Welcome to Blogging

Before blogging became popular, digital communities took many forms, including Usenet, e-mail lists and bulletin board systems (BBS). In the 1990s, Internet forum software, such as WebEx, created running conversations with "threads". Threads are topical connections between messages on a metaphorical "corkboard".

The term "blog" is derived from "Web log." "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

A blog is a website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order.

Blogs often provide commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news; some 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 photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), or audio (podcasting), and are part of a wider network of social media.

As of November 2006, blog search engine Technorati was tracking nearly 60 million blogs. Another place to search for blogs is LibWorm.

My daughter is the director of the Menasha Library and has several blogs. Two of them are KidsLit and Sights and Soundbytes. Tasha is very active in web 2.0, and its applications to public library services. A library site that uses blogging extensively is Ann Arbor. This site blurs the distinction between a website and a blog.

News aggregators like FeedReader and Bloglines allow interested users to subscribe to blogs.

I also have a blog that realates to school, and one for family stuff.