| The Web offers anyone with an Internet connection an unprecedented
ability to communicate with the world, and the proof is in
the blogs. Blogs, or Web logs, are diary-like personal Web
sites that can be easily and instantly updated. As different
as the people who write them, blogs enable the author to
write about anything from pets to political beliefs. Whatever
the topic, most are a kind of narrative. Blogs have become
popular enough that a number of sites have sprung up to host
those who have something to say.
The links below will take you to sites where you can read
through other people’s blogs and set up a site of your
own. Try maintaining your own blog for at least a week, writing
every day, even if you just write about what you had for
lunch. Afterwards, reflect on your experience. What kinds
of things did you write about? Where did you find your topics?
What different writing strategies appear in your entries?
Search for blogs by subject matter:
www.Portal.Eatonweb.com
www.lights.com/weblogs/directories.html
Award-winning blogs:
www.loobylu.com
http://www.lileks.com/bleats/index.html
A brief history of the blog:
http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html
Set up your own blog:
http://www.blogger.com/
http://www.livejournal.com/
http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/weblog.php
http://www.instapundit.com/
http://www.thepolitburo.com/blog/default.asp
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