Social Aspect of Blogging

Blogs ”have nothing to do with technology” – David Weinberg

Became very popular around 2000.

Easily accessible and easy to use.

User becomes producer or star (no editor or publisher).

Posts are not great writing or the truth, entire thinking process can be seen instead of just final product.

Content reflects interpretation.

Large network of bloggers growing rapidly.

Blogs are addictive, but need constant attention.

Increasing interest in corporate blogging (books, conferences, etc.)

Blog vs. Other Technologies

	Blog	Chat/Irq	eMail	Intranet/ CMS	VC
Realtime	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Language	More informal	Informal	More formal	Formal	More formal
Commu- nication	Group	Group/ Personal	Personal	Mass	Group
Implemen- tation	Simple	More complicated	More complicated	Complicated	More complicated
Price	Low/ None	Low	Low	High	Medium