April 22, 2004
Blogs and the world

Melinda McBride contributes yet another blogging article at MindJack, which takes an interesting look at the pitfalls and potentials of blogging and, in particular, some of the things that we need to remain aware of to be inclusive and to really achieve the potential that blogging promises:

As I write this, another journalist is explaining what a blog is for the first time. Quite possibly, they are describing blogging as a trend created by actor Wil Wheaton. Most likely, they're announcing how blogs have just "hit" the mainstream. Blogging authority Rebecca Blood has named this repetitive rediscovery of blogging "Blood's Law of Weblog History." According to Blood, "the year you discovered weblogs and/or started your own is 'The Year Blogs Exploded'."
Posted by dcoates at April 22, 2004 10:32 AM