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Blogging Is 10 Years Old

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the or-thereabouts dept.

Several readers sent us notice of an article in the Wall Street Journal in advance of the tenth anniversary of the blog (by some definitions and accounts). The Ur-blogger in this version of history was Jorn Barger and the blog was Robot Wisdom. Barger wrote, "I decided to start my own webpage logging the best stuff." The Journal article has statements from a baker's dozen of bloggers and/or blogwatchers and a handful of videos of bloggers talking about how and why they do what they do.

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  1. Not quite the first by nemerrle · · Score: 5, Informative

    Umm, Steve Jackson (of GURPS fame) has had a daily blog since December 1994: http://www.sjgames.com/ill/1994/ill-dec94.html

  2. mmm not really by azav · · Score: 3, Informative

    Check out the .plan files by American McGee and John Carmack and the other guys who were at Id in the mid 90's.

    They are at least one case of blogging before the reported originator.

    Carmack wrote about "Stupid Testarossa Adventures" in addition to the ongoings at Id. American wrote about "Stupid Contests I Get People to Do" in addition to the ongogings at Id. Others "blogged" too. Tastefully or not. Steed wrote about his stripper inspired 3d models. Cash wrote something too. Brian Hook was there writing as well, in addition to others I have forgotten.

    This all was documented at BluesNews.con where you could read their plan files on a daily basis.

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  3. Credit where it's due. by counterfriction · · Score: 3, Informative

    Come on man, give credit where it's due. Eberlin flowed that originally in this thread

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