It is basically an on-line journal of sorts, a form of expression that is defined by each individual blogger. According to the Jargon File 4.1.0:
blog n.[common] Short for `weblog’, an on-line web-zine or diary (usually with facilities for reader comments and discussion threads) made accessible through the World Wide Web. This term is widespread and readily forms derivatives, of which the best known may be `blogosphere’ (the hyperlinked totality of all blogs and the culture that surrounds it).
Blogs can be personal or professional, topical or random, updated hourly or once a month or longer - it is all up to the individual.
MarketingTerms.com has some good links. This is an interesting article about one person’s experience.
I’ll update this post periodically with new information.
UPDATE (2003-03-07): Here is an nice article from the New Zealand News on the addictiveness of blogs for both the reader and author.
UPDATE (2003-04-15): Another good explanation.
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Paolo Roat adds this Comment:
I’d like to install a blog on my site. Do you know how to do it.
Paolo
August 11th, 2003 at 10:21 am
Viper007Bond adds this Comment:
Paolo - http://www.cafelog.com/
September 4th, 2003 at 1:09 am
Alex adds this Comment:
I’d recommend using WordPress actually, but there are a bunch of good blog systems out there.
September 4th, 2003 at 1:29 am
melz adds this Comment:
I would recommend MovableType - http://www.movabletype.org
October 26th, 2003 at 2:40 am
Alex adds this Comment:
MoveableType is nice, and I’m sure it is the right choice for many people. Since I’m a contributor on the WordPress project, I am obviously somewhat biased.
October 26th, 2003 at 7:04 am
Hozer adds this Comment:
Does anybody know of a Free Photo Blog app that will allow me to batch process photos (create a Web Album) but also provide functionality for public feedback from friends?
Kinda “Web Album Creator” (www.galleriasoftware.com) meets a Blog.
Thanks in advance!
November 24th, 2003 at 7:11 pm
Chris adds this Comment:
Hozer:
You can use WordPress to do PhotoLogging, all you need todo is add a few simples lines into the code and the rest will be done for you.
January 3rd, 2004 at 12:39 pm
Řivind adds this Comment:
I’d recommend Cutenews - http://www.cutephp.com/ - for blogging if you have a PHP-enabled server (safemode/mysql not an issue)
February 5th, 2004 at 6:05 am
Ejal adds this Comment:
If you want to make a nice photo album and you want to batch process the pictures i recommend using Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) whch is freeware and can be found at http://coppermine.sourceforge.net/
For a working demo take a look at http://kibje.com/fotos
Have fun !
Ejal
March 7th, 2004 at 8:26 pm
donie adds this Comment:
I know some nice blog script like wordpress. they are
expression engine, pivot, plog, bmachine, nucleus. but, they don’t come with integrated photo gallery.
July 14th, 2004 at 3:44 pm
Yvonne adds this Comment:
Well Citibank is a troubled bank. The Indian lady and the dropped phone calls. The late charges that takes a month to 2 months to get taken off. Well All the stories are the same. We asked for them to sell our loan. They refused so we refinanced with Chase. Who also has problems - they forgot to pay our taxes for 4 months and penalties. I thinkl all these banks are all problems in one way or another. But Citibank is the worst.
You can pay a payment inside the citibank and they won’t apply it for 10 days. It Is a joke…Good luck to all who mortgage there. It takes a threat of a lawsuit to get them to do business.
August 5th, 2005 at 10:24 pm
Lorelle adds this Comment:
Congrats, Alex!!! You made Feeblogs Top 500 Blog List! WEEEEE!
http://feedster.com/top500.php check it out.
We’re all proud of you. Good work and keep going strong!
August 27th, 2005 at 3:12 pm
Jeff Watson adds this Comment:
Interesting article. I use Word Press and am still struggling with it. It’s hard to try to learn a whole new language after all of these years.
Cheers,
Jeff
October 4th, 2005 at 7:50 am
Liftis adds this Comment:
Movable Type and Word Press are the most popular ones. Movable Type is PERL based and more complecated to install. Word Press is PHP and MySQL based and very easy to install.
February 14th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
James adds this Comment:
Blogger is a great one. So is word press.
March 10th, 2006 at 1:30 am
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