Unplug. (Re)connect.
Blogging. A silly, ungainly word made up by smashing two inocuous syllables together with sufficient force to permantly weld them into something greater than themselves. Web log... sounds like a coder’s to-do list. Web logging, equally dry. Weblog, dumb word. Deftly apply principles of INGSOC and newspeak and - bang - the “blog” is blorn, ahem, born. Could there be a better name for the unlikely offspring of the early aughts tech nerd and timeless impulse of the unemployable English major? I think not. Blogging requires a shred of discipline and a rudimentary understanding of composition and audience to be successful. It’s work. It’s luck. It’s creativity. It’s opportunity. In a word, it’s writing. Further, it’s writing that’s accessible to anyone with a computer and is unconstrained by editorial edict, writing conventions, or any form of standard whatsoever. No rules, just write. Blogging promised to connect people across the sea of connected thought. It gave voice to the previo