20050102
viva la bloggers!
People of the Year: Bloggers
Internet Phenomenon Provides Unique Insight Into People's Thoughts
Dec. 30, 2004, ABC News — A blog — short for "web log" — is an online personal journal that covers topics ranging from daily life to technology to culture to the arts. Blogs have made such an impact this year that Merriam-Webster named it the word of the year.
"There's a blog for every niche. There's a blog for every interest," said technology writer Xeni Jardin, who co-edits the blog boingboing.net.
Dylan Verdi, an 11-year-old known as the world's youngest videoblogger, says she covers "things that I've seen that I like or that I've heard of, or just anything that happened to me that day that I'm thinking." [ more ] ¶ 1/02/2005 10:44:00 PM
Internet Phenomenon Provides Unique Insight Into People's Thoughts
Dec. 30, 2004, ABC News — A blog — short for "web log" — is an online personal journal that covers topics ranging from daily life to technology to culture to the arts. Blogs have made such an impact this year that Merriam-Webster named it the word of the year.
"There's a blog for every niche. There's a blog for every interest," said technology writer Xeni Jardin, who co-edits the blog boingboing.net.
Dylan Verdi, an 11-year-old known as the world's youngest videoblogger, says she covers "things that I've seen that I like or that I've heard of, or just anything that happened to me that day that I'm thinking." [ more ] ¶ 1/02/2005 10:44:00 PM
