Jorn Barger’s ‘Robot Wisdom’ is considered by many to be the first. He is credited with coining the term ‘weblog’ on Dec. 17, 1997 (Wikipedia).
WSJ:
“The dating of the 10th anniversary of blogs, and the ascription of primacy to the first blogger, are imperfect exercises. Others, such as David Winer, who blogged with Scripting News, and Cameron Barrett, who started CamWorld, were alongside the polemical Mr. Barger in the advance guard. And before them there were "proto-blogs," embryonic indications of the online profusion that was to follow. But by widespread consensus, 1997 is a reasonable point at which to mark the emergence of the blog as a distinct life-form.”
A decade of Scripting News
Sunday, April 01, 2007 by Dave Winer.
On this day, ten years ago, a weblog named Scripting News appeared for the first time at this address. Today, it is the longest continuing running weblog on the Internet.
Ten Years And Going Strong
By Slobokan on Jul 10, 2007 at 15:35
It’s official. I have been blogging for 10 years. I’ve had a blast blogging about everything from elections and politicians to funny news events and even office supplies.
Others campaign for: Suck, Slapshot and Blue’s News which go back to 1994-95.
Whether blogging began sometime between April and December 1997 or in the earlier years of what the WSJ calls proto-blogs:
Light a candle, woodja !
Better Yet !
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