Well...after a brief visit to Wikpedia's entry on "blogs," my initial game plan, of eloquently describing how this venture was going to be so different from every other thread on the web, quickly fell apart. Observe:
~Blog
from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Blogger” redirects here. For the blog publishing system, see Blogger (service).For other uses, see Blog (disambiguation).
A blog (a portmanteau of web log) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject such as food, politics, or local news; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting) or sexual topics (Adult blog), and are part of a wider network of social media. Micro-blogging is another type of blogging which consists of blogs with very short posts.
...Since this covers just about everything a person could post...I guess there is no such thing as a rogue blogger. From what I read the word blog is actually a retardation of the term web-log. “Blog” was first coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May of 1999. This was quickly adopted as both a noun and verb…and poof…blogging was born…or at least named...
…If you really want to know how it started it went like this…what?…you don’t…well I didn’t think you wanted to know that anyway…
...Right…So for my purposes we’re going to call Merholz the worlds first and original Blogger…I mean, the man joked on his website, by breaking the world web-log into we-blog…that shit is pretty fuckin’ funny man. So in my quest to figure out what this useless diatribe would be & where it should go, I figure who better to look up to than Peter Merholz…? Surely he can guide me...
….NEW TAB...TYPE…w-w-w-.-p-e-t-e-r-m-e-.-c-o-m…What the fuck is this?
2007-09-18 From Peterme.com
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I’ve been making a list of Canadian things Adaptive Path loves (which are mostly things *I* love about Canada ):
maple syrup
Mounties
Terry Fox
Nanaimo bars
butter tarts (without raisins)
poutine from Le Banquise in Montreal
Bob and Doug McKenzie
gay marriage
single-payer health care
Broken Social Scene, The New Pornographers animated shorts (particularly “The Big Snit” and “The Sweater”)
dressing as if you could go hiking or canoeing at any moment
Marshall McLuhan
politeness
Steve Nash
the theme song to “The Littlest Hobo”
early David Cronenberg films
“The Sweet Hereafter”
saying “process” and “project” with long “o”s, but “produce” with a short “o”
~Banff
My…My…It is certainly great to see that this man is on the cutting edge of digital commentary today! I mean you wanted some guidance and guidance you have received my friend! The world’s first blog hasn’t been updated in 11 almost 12 days now and it’s not because the author has no new content. It’s surely because of the great importance of the current message to the world…
...Canadian food...
...though generally thought of as lack luster in style and technique, does have some small but valued followers within the gay Mounties and animation communities… mostly but not limited to geographical Canada…and there’s a workshop coming where you can meet them….
... Thanks for the inspiration Pete. I guess today I’ve learned that there’s no way to know for sure where this will go or what I should do with this blogspot…
...So I guess I’ll aim for the stars and try to raise the bar for us all… hey if I miss and fall short, the worst you’ll get can't be too much worst than Peterme.com and I can perhaps one day be listed on Wikpedia too…
Jah Bless
~Blog
from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Blogger” redirects here. For the blog publishing system, see Blogger (service).For other uses, see Blog (disambiguation).
A blog (a portmanteau of web log) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject such as food, politics, or local news; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting) or sexual topics (Adult blog), and are part of a wider network of social media. Micro-blogging is another type of blogging which consists of blogs with very short posts.
...Since this covers just about everything a person could post...I guess there is no such thing as a rogue blogger. From what I read the word blog is actually a retardation of the term web-log. “Blog” was first coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May of 1999. This was quickly adopted as both a noun and verb…and poof…blogging was born…or at least named...
…If you really want to know how it started it went like this…what?…you don’t…well I didn’t think you wanted to know that anyway…
...Right…So for my purposes we’re going to call Merholz the worlds first and original Blogger…I mean, the man joked on his website, by breaking the world web-log into we-blog…that shit is pretty fuckin’ funny man. So in my quest to figure out what this useless diatribe would be & where it should go, I figure who better to look up to than Peter Merholz…? Surely he can guide me...
….NEW TAB...TYPE…w-w-w-.-p-e-t-e-r-m-e-.-c-o-m…What the fuck is this?
2007-09-18 From Peterme.com
Adaptive Path’s is coming to Vancouver; Register Now!
Coming in November is the third installment of our successful and well-loved UX Intensive event, taking place in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada , November 12-15. In this workshop, you are taught by leaders in their fields:
Brandon Schauer — Design Strategy
Todd Wilkens — Design Research
Dan Saffer — Interaction Design
Chiara Fox — Information Architecture
Register by Friday, September 21 for deeply discounted prices. Use promotional code FOPM to get an additional 15% off the registration price.
I’ve been making a list of Canadian things Adaptive Path loves (which are mostly things *I* love about Canada ):
maple syrup
Mounties
Terry Fox
Nanaimo bars
butter tarts (without raisins)
poutine from Le Banquise in Montreal
Bob and Doug McKenzie
gay marriage
single-payer health care
Broken Social Scene, The New Pornographers animated shorts (particularly “The Big Snit” and “The Sweater”)
dressing as if you could go hiking or canoeing at any moment
Marshall McLuhan
politeness
Steve Nash
the theme song to “The Littlest Hobo”
early David Cronenberg films
“The Sweet Hereafter”
saying “process” and “project” with long “o”s, but “produce” with a short “o”
~Banff
My…My…It is certainly great to see that this man is on the cutting edge of digital commentary today! I mean you wanted some guidance and guidance you have received my friend! The world’s first blog hasn’t been updated in 11 almost 12 days now and it’s not because the author has no new content. It’s surely because of the great importance of the current message to the world…
...Canadian food...
...though generally thought of as lack luster in style and technique, does have some small but valued followers within the gay Mounties and animation communities… mostly but not limited to geographical Canada…and there’s a workshop coming where you can meet them….
... Thanks for the inspiration Pete. I guess today I’ve learned that there’s no way to know for sure where this will go or what I should do with this blogspot…
...So I guess I’ll aim for the stars and try to raise the bar for us all… hey if I miss and fall short, the worst you’ll get can't be too much worst than Peterme.com and I can perhaps one day be listed on Wikpedia too…
Jah Bless
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