There is that saying “No man is an island” and it seems to apply to blogs. A blog could not live on its own. Well, maybe it could, in a way but for how long? That remains to be seen. This is the day and age of conversations and a lot of it is being […]
What are wikiblogs?
Wikiblogs are hybrids of blogs and wikis. Wikis are sites that you could easily edit and let others edit as well. Some people actually use wikis as blogs because they do post chronologically. Sometimes wikiblogs are also called ‘blikis’ (a shorter term). What’s the deal? Wikis are easily edited. You could easily create different pages […]
The Growing Blogsphere. 14 Million And Counting
The “blogosphere” is continuing to grow at an amazing pace. In fact, the number of published blogs is expected to double about every five months. Right now, there is a new blog published every second, according to Technorati, the search engine that keeps track of Weblogs. In March there were over 7 million blogs, that […]
Blogging IS Writing
Blogging is often taken as informal writing. While this may be true, it does not mean that it is okay for a blogger to disregard writing rules. It’s bad enough that Internet sources are not considered as scholarly, and it’s worse that there are sites that prove it right – because of poorly written articles. […]
Current Events Inspire Expressive Bloggers
Reading the daily newspapers, magazines and tabloids or simply browsing the websites of latest current events worldwide can ignite juicy blog entries. Paired with the talent to transform such entries into creative and informative content will not only be appreciated by most but may eventually used as a means for reference by other people who […]
Initialisms DUH?
We live in an SMS world nowadays. Everywhere you go you’ll see people on their phones – not making calls, but texting. With the popularity of texting (and chatting) it is no wonder that initialism has boomed. If you’re wondering what initialism means it is simply abbreviating phrases by using the first letter of each […]