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What makes a good blog?

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La_NuiTPerson was signed in when posted
10-05-2003
11:43 PM ET (US)
Here are some interesting links about weblogging:

Weblogs: a history and perspective
Weblog Ethics
Personal knowledge publishing and its uses in research
Edited 10-05-2003 11:44 PM
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JustAThought
09-22-2003
10:59 PM ET (US)
Was looking up for any replies to "Overblown",came across -"What makes a good blog?"

Checked out Tammy's blog as well....liked her blog..

Just a thought:
Why does a certain paragrah/discussion attract one and not the other? Why/ How does the same comment/discussion invoke different thoughts/reactions in different people?
I believe, every thought entertained within our minds is unconsciously intertwined with what makes us /our personalities. Our words/ thoughts are a blend of exterior provocation/ inspiration (through other words,discussions,reading etc), of our individual experiences and our mindsets.
Some worth noting and some not.
Edited 09-22-2003 11:42 PM
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mindyfm
09-20-2003
09:47 AM ET (US)
 but is the goal of the blog the discussion or just to be able to voice your opinion? it seems to be that the collecting and siphoning through of what is available out in cyberspace is what the blog is about and the possibility for a meaningful discourse is the icing on the cake.
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DdeK
09-20-2003
08:22 AM ET (US)
 Thanks to Bernard's Media Studies link, I found this very perceptive and comprehensive comment by Henry Jenkins, Director of Media Studies at MIT: "Bloggers are turning the hunting and gathering, sampling and critiquing the rest of us do online into an extreme sport. We surf the Web; these guys snowboard it. Bloggers are the minutemen of the digital revolution.

“Blog” is short for “Web log.” Several years ago, heavy Web surfers began creating logs—compendia of curious information and interesting links they encountered in their travels through cyberspace. Improvements in Web design tools have made it easier for beginners to create their own Web logs and update them as often as they wish—even every five minutes, as this guy was doing. Blogs are thus more dynamic than older-style home pages, more permanent than posts to a Net discussion list. They are more private and personal than traditional journalism, more public than diaries."
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Mark FedermanPerson was signed in when posted
09-20-2003
02:35 AM ET (US)
 Check some of the blogs in the blogstand column on the McLuhan Program Blog, http://www.mcluhan.utoronto.ca/blogger/ . You will find some fascinating, and intelligent, stuff.
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DdeK
09-19-2003
10:37 PM ET (US)
 I think that Bernard's point is very well taken, but the answer to his scepticism would be that by and large blogs need the same attention - and recieve more because they have to be composed in reflective times - as any conversation. Blogs invite intelligent comments - and the occasional fool...
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TammyBPerson was signed in when posted
09-19-2003
02:51 PM ET (US)
"This is your brain on the Web." Ring a bell? (I think it's still ol' Graham's bell, and not "Ring a ping?" just yet...give it time though Bernard...the day will come). This is the tagline for Blogspot, the place where this blog is being hosted. Assuming great minds think alike, and "fools" never differ (ouch!), perhaps people find out on their own what interests them and then monitor/participate in that blog and subsequent discussions, leading not necessarily to a like-minded network of minds, but a democratic one.
Edited 09-19-2003 05:40 PM
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