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February 06, 2005

Bewildered by blogs?

If the design quirks and coding problems of this website haven't already tipped you off, I should tell you that I'm a total blog newbie. I've been reading them for less than a year and blogging for all of two months. So I can answer a few questions but by no means all of them. If you're wanting a better understanding of blogs, these sources may be useful:


  1. Blood, Rebecca. "Weblogs: A History and Perspective." Weblog entry. Rebecca's Pocket. 7 Sept. 2000.
  2. Brooke, Collin G. "Plain Ketchup." Weblog entry. Collin vs. Blog. 30 Sept. 2004.
  3. Hourihan, Meg. "What We're Doing When We Blog." Weblog entry. Megnut. O'Reilly Network 2002.
  4. Jerz, Dennis. "The Blogosphere: What's in It for Me? (An Introduction)." 2 Apr. 2004.
  5. McClellan, Jim. "Inside the Ivory Tower." Guardian [UK] 23 Sept. 2004.
  6. Richardson, Will. "Blogging and RSS—The 'What's It?' and 'How To' of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators." Information Today 11.1 (Jan./Feb. 2004).
  7. "Weblog." Wikipedia.
  8. Winer, Dave. "The History of Weblogs." Weblogs.com News. 2002.
  9. Young, Julie. "Getting the Most Out of Your Weblog." Weblog entry, 13 Jan. 2004.

And for more advanced analyses of blogging, browse the readings listed on Collin Brooke's syllabus for CCR 751.

Posted by senioritis at February 6, 2005 09:47 AM

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