Comments on: Say Everything video: Who was the first blogger?

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:35:57 +0000

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

By: Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard » Blog Archive » Form and content: not separated at Web’s birth

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:09:55 +0000

[...] 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 [...]

By: Mark Follman

Mark Follman — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:20:03 +0000

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

By: Cliff Figallo

Cliff Figallo — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:59:18 +0000

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.

By: Brian Dear

Brian Dear — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:57:31 +0000

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.

By: Scott Rosenberg

Scott Rosenberg — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:52:32 +0000

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”…

By: Jorn

Jorn — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:47:32 +0000

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