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"A weblog (sometimes called a blog or a newspage or a filter) is a webpage where a weblogger (sometimes called a blogger, or a pre-surfer) 'logs' all the other webpages she finds interesting." -Jorn Barger

"the blog concept is about three things: Frequency, Brevity, and Personality." -Evan Williams

"Weblogs ... are designed for an audience. They have a voice. They have a personality. ... they are an interactive extension of who you are." -Cameron Barrett

Weblogs are often-updated sites that point to articles elsewhere on the web, often with comments, and to on-site articles. A weblog is kind of a continual tour, with a human guide who you get to know. There are many guides to choose from, each develops an audience, and there's also comraderie and politics between the people who run weblogs, they point to each other, in all kinds of structures, graphs, loops, etc.

 

2write: Blogging
http://2write.netfirms.com/index.html

  • Resources for Writers, On-line Diarists, Bloggers and E-Journalers

Blogroots
http://www.blogroots.com/

  • At this site you will find reviews of blogging tools and services and the latest news and happenings in the world of weblogging.

Dive Into Accessibility
30 days to a more accessible web site
diveintoaccessibility.org

  • Presenting tips which can be applied to a weblog template to make it more accessible. Although these concepts apply to all web sites, focus is on implementation using popular weblogging tools.

M-blog
http://m-blog.com/

  • If you want a weblog you've come to the right place. You're free weblog will be up and running within a few seconds after registering! You can post messages, images, events, links and more. You can share your weblog with others, make it public or private, allow comments, change the font, colors and layout and much more.

The Weblogs Compendium
http://www.lights.com/weblogs/index.html

  • Welcome to The Weblogs Compendium. Here you can find everything you need to know about weblogs/blogs: hosting services, tools, directories, definitions, RSS readers and resources...
    The Compendium is owned and operated by Peter Scott, who is a consultant with Northern Lights Internet Solutions.

Write a Better Weblog
http://www.alistapart.com/stories/writebetter/

  • THERE’S BEEN A RECENT retread of the weblogging phenomenon following a few articles at PC Mag ,Time , and The Morning News . After posting my own short list of things that ought to be banned from weblogs, I realized that a list of things to be encouraged would be more useful. Some people are new to weblogging. Others want to raise the bar. In the end, everybody wants better sites, and some of these suggestions might help.
    The bulk of this advice focuses on writing, which is generally at the heart of weblogs. All of them are obvious yet often ignored, to the detriment of both the readers and the writers. They’re aimed at people trying to improve the general appeal of their weblogs, but folks writing privately for friends and family might also find them useful. We’ll begin with an example.

Writers Write: Blogging
http://www.writerswrite.com/blogging/

  • Here you'll find blogging news headlines, resources, tools and articles about creating a weblog.

 

 

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