‘Blog-The Basics’ Archives
Some blogging terms
Afrosphere: The term "afrosphere" was developed by Black bloggers to signify "Blacks on the internet, at Black blogs and websites, working for Black cultural, political and social self-determination, renewal and advancement and sharing generally similar goals, even if they do NOT know one another and have NOT become part of an organization to [...]
Moblog
Moblog is a blend of the words mobile and weblog. A mobile weblog, or Moblog, consists of content posted to the Internet from a mobile or portable device, such as a cellular phone or PDA. Moblogs generally involve technology which allows publishing from a mobile device.
History of blogging
According to Wikipedia: Before blogging became popular, digital communities took many forms, including Usenet, commercial online services such as GEnie, BiX and the early CompuServe, e-mail lists and Bulletin Board Systems (BBS). In the 1990s, Internet forum software, such as WebEx, created running conversations with "threads". Threads are [...]
Phlog
Phlog is a type of daybook, similar to a blog, but run off a Gopher protocol server. These phlogs are typically hosted off home servers running some sort of UNIX operating system, because a user account on the server is usually required to update the content. The gopher protocol provides no way for the user to update the content using the protocol [...]
