IMPORTANT NOTICE
I am no longer maintaining this list as of July 2002. I will not be
adding, updating, or correcting these entries, so link rot will set in quickly.
Brig Eaton is going to be maintaining a newer list over at the
Eatonweb Portal. I suggest
that you go there instead of here.
FAQs, Definitions, and Introspection
- Anatomy of a
Weblog is another take on the notion of weblogging
- Blog Blog Blog
- A collection of blogging-related phrases
- Blog Dictionary
2002 - A lexicon from David Gagne
- The
Blogger's Manifesto - 26 truths about blogging
-
Blogging Code of Ethics
-
Blogging Thoughts: Personal Publication as an Online Research Tool - An
academic paper by Torill Mortensen & Jill Walker.
- Blogicon - A
lexicon of blogging
- Blogma2001 - "A
Manifesto for Better Weblogging"
- Captain
Cursor - An archived weblog entry pointing out the effect that
weblogging tools have on weblog content.
- Credo of
the Web Log Writer - A somewhat satirical charting of the rise and fall of
the typical weblogger.
- Deconstructing "You've
Got Blog" - an essay on the New
Yorker article looking at the caste system in the blogging world.
- Elektronisches
Publizieren: Portale und Microportale - An analysis of weblog design and
culture, from a student of the University for Art and Design in Zurich,
Switzerland.
- Guardian
Unlimited - Straightforward definition, with examples
- The History of
Weblogs
- Dave Winer's take on weblogging
- How to Blog
- Mike Murry's basic explanation and stab at a taxonomy of blogs.
- How to Publicize
Your Blog - Basic advice from the folks at Pyra.
- An Incomplete Annotated
History of Weblogs - With links and dates.
- Jargon Scout
recognized "blog" as one of the words "about ready to
hatch into the Net's language."
- Joining
the Weblog Nation offers tips for new bloggers from Jen Kitchen of Whim
& Vinegar.
- journal vs.
weblog - An essay on the distinction by the founder of diarist.net.
- Marketing
Terms.com - A definition of "blog" with some links.
- May 22 - A rambling daily entry from
Denise Czaja on the overall goodness of weblogs and personal sites.
- On Weblogging - An essay
from Mikel/Log on weblogging and its importance.
- os escribas estão soltos
- A reaction to silly journalistic coverage of weblogs.
- Psychology of Weblogs - A
rather negative and shallow analysis.
-
searchWebManagement - A definition of "weblog" that attempts to cover all
the bases.
- So,
Where's Your Weblog? - An essay aimed at the "e-media" community promoting weblogs as an ideal form of writing for the web.
- Ten Tips for
Building a Bionic Weblog - Ideas on how you can make your own weblog
stand out from the crowd, and why you might want to, from Metascene.
- Tipps für Neublogger
- Technical tips for improving weblogs, directed at new bloggers.
- Waroom een
weblog? - Discussion in Dutch.
- Was
sind Weblogs? - Definition in German.
- Wat is
een weblog? - An analysis in Dutch.
-
Web Autobiography - A site examining different types of personal writing
on the web, including blogs.
- Weblog
Communities - An essay by Jeremy Bowers, mostly concerning Manila-based
weblogs hosted on editthispage.com.
- The Weblog
FAQK - Snide remarks from the Brunching Shuttlecocks
- A Weblogger's Manifestito
- Dan Hartung responds to some frequent critiques of weblogs, and explains
why he uses the medium himself.
- weblogging:
lessons learned comes from Scribble weblog
- Weblog Resources
FAQ - Maintained by Jorn Barger
- Weblogs:
A History and Perspective - An excellent essay from Rebecca Blood that
traces the evolution of weblogs and reflects on the different styles of
blogging that have emerged.
- Web Logs - Blogs - A
very nice writeup of blogs and blogging that describes different types of
weblogs and talks about their use in research.
- Weblogs, Theory and Practice:
A collection of pointers to writings about weblogs. Available in a variety
of formats including text and bookmark files.
- What
are weblogs? - Dave Winer defines weblogs as "personal web publishing
communities".
- whatis.com tries to define
weblog,
but seems to miss most of the point
- What the Hell is a Weblog? from
Derek Powazek of powazek.com, complete with a place to add your own
definition of the genre
- Why I Weblog
comes from Brad L. Graham of The Bradlands
- Why Weblogs?
- An essay from Gael Fashingbauer Cooper of Pop Culture Junk Mail that
explains how weblogs are much more than just lists of links.
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