Posted on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 9:55 PM
I always get a real charge out of all the excitement blogging has generated and continues to generate. Everyone knows that the last Presidential election fueled the onslaught of new blogs everywhere. Suddenly, blogging became America's favorite pasttime and posting comments gave the average American purpose and identity. Blogging launched a new language and a new platform to be heard.
Blogging, Weblogging, is:
Noun
- S: (n) web log, blog (a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies) "postings on a blog are usually in chronological order"
Verb
- S: (v) blog (read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal)
You can find blogging for fun. Blogging for politics. Blogging for business. Blogging for hobbies, interests, likes, dislikes and Blogging Summit where the attendees will be blogging about the Blogging Summit. That will be one blog I will be checking on faithfully, just out of sheer curiosity.
Blogs can give you up-to-the-minute information from around the world. The problem with blogs is that the information found in them cannot be taken as reliable. It is very difficult to check the authenticity of the information if you plan to use the information as fact. Trying to track down the source of information is like tracking down gossip. You have to go back through the links to find the source.
Blogs are going to change and evolve in the days and months and years to come, but there will always be a way for people to come together to express themselves on a very real basis. Look for the next wave to be interactive blogging. It will be like hanging over the fence and talking to your neighbor--that's really all it is now anyway.
LP