Sunday, February 26, 2006

Long live the blog (and hopefully mine too)

Hello Blog...and Bloggers.

Sunday, the 26th of february 2006 (after the closure of the winter Olympic game precisly), it was about the time to have a blog. It seems to me that everybody got one now. Fashion or need? "In the early 21st century, blogging has quickly emerged as a popular and important means of communication, affecting public opinion and mass media around the world." I do not have this pretention but I have now become a part of this mass phenomena.

Blog: What a strange name... "The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log" .
Not to be confused with Blob (The blob, movie,1988), this kind of extra terrestrial shapeless fast moving gelee coming from outerspace, swallowing all human being and digesting them completely.
I am now a blogger too. Is blogger a profession too? Blog are getting so much read nowadays that journalists start to worry a bit, and create their own blogs.
When was the first blog ever created? In my honest opinion, I believe the Blog was born in Star Trek - Actually, there are a lot of stuffs we daily use nowadays which have been inspired from the old star trek series - Do you remember the famous "Kirk's captain log" at the beginning of each episode? It was more than a simple diary because we, TV audience, could listen to it. It was the closest thing to the blog as I know it now. If you find something similar anterior to Star Trek, let me know.

How did we evolve to obtain the blog? I believe this is the right order: Mirc chatrooms -> forum -> web ring -> blog. This last has kept the characteristic of all its predecessor.
If the first blog on the net has been spotted in 1995 only, the word "Blog" itself appeared in 1999 and from there it totally boomed.
The next evolution of the blog is the "Vlog", the video-log, which is allowed by 2 technical improvments: digital video camera and faster connection and also the explosion of number of the space on the servers around the world.
If like me, you have decided to create your blog, be sure to take the time to make it well because it will be readen and the blog mania has long years to live .

ps: all the sentences in italic are taken from the wikipedia

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