<BODY><P>Wow! Thanks so much for the blogging explanation and the helpful links. <BR><BR>Megan Eddy </P>
<P>Lecturer<BR>School of Foundation Studies <BR>Manukau Institute of Technology <BR>+649 968 8716 ext 8165<BR><BR></P>
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<P></P><B>From</B>: Billy Clark <b.clark@mdx.ac.uk>
<P></P><B>Date</B>: Friday, September 3, 2004 11:15 pm
<P></P><B>Subject</B>: [EDLING:282] Re: CFP: Academics Who Blog
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<P></P>> Hi, <BR>> <BR>> A blog (shortened from 'web log') is an online journal. I think <BR>> the original idea <BR>> was that the blogger (or 'web logger') would post links on <BR>> particular topics to <BR>> save other people from having to sort them out for themselves, <BR>> e.g. a linguistics <BR>> web log would be a place where you could go and find regularly <BR>> updated links to <BR>> linguistics-related web sites. Many blogs now are more like <BR>> personal diaries <BR>> and of course there are various combinations of genre features. <BR>> <BR>> The term is also used for the technology which blog sites use. <BR>> It's particularly <BR>> effective in raising a site's profile on search engines, so more <BR>> and more sites <BR>> are using blog technology for purposes other than logging or <BR>> keeping a journal. <BR>> <BR>> The Language Log is a good linguistics-related blog site: <BR>> <BR>
> http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/ <BR>> <BR>> And this is a link to a number of languagey blogs: <BR>> <BR>> http://linguablogs.fieldmethods.net/ <BR>> <BR>> Finally, here are some links to discussions of what a weblog is: <BR>> <BR>> http://www.robotwisdom.com/weblogs <BR>> <BR>> http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/05/28/weblogs/ <BR>> <BR>> http://www.powazek.com/wtf/ <BR>> <BR>> Best wishes, <BR>> <BR>> Billy <BR>> <BR>> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <BR>> <BR>> Billy Clark <BR>> Programme Leader <BR>> Communication and English Language Studies <BR>> Middlesex University <BR>> White Hart Lane <BR>> London N17 8HR <BR>> <BR>> Tel: +44 20 8411 6555 <BR>> Fax: +44 20 8411 6652 <BR>> <BR>> Email: b.clark@mdx.ac.uk <BR>> <BR>> </BODY>