In 1994, Justin Hall (b. 1974 in Chicago), now an American freelance journalist, then a Swarthmore College student, started a web-based diary called Justin's Links from the Underground, which offered link highlighting (not unlike BoingBoing) and excentric, journaling (e.g., his exploration of "sexuality as a sacred place"). This web-based diary is often cited as the first weblog.
Blogging offers then the type of solution to the private/public dichotomy that Arendt dreads. It does not release the passion of private life into the public, but deprives the private of its fascination and invests the public with a continuous repetition of identical personal experiences.
This community was created to "out" those who fake their deaths/illness on Live Journal.
You tell us your favorite blogs (or any source with a RSS fe ed). We give you a personalized feevy tag. Just place the tag in your blog template and... bang ! Your friends will appear in your blog! Feevy shows the latest posts from your favorite blogs in one column putting them in order according to the latest updates, which will appear on top.
Amanda Lenhart appeared with blogger Glenn Reynolds on the Kojo Nnamdi Show on NPR. She spoke about the role of blogs in the new information environment. The show can be accessed
This is an online journal issue put out by the Barnard Center for Research on Women. It's devoted to female bloggers.
Bly Lauritano-Werner is a high school student with an online journal. Her mother reads the journal -- but Bly thinks she shouldn't. Bly works with Blunt Radio in Maine. This piece came to us from Youth Radio.
The blogosphere is coming to a newspaper near you. Beginning April with Boston as the pilot market, Icelandic publishing co. Dagsbrun plans to launch free dailies in 10 U.S. cities. The papers will run blogs alongside the usual newspaper fare. The flagship paper, BostonNOW, hits the streets today. Editor in Chief says bloggers will not only get an outlet for their musings, they'll also break news.
Random Shapes features the best teen blogs on the web in an attempt to encourage good blogging among teens. Random Shapes is only open to teens, who must apply to participate in the community. The focus is on developing teens' blogging skills and creating a sense of community.
Tim O'Reilly's proposal for a code of conduct won't fly. Unfortunately, you can't just pass a bunch of rules to make incivility go away. Someone who has been getting his way since he was 2 and has grown up into a self-involved, bombastic narcissist isn't going to have a come-to-Jesus moment just because he's offended somebody's sense of etiquette.
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In 1994, Justin Hall (b. 1974 in Chicago), now an American freelance journalist, then a Swarthmore College student, started a web-based diary called Justin's Links from the Underground, which offered link highlighting (not unlike BoingBoing) and excentric, journaling (e.g., his exploration of "sexuality as a sacred place"). This web-based diary is often cited as the first weblog.
You tell us your favorite blogs (or any source with a RSS fe ed). We give you a personalized feevy tag. Just place the tag in your blog template and... bang ! Your friends will appear in your blog! Feevy shows the latest posts from your favorite blogs in one column putting them in order according to the latest updates, which will appear on top.
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