[Gllug] What is a BLOG

Richard Cohen richard at vmlinuz.org
Mon Aug 12 14:48:38 UTC 2002


On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Martin Stevens wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 05:25:40PM +0100, Colin Murphy wrote:
> > On Sunday 11 August 2002 2:22 pm, Alain Williams wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have seen this word appear recently, often in an IT/Web context
> > > but have no idea what it means.
> > >
> > > Can someone please put me out of my misery.
> >
> > Short, I believe, for web log.  Think of them as on line personal diaries
> > (not of the appointment type, more of the John Boy Walton type).
> >
> > Some are funny, some are sad, a lot of them seem to be part of the 'care in
> > the community' initiative.
> >
> > Finding the good ones seems to be the real challenge.
>
>
> Although ESR and Doc Searls both write them, do they qualify for care in
> the community ?

Dunno about Doc Searls, but have you ever heard ESR speak?!?!?

Cheers
Richard


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