Comments on: Dude, It’s a Blog http://freerangelibrarian.com/2005/06/05/dude-its-a-blog/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else, since 2003. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:00:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: [libcat] http://freerangelibrarian.com/2005/06/05/dude-its-a-blog/#comment-1498 [libcat] Tue, 14 Jun 2005 03:02:02 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2005/06/05/dude-its-a-blog/#comment-1498 I don't know about the Times, but I don't like the word 'blog', preferring 'journal' myself. 'Blog' is just ugly. I don’t know about the Times, but I don’t like the word ‘blog’, preferring ‘journal’ myself. ‘Blog’ is just ugly.

]]> By: G http://freerangelibrarian.com/2005/06/05/dude-its-a-blog/#comment-1497 G Thu, 09 Jun 2005 15:06:41 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2005/06/05/dude-its-a-blog/#comment-1497 You know, I would go so far as to say that a blog and a web journal are essentially the same thing. Disagree? That's cool. Although if you think about the word "blog" and the associated lack of respect for the word itself, especially on a professional level (tech bias plays into it, weird-sounding doesn't help - you know, the old if you don't know it, fear and hate it mentality). Get now why the Times called it a web journal? You know, I would go so far as to say that a blog and a web journal are essentially the same thing.

Disagree? That’s cool.

Although if you think about the word “blog” and the associated lack of respect for the word itself, especially on a professional level (tech bias plays into it, weird-sounding doesn’t help - you know, the old if you don’t know it, fear and hate it mentality). Get now why the Times called it a web journal?

]]> By: Steven http://freerangelibrarian.com/2005/06/05/dude-its-a-blog/#comment-1496 Steven Mon, 06 Jun 2005 01:03:43 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2005/06/05/dude-its-a-blog/#comment-1496 I don't consider it a blog. No comments. No RSS feed. Not a blog. I don’t consider it a blog. No comments. No RSS feed. Not a blog.

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