What is a Blog? by Lance Winslow

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By Lance Winslow

Is a Blog a digital blackboard? Recently a member of the Online Think Tank stated this in a sentence explaining the use of Blogs in society and on the internet. But is his comment a legitimate one? After all no one can say that a digital blackboard is a blog? The word Blog seems to suggest "log" or a place where entries of thoughts are made, such as a journal or log book.

But is a Blog a Log? No, Is a Frog a Hog? Sam I am? In reality Blogs are nothing more than food for the masses. In fact the original word Blog comes from a Dr Seuss Book, where Blogs were trout food. So is the joke really on all the bloggers out there? In other words Blogs are only places designed for the masses to discharge all their sound and fury like a virtual peanut gallery?

If this is the case then it is pretty sad to think that all bloggers out there are putting all their words and thoughts into a virtual space for no reason. How ironic that all the bloggers fell for this and still they spend countless hours putting online their calendar categorized diatribes and monologues about things that really don't matter.

What is even more fun to consider is that other people actually come and read them. Are you a blogger? Don't you feel silly now that all this is really a joke and you fell for it? A reference;

http://www.bookofjoe.com/2005/03/the_origin_of_t.html

I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the best in 2009. I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.


By Lance Winslow