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Whew, now that I got that off my chest I can focus on the important stuff. Stuff like blogging about books, types of sharks, or fine wine! My current instructions are to blog about the wondrous writings of Jill Walker Rettberg. My goal is to summarize what Rettberg is trying to say in her book about blogging. So here goes nothing:
Chapter One: What is a Blog?
Blogging is primarily popular because of how relatively easy it is to do. Rettberg chose three examples of blogs and explains each different style of blogging. She starts off talking about the site Dooce.com, and she touches on the topic of it being a personal type of blog. Personal blogs are the web’s version of someones diary, but published for the world to see.
The second type of blog Rettberg talks about are filter blogs. Filter blogs recored the bloggers experiences and the content of what they find on the web. The site she mentions is kottke.org. Kottke.org was started by a web designer named Jason Kottke. His blogging style consists of commentary and expert opinions on the cultural sides of web design, development, and new technology.
Thirdly, Rettberg discusses topic driven blogs. The example she uses is dailykos.org, which focuses mainly on liberal views. Dailykos.org is one of the more popular political blogs available to people.
One might ask, “what exactly is a blog, and why would I blog?” A blog is a contraction of the words web and log. Basically, blogging is a tool people use to spill their guts about anything they please. Blogging is a way to get things out, start topic driven conversations, or even arguments. Blogs are quite astonishing.
