Online journaling has a rather brief history, according to a new book on the subject.  But while the popularity of the ‘web log’ or blog, as well as its offshoots such as twitter and the rise of social ‘I am feeling…’ mood indicators on everything from dating websites to yahoo, has grown exponentially, the idea of blogging goes back a long way.  Picture the campfire where he who held the talking stick had the floor uninterrupted.   Or the town square:  step right up and speak your mind.  Letters to the editor in newspapers and magazines, even local broadcast news opinion pieces were developed on the same basic idea.

But nothing has the potential reach of the blog, and one wonders how the future of personal and immediate publishing will develop.  Twitters and tweets.  What’s next?

Eric C. Shoaf

Editor, LL&M

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