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ABC's 'People of the Year' - Bloggers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ego-inflating dept.

Sammy at Palm Addict writes "ABC News have declared Bloggers to be their 'People of the Year'. '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. This week, their influence has become readily apparent.'"

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  1. Re:well... by EvanED · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Man/Person of the Year is named by influence, not as an endorsement. Hitler, Stalin, and Ayatollah Khomeini all were Man of the Year too.

  2. Re:Jerry Pournelle started it by eagl · · Score: 3, Informative

    Another link, to one of his first site entries:

    http://www.jerrypournelle.com/archives/archivesvie w/view1.html

    The date is June 4 1998. This is not the day of the first content on his site, and he had already been creating content for BYTE magazine for many years before this, but it's a sample of his archive.

    He also has reader mail from back then.

    http://www.jerrypournelle.com/ancient/mail1.htm