2 Nov 2004
CS 5244: New Media for the DL
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Blogs – a public face of the self
nPublic and private mode simultaneously
ˇImplicit audience makes it more personal than typical web publishing
nUsually
created for self, family and friends
ˇSomething to: remember, share with others, promote, comment
ˇAllows
tracking of thoughts in a semi-formal way
ˇHyper
linking ability vital
Question:
why blog to remember? Doesn’t a To Do
list or note do this?