Blog [blawg, blog] noun-
a Web site containing the writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other Web sites.
Let's start here. Just from the definition we know a blog can be individual or collective, shared or hoarded, and even expressive or informative. We know it's creative. We know it's a vessel that has the ability to take us in a multitude of directions. Links in a blog are pit stops on a road map, and can be useful tool to both writers and readers. We know there is an opportunity for feedback and rebuttal. We know it's accessible and compact. We know, it is not limited to blogger, but that there are many hosts for this new phenomenon and that they were becoming more and more popular.
What you may not know is that a blog is part of Web 2.0 structure, which simply means it's interactive. The interesting part about this is that to a reader the site appears as a simple web page. Please note, that the more times I plead simplicity, the simpler it becomes. Yet, there is software built into it that enables those readers to respond, critique and comment on the page presented, thus making it collaborative and practical.
You may also not know the origins of the blog, originally termed web blog, which date back to the 1990s. Blogs began as "online diaries" which expressed the author's thoughts through multimedia presentations, such as text and video. One of the most popular blogs of the 1990's was launched by a company called Pyra. The founder, Meg Hourihan helped develop the internet application Blogger, which was later purchased by Google. For more on Meg and the early phases of blogger check out this article, published by The New Yorker back in 2000!
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