What is a blog?

A. According to this author where does the word blog come from?

In 1997 Jorn Barger, who created a web site (Robot Wisdom) about James Joyce, artificial intelligence, and Judaism as racism, invented the word "Weblog." In 1999, Peter Merholz, the creator of a Weblog called Peterme, divided the word into "We blog", forming a word that can be either a noun or a verb.

B. Why might the writer object to a book about blogs? What is the difference between a blog and a book?

The author thought it was a bad idea to write a book about blogs, especially because of the big difference between each other.

C. How have blogs changes recently?

Today, blogs can be found about any subject, can be written by anyone, and can be accessed from anywhere with Internet. It is easier for us to check other peoples' blogs, and now, the blogs have many different forms, information, and opinions of the author.

D. Why might you read a blog rather than a book, or a magazine, or a newspaper?

It's easier to spot the author's opinions, and often, their ideas are rather fun to read.

D. Is there reason to doubt the objectivity of a blog? Why? Why not?

No, the blogger expects you to know or be interested in the topic the blog is about. Also, there are way too many topics throughout the internet and there is no actual reason to doubt the objectivity of a blog.

E. If you kept your own blog, what would you title it?

I'm out of ideas for now...
...so let's just say I'd title it 'Jae's Blog.'

F. Find three blogs that mention our summer reading.

http://liminalskbooks.blogspot.com/2007/02/ishmael.html
http://www.oceanminds.com/blog/?p=183
http://esdylanb.blogspot.com/