Comments on: More Blog Thoughts: Kill “Blog” http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/01/26/more-blog-thoughts-kill-blog/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:29:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Tamera Kremer http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/01/26/more-blog-thoughts-kill-blog/#comment-2574 Tamera Kremer Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:17:35 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=2062#comment-2574 It's way too late to change the game, and really there is no need. A blog is a Web Log. A log of your thoughts, videos, pictures, what have you, arranged chronologically on the web. It's certainly not a "dynamic website" - that is blurring waaay too many lines between dynamic applications and a WYSIWYG. We're weblogging, and personally, I appreciate the short hand. If there are awards named "bloggies" and Google's free service is called "blogger" and you can search using Google Blog Search, me thinks we're past the tipping point here in terms of the name. George - not sure where blogging = web 2.0/ Ajax comes from, blogging has been around since at least 2000... right about the time of the 1.0 crash. Blogs themselves can evolve to include Web 2.0 apps, but the two are not mutually inclusive. Cheers, Tamera It’s way too late to change the game, and really there is no need. A blog is a Web Log. A log of your thoughts, videos, pictures, what have you, arranged chronologically on the web. It’s certainly not a “dynamic website” - that is blurring waaay too many lines between dynamic applications and a WYSIWYG.

We’re weblogging, and personally, I appreciate the short hand. If there are awards named “bloggies” and Google’s free service is called “blogger” and you can search using Google Blog Search, me thinks we’re past the tipping point here in terms of the name.

George - not sure where blogging = web 2.0/ Ajax comes from, blogging has been around since at least 2000… right about the time of the 1.0 crash. Blogs themselves can evolve to include Web 2.0 apps, but the two are not mutually inclusive.

Cheers,
Tamera

]]> By: Agoracom http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/01/26/more-blog-thoughts-kill-blog/#comment-2554 Agoracom Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:13:46 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=2062#comment-2554 I agree the term is terrible but I also agree it is far too late in the game to change it now. I continue to say the biggest fault of Web 2.0 is the failure of the "echo chamber" to reach out to the masses and provide layman explanations/applications of what they can accomplish. The problem was exacerbated by terms such as "blog" "vlog", etc. It has had an elitist geek flavour to it. We're taking the time to explain/apply it in the small-cap stock space and it is paying off more than I imagined at Mesh last year. We now have companies building online shareholder communities, using Google to drive them there and getting set to launch our first small-cap CEO blog. Too late to change the name. Still plenty of time to educate and proliferate. Best, George I agree the term is terrible but I also agree it is far too late in the game to change it now.

I continue to say the biggest fault of Web 2.0 is the failure of the “echo chamber” to reach out to the masses and provide layman explanations/applications of what they can accomplish. The problem was exacerbated by terms such as “blog” “vlog”, etc. It has had an elitist geek flavour to it.

We’re taking the time to explain/apply it in the small-cap stock space and it is paying off more than I imagined at Mesh last year. We now have companies building online shareholder communities, using Google to drive them there and getting set to launch our first small-cap CEO blog.

Too late to change the name. Still plenty of time to educate and proliferate.

Best,
George

]]> By: Mack D. Male http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/01/26/more-blog-thoughts-kill-blog/#comment-2540 Mack D. Male Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:17:49 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=2062#comment-2540 Don't you think it's a little late in the game to be changing the name? Don’t you think it’s a little late in the game to be changing the name?

]]> By: Aaron Brazell http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/01/26/more-blog-thoughts-kill-blog/#comment-2538 Aaron Brazell Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:23:29 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=2062#comment-2538 I've actually toyed with the idea of boycotting the word 'blog'. I don't know if I could get away with it working for a blogging company though. I’ve actually toyed with the idea of boycotting the word ‘blog’. I don’t know if I could get away with it working for a blogging company though.

]]> By: Paul http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/01/26/more-blog-thoughts-kill-blog/#comment-2532 Paul Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:51:32 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=2062#comment-2532 It's 2007 and some people still don't know what a blog is? :P "Ajax" and "Web 2.0" are already being used as marketing terms to some target audiences. "Live web sites" sounds good, but now that Microsoft is marketing all there web based stuff under the "Live" brand, it might cause unnecessary confusion. It’s 2007 and some people still don’t know what a blog is? :P “Ajax” and “Web 2.0″ are already being used as marketing terms to some target audiences. “Live web sites” sounds good, but now that Microsoft is marketing all there web based stuff under the “Live” brand, it might cause unnecessary confusion.

]]> By: Ken Dyck http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/01/26/more-blog-thoughts-kill-blog/#comment-2530 Ken Dyck Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:31:12 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=2062#comment-2530 Agreed. "Blog" is a lousy name. I like your suggestions. I'd also go for 'web journal' or 'online journal' since the word journal spans a fairly large spectrum from personal journal to Wall Street Journal, and always implies some kind of chronological content. Agreed. “Blog” is a lousy name.

I like your suggestions.

I’d also go for ‘web journal’ or ‘online journal’ since the word journal spans a fairly large spectrum from personal journal to Wall Street Journal, and always implies some kind of chronological content.

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