http://simonwillison.net/2002-06-15T11:01:47+00:00Simon Willison2002-06-15T11:01:47+00:002002-06-15T11:01:47+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2002/Jun/15/megOnBlogging/#atom-tag

<p>Meg Hourihan: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/06/13/megnut.html">What We're Doing When We Blog</a>. It's a curious fact of blogdom that many bloggers blog blogging - why they do it, what it is and why it's so important. I feel Meg has nailed it with this article - blogging is defined by the format, not by the subject matter. She also makes some insightful comments about why the blogging format works so well:</p> <blockquote><p>Freed from the constraints of the printed page (or any concept of "page"), an author can now blog a short thought that previously would have gone unwritten. The weblog's post unit liberates the writer from word count.</p></blockquote> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/blogging">blogging</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/meg-hourihan">meg-hourihan</a></p>