everyone. Which is of course the whole idea behind the WWW (and the
extension of the idea of hyperlinks, being an interface for accessing
cross-linked information).
With a blog the information is open to not just your friends and
family, but also strangers from all over the world who may wander onto
your site, or be refered to others. Its a very simple yet effective
way of distributing information, regardless of the worth (real or
opinion) of the information.
Kinda cool.

<snip>
> BH
</snip>

- - Vamp

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