Are You Blogging?

You may find yourself linking to a cat picture without writing any narrative for it. Are you worried that you didn't tell us how we should feel about the kitty?

You posted a cookie ad you found on Craigslist.

You posted a link to a stamp by Thorsten Van Elten and that is all you freakin' had the time for.

You maintain a concept ships and experimental aircraft art blog.

You publish photos and links to news articles without writing any commentary for it. Don't you have any opinions? I don't agree with this review by the way, I don' think the monologue is too long. The Black Hole story pretty much sealed the deal that I will be heading to Los Alamos.

The main misconception regarding the definition of blogs comes from people that associate blogs with their content. More specifically from people that associate blogs with the content from one particular type of blog: personal blogs.

In other words, those people think that blogs are online diaries where people share their opinions, ramblings and personal events.

Wrong!

That is just one of the things that you could do with a blog.

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In September of 2000 there are thousands of weblogs: topic-oriented weblogs, alternative viewpoints, astute examinations of the human condition as reflected by mainstream media, short-form journals, links to the weird, and free-form notebooks of ideas. Traditional weblogs perform a valuable filtering service and provide tools for more critical evaluation of the information available on the web. Free-style blogs are nothing less than an outbreak of self-expression. Each is evidence of a staggering shift from an age of carefully controlled information provided by sanctioned authorities (and artists), to an unprecedented opportunity for individual expression on a worldwide scale. Each kind of weblog empowers individuals on many levels

To be continued.