Ok, that's enough.
Researching some other blogs have been both interesting and terribly boring, due to the fact I have learnt there are blogs out there for all absolutely everything. Video games, hairstyles, comedy and of course, the all time favourite, Facebook! Obviously, there are more....
For those of you playing at home, these are my blog picks;
Video games: http://www.videogamesblogger.com/
Hairstyles: http://www.hairromance.com/
Comedy: http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee.com/
Facebook: ....err, where have you been? http://www.facebook.com
In my ripe old age of 21, I've never really thought about the relevance of the history of blogging. It's hard to imagine that before 1999, the term 'blog' wasn't even used - now everyone has a blog (now, including me - YAY)
"After Jorn Barger coined the term weblog a few years earlier, pioneer blogger Peter Merholz from Peterme.com jokingly splits the word (which was intended to be a combination of web and log) into “we blog.” Later that year, Evan Williams, who co-founded Pyra Labs begins using the word as a noun/verb to describe people who journal online."
-- I have completely copied that paragraph because I find it a little crazy how simply the term came about. I'm sure the concept of blogging was more thought out, but Merholz' joke was received rather well world wide.
Anybody can have a blog. I just discovered this when I created mine in two minutes. There was no hidden questions, no fees, no identity check. Nothing. Everyone is able to have a voice through their keyboard and share it globally.
My first interaction with 'blogging' was myspace. Most of the people I went to school with had an account, and those who didn't were "sticking it to the man" for absolutely no reason and just caved and made a Facebook account moments later.
I loved the individual settings you could apply to your profile to make it yours. I was 15 when I created my account and I appreciated the privacy settings that could be applied. Typical 15 year old girl - mine was pale pink with an Alicia Keys song playing when you logged on. I had dedications to my BFF's down the side with photos and captions. I also did not shy away from the cruel up way you ranked your friends through the 'top friends' that were linked on your profile. Stereotypical teenage girl through and through.
Facebook has not lost my attention like myspace did and it must be four years since one of my friends created my account for me. It's hard to pinpoint how my blogging through Facebook has benefited my life - but thankfully, my friends are always able to know my thoughts, my whereabouts and what I wore to the 21st on the weekend. Phew, thanks Zuckerburg.
Allison, 2011,The History of Blogging: 12 Years of Blogs, viewed 29th November, 2012 http://www.blogworld.com/2011/08/24/the-history-of-blogging-12-years-of-blogs/
