http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/07/16/old-newspaper-trick-backfires-in-blogging-round-up/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:31:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/07/16/old-newspaper-trick-backfires-in-blogging-round-up/#comment-150893 Olav A. Øvrebø Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:37:56 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/07/16/old-newspaper-trick-backfires-in-blogging-round-up/#comment-150893 This criticism is exaggerated. The WSJ piece takes the edge off its own periodisation by noting that it is an imperfect exercise and that "proto-blogs" existed before 1997 (Marc Andreessen recently reminded us of that - take a look at this <a href="http://wp.netscape.com/home/whatsnew/whats_new_0693.html" rel="nofollow">page from 1993</a>). Maybe the WSj had a thin excuse for running a blogiversary article, but they did a very fine job with the selection of bloggers and pundits who actually have a lot of substantial things to say. This criticism is exaggerated. The WSJ piece takes the edge off its own periodisation by noting that it is an imperfect exercise and that “proto-blogs” existed before 1997 (Marc Andreessen recently reminded us of that - take a look at this page from 1993). Maybe the WSj had a thin excuse for running a blogiversary article, but they did a very fine job with the selection of bloggers and pundits who actually have a lot of substantial things to say.

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