Gutenberg and a Blog

I am slipping. I remember explaining how to install 2400 bps modems. In the early 90's in the UAE, I ran a Major BBS/Worldgroup system with a couple of Galiticiboards (12-port serial boards) on an old 386. I've been playing with HTML documents for six or seven years. I've recently gotten around to formatting with MS FrontPage (example) rather than editing with NotePad!

I've got to admit, though, I've been slow on the uptake with the concept of blogs. Mine'll only be a simple e-journal for friends; however, I see the emergence of an extremely unique way of organizing data. Surely, there will be a lot of silly carping about why an adolescent feels life is horrific. Some people will rush to 'publish' their views on politics and these may remain, for the most part, universally unread. Love of God or guns will undoubtedly be topics consuming gigabytes of data. Yet beneath this explosion of words there is an empowerment of an individual to express ideas.

I teach technical-communication skills. If the printing press was important in the rise of literacy, then the impact of blogs will eventually be felt. Web Logs are undoubtedly important and I promise myself to try to stay more attuned to such things.

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