Ever since The Internet was unleashed
on the world at large, the search has been on for that killer application ... one that
would capture the imagination of the age. For the most part, in this first decade,
that killer app has been email.
Many have discovered another reason for
being online ... journaling, or weblogging ... in essence, personal publishing. For now,
just words and static photos for the most part, but I suspect video and other animation
will be more the norm as bandwidth and other technologies improve.
Mainstream media has noticed it too. There
have been articles in the NY Times and Newsweek about the weblog phenomenon. I've seen
reports about blogging on CNN.
Celebrities have gotten into the act as
well. Melanie Griffith and Wil Wheaton, just to name a couple, have their own weblogs
... and news reporters pop up every day.
Among the journalists is
Chris Matthews. One of the brightest and
most colorful political commentators in Washington, Matthews has been the longtime host
of Hardball on the MSNBC television network.
With a blog titled
What I Really Think, Matthews began
sharing links, and his opinion about them, in mid-May. It's interesting stuff.
Is weblogging a killer app? Probably
not yet, but those of us who have been doing it for a few years know the potential
that personal publishing brings to the arena of information dissemination.
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