Wednesday 31 July 2002
It is, isn’t it?
“Only a little thing,” writes Gary Turner on the apparent success of his plan to get Bb blogging again. “Not really a full blown blog but certainly a blog.”
Not a blog at all, according to Bb:
There’s no date stamp, I change the publication order of the postings frequently, I pulled entries, edited writing, there is no blogroll, and no link to an RSS file. These last are dead giveaways — everyone knows that weblogs have blogrolls and links to RSS files.
And, expert opinion seems to be on Bb’s side:
A weblog post can be identified by the following distinguishing characteristics: a date header, a time stamp, and a permalink.
No date header, no time stamp, no blogroll, no RSS feed. Though there is a permalink. But I’m with Gary, because you know what? It feels like a weblog post and that’s the only thing that matters.
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You only realise what you've got when its gone. Bb's words are so precious now.
I think there may be no such thing as a blog and no such thing as a blogger. There are writers enabled with personal web publishing and ever easier to use content management systems, and if this be blogging, bee bop a reebop... Shelley's site is worth visiting from time to time... will she provide an RSS feed to help us take the guesswork out of when to visit? Will she add a commenting subsystem again to encourage conversation, or is the any-to-any conversational capability part of what soured her on the craft-formerly-known-as-blogging?
Don't worry. This "boo" thing of hers is just a passing phase. I think she's trying to say something... could it be? We'll wait and see...
Sorry for the "boo" thing, I was in a fey mood. That was my way of saying "thanks" and see you all around sometime.
This discussion is now closed. My thanks to everyone who contributed.
© Copyright 2002-2003 Jonathon Delacour
You only realise what you've got when its gone. Bb's words are so precious now.
Posted by: gary on 31 July 2002 at 04:14 AM