Comments on: Explain "blogs", please

Question: Explain "blogs", please

MintSauce — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 07:40:14 -0800

What is a Blog? Does anyone have any links to decent, well written explanations, explaining the phenomenon of Blogging? It needs to be as non-techy as possible and preferably from a mainstream, well regarded source.

My enthusiasm for the technology doesn't seem to be translating into understanding with my marketings bods ;o)

By: machaus

machaus — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 07:52:35 -0800

Checkout the first two links on the "About MetaFilter" page. They are very useful.

By: brownpau

brownpau — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 08:08:23 -0800

See rebeccablood's site for the definitive history of weblogs.

By: brownpau

brownpau — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 08:09:36 -0800

(Oops, the About page that machaus linked had a link to rb's history page. Carry on, then. :P )

By: me3dia

me3dia — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 09:56:32 -0800

The term "weblog" and what it pertains to have become quite mutable.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:01:29 -0800

This conference is now over, but there's a lot of material on the site by marketing bimbos for marketing bimbos.

By: adamgreenfield

adamgreenfield — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:42:54 -0800

Reverse-chronological listing of links with associated commentary. As concise as I can make it.

By: werty

werty — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:49:45 -0800

Actually, one could make the argument that you're blogging right now.

By: O9scar

O9scar — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:24:41 -0800

Well, most blogs are personal whereas Metafilter is collaborative, but werty is right - you're soaking in it (so to speak).

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:44:32 -0800

Obligatory self-link to a lengthy wonderchicken screed. You might find some useful outward-bound links from there as well.

By: rorycberger

rorycberger — Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:16:38 -0800

The Weblog FAQK

By: hot soup girl

hot soup girl — Tue, 24 Feb 2004 02:52:40 -0800

A definition.

By: fried

fried — Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:13:30 -0800

Clearly defined in this 37signals Blogging for Business presentation.

By: roel

roel — Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:55:22 -0800

There is a whole page About Blogs on the Joi Ito Wiki, our beloved Megnut explained What We're Doing When We Blog on O'Reilly Network, George Siemens explained What blogging is, etc etc etc.

As you can tell from the pages linked above (which all refer each other), a weblog mainly consists of items about and links to other blogs. ;-)

Last link: http://huminf.uib.no/~jill/archives/blog_theorising/final_version_of_weblog_definition.html