Tue 31 Aug 2004
David Senft ‘07 notes
I was reading through some WSO blogs and I noticed that lots of people are blogging about important things that seem to matter to them a lot. Things like Bush and Kerry and Michael Moore and dining services. To me, blogging always meant a place where you went to escape things like politics and dining services. To me, blogging is a little more personal, a little more sacred, as it were.
Personal thought for the day: My eight year old daughter’s latest favorite activity is to read to adults, especially her parents. She’ll read to herself and, sometimes, to her sister, but she really wants to read to me. For how many more years will I be fortunate enough to have her want to do this? Why don’t I take more advantage of it now?
August 31st, 2004 at 8:51 am
While it is surely a game of semantics and I’m sure must vary wildly based on who you ask - but I’ve always felt that journals are more like what Senft is talking about, and blogs are more of the type that point to current events and then discuss them.
For instance, LiveJournal.com is full of people writing thoughts that are arguably nothing more than brain dumps, but with the interesting ability to allow others to comment on the thoughts that may have previously remained private - for good or bad.
But of course, since the inner workings of them are essentially the same (you write something, it goes up to a server, other people can then read it, and usually are allowed to comment on it), then what you do within it is essentially open to your own wishes.
But from what I know of internet semantics, he is talking about a journal and others are writing to blogs - and that is the fine difference.