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Say Everything video: Who was the first blogger?

Today, for your diversion and amusement, I offer you a little home video related to Say Everything, which is now just a bit over a month away from publication: Who was the first blogger?

While I was pondering whether to write a book about the story of blogging in 2007, there was a little flurry of stories claiming that blogging was now ten years old, since Jorn Barger had coined the word “weblog” in 1997. And I thought, hmmm, that’s a pretty debatable proposition. Mike Arrington asked, “Will Someone Who Actually Cares About Blogging Please Write the History Of It?,” I thought, yes: that’s going to be worth doing.

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7 Responses to “Say Everything video: Who was the first blogger?”

  1. Jorn Says:
    June 1st, 2009 at 10:47 am

    True dat. (But it’s a hard G in Barger.)

  2. Scott Rosenberg Says:
    June 1st, 2009 at 10:52 am

    Thanks, Jorn, I never knew that. Will get it right henceforth.

    I hope that means I was correct on the first name, at least. For years I assumed it would be “yourn”, but Andrew Orlowski told me you pronounce the “J” as in “journal”…

  3. Brian Dear Says:
    June 1st, 2009 at 10:57 am

    I started the Nettle blog in June 1997.

    But the first blogger dates from the early 1970s. What, you say? Sorry, not tellin’. The story will be unveiled in my upcoming book.

  4. Cliff Figallo Says:
    June 2nd, 2009 at 4:59 pm

    Nicely done video, Scott. More of that, please.

    Yep, there have always been individuals who would Say Everything through whatever media were available. It’s just that the online platforms made it as easy as falling off a (b)log.

    Brian, you’re teasing us. Wild guess: it was on PLATO.

  5. Mark Follman Says:
    June 2nd, 2009 at 5:20 pm

    good stuff, Scott! informative and entertaining indeed. I wonder if the early cave bloggers worried over the collective level of civility with ensuing discourse…

  6. Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard » Blog Archive » Form and content: not separated at Web’s birth Says:
    June 4th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    [...] for inspiration as I worked on my video for Say Everything, I went back and re-viewed Michael Wesch’s brilliant Web 2.0 video, “The Machine is [...]

  7. Tim Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 12:35 am

    What a hoot! Nice job. Although I think your influential neighbor might argue for intelligent design, with him as the designer.

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