Blogging it old skool style
Dec. 17th, 2007 10:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greatbearIf you are on LJ, you most likely think of yourself as a 'blogger'. It seems like the art of the blog has been around forever. But it's only been in existence for 10 years, which, admittedly in internet years is an eternity. And the concept of the blog has changed and expanded in those years.
The "original" blogger, Jorn Barger, coined the term 'weblog' to describe his log of daily travels through the web. These days, del.icio.us is more an example of that style of 'weblog' than the journals kept by those who might be reading this post. Barger has compiled a list of ten hints and tips for bloggers new to the game. In this case, it would be a means to keep a weblog as he did starting in those early years.
Perusing the article, I could not help but think how well Barger would fit in with a sizable portion of my friends list:
The "original" blogger, Jorn Barger, coined the term 'weblog' to describe his log of daily travels through the web. These days, del.icio.us is more an example of that style of 'weblog' than the journals kept by those who might be reading this post. Barger has compiled a list of ten hints and tips for bloggers new to the game. In this case, it would be a means to keep a weblog as he did starting in those early years.
Perusing the article, I could not help but think how well Barger would fit in with a sizable portion of my friends list:
