... Heh. People can dislike weblogs. Whatever. But I challenge this Gabby person to read a month's worth of Medley (that's me), Screenshot, Whim & Vinegar,...
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Dave Winer
dave@...
Nov 3, 1999 8:10 pm
What is an online journal? Dave ... From: Lynette I. Millett <millett@...> To: <weblogs@egroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 12:13 PM Subject:...
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Lynette I. Millett
millett@...
Nov 3, 1999 8:16 pm
... Umm. Exactly what it sounds like. People keep personal journals and put them online. There are *lots* of them. Some of my favorites are listed at my...
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Amanda Holland-Minkley
hollandm@...
Nov 3, 1999 8:21 pm
... It's a diary (or journal) that one keeps online. The Metajournals site (www.metajournals.com) has a lot of information about the process. And the weblog...
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Jen Kitchen
jen@...
Nov 3, 1999 8:39 pm
... *grin* Thanks! I do sometimes tend towards being journal-y in my blog - more so lately than I did in the beginning. I also stick personal content in my...
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Anita Rowland
anitar@...
Nov 3, 1999 9:02 pm
... As I noted in my reply to Gabby on the forum, she hasn't been in favor of the weblog phenomenon for a while. (I pointed to a post by her on the obvious...
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Lynette I. Millett
millett@...
Nov 3, 1999 9:04 pm
... Yah. Me too. ... Well, to be fair.. those are both collaborative efforts, IIRC, and so one might not expect a unique voice quite so much. That's also part...
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Dave Winer
dave@...
Nov 3, 1999 9:22 pm
Hi Anita! I know some people will barf over this -- but I think we should find a way to include the people who feel excluded. Why can't an online journal be a...
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Anita Rowland
anitar@...
Nov 3, 1999 9:33 pm
... I guess I don't see anything wrong with that... but include them in what? so gabby's a "random person" now? ... "hey, your peanut butter got mixed with my...
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Dave Winer
dave@...
Nov 3, 1999 9:39 pm
... Sorry, to me she's a random person. Dear Anita, I hope you didn't take offense. We all have crabby days. Today doesn't happen to be one of mine. (Even ...
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dhartung@...
Nov 3, 1999 10:41 pm
"dave winer" <dav-@...> wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/weblogs/?start=276 ... a way ... Well, we might find a term that's more...
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Mike Gunderloy
MikeG1@...
Nov 4, 1999 1:56 am
As I read it, part of Gabby's original post implied that weblogs were sort of wannabe online journals that couldn't quite get it right. This post suggests the...
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Dave Winer
dave@...
Nov 4, 1999 2:06 am
... weblogs. I didn't mean to imply that at all. My own website was an outgrowth of DaveNet and my work on web development tools. If there's a dichotomy...
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Guido Branca
gbranca@...
Nov 4, 1999 9:14 am
my efforts as a republisher or syndicator of web (public) content is an effort to keep people updated on what's happening on the net, only indirectly does it...
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Jorn Barger
jorn@...
Nov 4, 1999 2:19 pm
... I'm unapologetically of the "weblogs will transform the world" school, myself. I'm reminded of this quote: "Love does not consist in gazing at each other...
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john s jacobs anderson
jacobs@...
Nov 4, 1999 2:23 pm
... Jorn> This is an important insight. (I still haven't gotten a Jorn> volunteer for the blogger-et-al comparison, btw.) Tangent: One of the things on my...
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Jon Litfin
amazinglarry@...
Nov 4, 1999 2:46 pm
As someone about to slip the surly bonds of Tripod, I was wondering what domain name registration advice any of you had to give. Right now, I'm leaning towards...
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Dave Winer
dave@...
Nov 4, 1999 2:52 pm
... weblogs listed in the left margin of CamWorld" project that Dave Winer suggested on the 2nd? I've got some time and I think it would be a learning ...
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Lynette I. Millett
millett@...
Nov 4, 1999 2:58 pm
... As someone whose weblog, for whatever reason, doesn't make Cam's list, why not use Eatonweb's more comprehensive list? Or some combination of Cam's list...
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Anita Rowland
anitar@...
Nov 4, 1999 3:59 pm
... which project is this? I looked at the messages on this list from november 1 and 2 and didn't see a likely message from Dave. the relationships between...
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The New Homemaker
editor@...
Nov 4, 1999 4:29 pm
... That's okay, Lynette, we can sit at our *own* table at lunch. Lynn not on the list either--Cam's got something against Lyn*'s? -- Lynn Siprelle, Editor,...
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Steve Ivy
steve@...
Nov 4, 1999 5:14 pm
... About Cam- I think his list is the weblogs he visits often. I wouldn't expect him to be visiting all of us! Sure, I've hoped he'd link to me- it's a great...
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Lynette I. Millett
millett@...
Nov 4, 1999 5:26 pm
... Exactly my point. It's not at all clear to me why Winer's weblog relationship project (or any other such project) should focus on the weblogs that a...
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Anita Rowland
anitar@...
Nov 4, 1999 5:28 pm
... <snip> ... I think brig herself said she wouldn't be adding every pitas page that comes along. (I got in under the deadline, sending her mail a day or so...
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Lynette I. Millett
millett@...
Nov 4, 1999 5:30 pm
This all reminds me of a discussion I followed on metajournals for awhile, and highlights another way in which the communities are very similar, even if some...
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ross
rmk5123@...
Nov 4, 1999 5:34 pm
(been lurking for a few days....) Since we are talking about directories of weblogs... how comprehensive is the Open Directory weblog category? With that,...
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Dave Winer
dave@...
Nov 4, 1999 5:38 pm
... relationship project (or any other such project) I didn't start a relationship project. I just asked a question. I already have *plenty* of projects. ;-> ...
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Mike Gunderloy
MikeG1@...
Nov 4, 1999 5:43 pm
To me, mapping relationships among the blogs on *ANY* single list seems to miss the point. This is the web. There is no center! No one can keep track of 'em...
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Dave Winer
dave@...
Nov 4, 1999 5:58 pm
... to miss the point. This is the web. There is no center! No one can keep track of 'em all. Exactly! It only looks like there's a hub when you view it thru a...
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Jon Litfin
amazinglarry@...
Nov 4, 1999 6:12 pm
Whoops. I didn't mean to get everyone's dander up by implying that one person was the center of the "weblog universe" or the arbiter of all that was bloggy. Of...
