10-17-2002, 10:41 PM
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I should first express that I haven't read Clay's article yet - it's in my Inbox. :-)
I've always viewed the Blogging revolution as being as much about the METHOD as the MADNESS. :-) Blogging tools, by definition, separate the FORM from the CONTENT. Blogging tools focus on allowing the creation of content in a simple fashion, without worrying about the FORM (the HTML). Blogger was the first tool I ever used that allowed me to create a Web site and start publishing
I do agree that the vast majority of Blogs are vanity pages, but when I compare the vanity pagees we have today with the vanity pages we had from the circa 1999 Geocities era, I can't help but see a significant difference between the two. Blogging brought CMS (content management systems) down to the level of mere mortals like myself, and THAT is the most revolutionary element of Blogging.
Ultimately the separation of form and content will continue to evolve and the concept of a Blog will all but disappear. But the thing it gave us was very precious indeed...
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