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This is me! I'm a senior at George Washington University hoping to learn about blogging and the blog culture! More about Leah »
March 7, 2008
Blogging FAQs
What are the key questions about bloggers and blogging?
What are the key questions about bloggers and blogging?
February 29, 2008
Thank you bloggers
Thank you for your responses! Here’s what’s next!
Thank you for your responses! Here’s what’s next!
February 20, 2008
Blogging about blogs
5 simple questions about blogs and blogging
5 simple questions about blogs and blogging
February 10, 2008
Once upon a blog….
The stories and tales of bloggers and their blogs
The stories and tales of bloggers and their blogs
February 2, 2008
What is a blog? Can we agree on a definition for this thing all of us are doing?
How do we define this thing we are all doing?
How do we define this thing we are all doing?
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What is a blog? Can we agree on a definition for this thing all of us are doing?
How do we define this thing we are all doing?
It seems important, in terms of creating a dialogue amongst bloggers, the we synthesize our thoughts and feelings about what a blog is into one coherent definition. The internet is littered with technical and personal definitions. As this is a wordpress blog, I thought it would be interesting to include the wordpress defintion of blog, which is short to ‘weblog’ and is a term originally coined to describe a website used as a personal log, or journal. They note that most blogs include a way for readers to comment on what has been posted.
Is this your definition? Do you define blogging in terms of an online diary of sorts? Is it a marketing tool? An online fluid resume? Do you have multiple blogs that you define differently? Is it even important to define what a blog is as long as what the blog is about is clear enough for potential readers?
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February 4th, 2008
Noah Brier
To me this is extra fuzzy as a blog is really nothing more than a website that has a Content Management System running it. I guess I turn it back to you: Do we really need a definition?
February 6th, 2008
leah
I think there is some importance to creating at least a synthesized bubble that blogs can float around in, even if all that bubble is is a place that holds all websites that have a content management system running it, together. I think this simply because of someone thinks that a blog is something completely different than the next person, are they really going to be able to talk on the same field and understand each other?