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Say Everything video: Who was the first blogger?

June 1, 2009 by Scott Rosenberg 7 Comments

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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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Comments

  1. Jorn

    June 1, 2009 at 10:47 am

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

  2. Scott Rosenberg

    June 1, 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

    June 1, 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

    June 2, 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

    June 2, 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. Tim

    June 18, 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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