I sort of skipped ahead with last week's tutorial and activities (posting content, playing with design of blog, uploading photos and flickr photos); I quite enjoy the aspect of creativeness these blogs allow.
Just a quick post today to explain what a Blog is (more so for myself, than for anybody else). I am somewhat of a journal-writer, so the idea of a blog being a public journal is quite suited to me.
However, a blog can be many things to many people:
A blog is a personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world.
Your blog is whatever you want it to be. There are millions of them, in all shapes and sizes, and there are no real rules.
In simple terms, a blog is a web site, where you write stuff on an ongoing basis. New stuff shows up at the top, so your visitors can read what's new. Then they comment on it or link to it or email you. Or not.
Since Blogger was launched in 1999, blogs have reshaped the web, impacted politics, shaken up journalism, and enabled millions of people to have a voice and connect with others.
A blog gives you your own voice on the web. It's a place to collect and share things that you find interesting— whether it's your political commentary, a personal diary, or links to web sites you want to remember.
Many people use a blog just to organize their own thoughts, while others command influential, worldwide audiences of thousands. Professional and amateur journalists use blogs to publish breaking news, while personal journalers reveal inner thoughts.
(Course content, 2011)
I like the idea of a blog, I find it really interesting accessing other people's thoughts and opinions on any given topic; other people's ideas can be insightful, informative, challenging, and inspirational. In a way, blogs are like the essence of a person's mind: in technological form.
The End.
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