Blog Log

Let’s pretend that Google has broken and you need me to explain what “blog” means.

In the late 1990s a couple of platforms were released that allowed ordinary people with no coding skills to write about stuff that interested them online. These platforms allowed non-geeks to create and maintain their own web site. “OpenDiary” and “Live Journal” were amongst the first.

It was a paradigm shift. Before then anything called a “diary” or a “journal” would have been kept private. These people were intentionally sharing stuff about their lives and interests with anyone who dropped-in online.

That sort of platform was called a “Web Log”. The pioneering community that used them started played with the words, and said “We Blog”. Fast forward a few years, and TaDa! in 2004 “Blog” was the Merriam-Webster Word of the Year. 

Simple. I like writing, 

Also, back in 2012 I was impressed by a conference keynote called Tim Longhurst. Tim said something like, “It’s not enough to say it anymore. It’s not enough to publish it anymore. Post it. Get it online. Sharing is the rent you pay for using the internet.” So, I’m just paying the rent. 🙂

One last thing. I’ve recycled some of the info above from previous blog posts (here and here). Let’s not call it self-plagiarism. I like to think of it as a funky new remix of a favourite old song. 😬