Comments on: The secret origin of blogging that no one discusses

By: The Technological Development of Blogging Through History « christine’s thinking spot

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:52:56 +0000

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By: Said Cunning Old Fury » Blog Archive » Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Me

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:06:08 +0000

[...] Someone has somehow managed to shoehorn me into the origins of blogging itself. Why has no one else though to do this? Not that I actually claim any credit just because I’ve been self-publishing a zine since 1995, but why hasn’t anyone tried to float me as the inspiration of, well, just about anything cool? This is right up there with my lack of a Wikipedia page. You’re all failing me. What we need to do is 1) start my Wikipedia page; 2) say something ridiculous, like “Jeff Somers invented the Internet” or “Jeff Somers woke up one morning and wrote out the C Programming language on a yellow pad.”; 3) Let a newspaper quote the Wikipedia article with the fakery; 4) When Wikipedia’s Sorcerers try to delete the fakery, we show them an outside source – the very newspaper that quoted from us!; 5) Profit! [...]

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:40:28 +0000

Bring back any memories?

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:39:52 +0000

Ah, I see what you mean. I thought you meant the pen and paper kind.

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:35:45 +0000

And thank you for stopping by, Marshall. Zines are still out there, but possibly even fewer now than a few years ago.

By: Marshall Kirkpatrick

Marshall Kirkpatrick — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:17:11 +0000

I miss zines, still try to pick some up when I can. Distribution is SO much smaller than blogs can be though. Thanks for the thoughtful post.

By: Andrea_R

Andrea_R — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:56:42 +0000

Not the online ones. Sometimes they had a limited audience, but mostly they were public.

By: StevenHodson

StevenHodson — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:32:36 +0000

that was fun post to read Mark thanks

By: annew

annew — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:39:42 +0000

except, of course, when they're not… am fighting with a word press blog as we speak… it's winning… I'm taking a nap… have asked others for help

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:31:08 +0000

Thank goodness the tools are much easier these days.