Blog, What is It?

Compu-toon by Charles Boyce in today's comic said, "Bloggers are mostly struggling authors with a book nowhere is sight." I am still laughing on that one simply because it may be true for me, somewhat. That is not the purpose of this post. I wanted to clarify in my mind what it is that happens in the blog-sphere.

Blog: web log: a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies; (a contraction of the term "web log") is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order; website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal while readers may comment on posts; An online journal, published frequently (often daily). Readers can post comments on each journal entry, and so on ...

Journal: a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations; a periodical dedicated to a particular subject; a daily record of events or business; a private journal is usually referred to as a diary, and so on ...

Uh-hum, so what I see here is a blog, for me anyway, is a personal journal (guy term) which is no more that a dairy (gal term) that hold thoughts, ideas, comments, personal views, and so on with an emphasis on "personal."

I wanted to take the time to remind myself that this blog to which the subject is karate and sometimes a slight deviation but always connected to karate/karate-do so that I am "clear" that this is like me writing a journal where the only difference is that it is on the Internet where anyone, anywhere can read it and then provide me feedback.

My blog, my journal, my content ... your comments ... it is not a magazine, newspaper, or any type of official publication, electronic or paper-to-electronic like the New York Times has both paper and on-line publications. These types are not blogs, but publications, this is a blog, a journal, that is it.