Comments on: A Blog is Not a Post, Dammit! http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/ More than just a blog. Mon, 12 May 2008 03:14:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Stéphane Deschamps http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-330507 Stéphane Deschamps Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:55:49 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-330507 <p>Definitions, shmefinitions :)</p> <p>Look: every once in a while someone comes to me and says 'I read your blog'. I don't have a blog, I've got a web site.</p> <p>For me 'blog' is a synonym for 'disposable in the long term'. So half my things are disposable, and in the short term to boot, but half of them I will re-read and want to write them 'out of actuality' (for lack of a better french-turned-to-english notion).</p> <p>I tend to tell people it's not a blog but a website, and when a professional blogger like you says I've got a blog, I can't complain. After all, yes, it's also a blog, kind of.</p> <p>Long-winded as I am today, I'd say it's a classical case of synecdoche-in-the-making. Look, do you say "this is my mobile phone number", or do you say "this is my mobile"?</p> <p>Anyway. We'll see.</p> Definitions, shmefinitions :)

Look: every once in a while someone comes to me and says ‘I read your blog’. I don’t have a blog, I’ve got a web site.

For me ‘blog’ is a synonym for ‘disposable in the long term’. So half my things are disposable, and in the short term to boot, but half of them I will re-read and want to write them ‘out of actuality’ (for lack of a better french-turned-to-english notion).

I tend to tell people it’s not a blog but a website, and when a professional blogger like you says I’ve got a blog, I can’t complain. After all, yes, it’s also a blog, kind of.

Long-winded as I am today, I’d say it’s a classical case of synecdoche-in-the-making. Look, do you say “this is my mobile phone number”, or do you say “this is my mobile”?

Anyway. We’ll see.

]]> By: Ollie http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-329530 Ollie Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:24:07 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-329530 <p>Should we tell Tim that he made it wrong too?</p> <p><a href="http://dig.csail.mit.edu/breadcrumbs/node/215" rel="nofollow">http://dig.csail.mit.edu/breadcrumbs/node/215</a></p> Should we tell Tim that he made it wrong too?

http://dig.csail.mit.edu/breadcrumbs/node/215

]]> By: Stephanie http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-298043 Stephanie Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:46:59 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-298043 <p>This is not a semantic shift, for me, but a mistake. You don't call a magazine article a "magazine", so there is no reason to call a blog post a "blog".</p> <p>A blog can be composed of sub-blogs, when the master blog is a collection/aggregation of individual author blogs. This changes nothing to the fact that the atomic unit composing blogs ("an entry") is a post.</p> This is not a semantic shift, for me, but a mistake. You don’t call a magazine article a “magazine”, so there is no reason to call a blog post a “blog”.

A blog can be composed of sub-blogs, when the master blog is a collection/aggregation of individual author blogs. This changes nothing to the fact that the atomic unit composing blogs (”an entry”) is a post.

]]> By: Ellen Wallace http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-298004 Ellen Wallace Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:13:04 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-298004 <p>Semantic shifts happen because things move on. So what do we call the blogs on a blog, when there are several contributors? The Huffington Post is a blog - with blogs. Hmmm. GenevaLunch is a blog - with blogs. We can't label them posts: doesn't make sense. One person writes about wine, another about food, someone else about living a greener life in Geneva. What do we put on the menu when we need a catch-all label for them?</p> <p>Blogs were once just blogs, and most still are, but the technology can be stretched further and when it gets stretched, so does the language.</p> Semantic shifts happen because things move on. So what do we call the blogs on a blog, when there are several contributors? The Huffington Post is a blog - with blogs. Hmmm. GenevaLunch is a blog - with blogs. We can’t label them posts: doesn’t make sense. One person writes about wine, another about food, someone else about living a greener life in Geneva. What do we put on the menu when we need a catch-all label for them?

Blogs were once just blogs, and most still are, but the technology can be stretched further and when it gets stretched, so does the language.

]]> By: alan p http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-280768 alan p Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:37:19 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-280768 <p>Semantic Shift Happens :D</p> Semantic Shift Happens :D

]]> By: Is Commenting On Blogs Part of Your Marketing Plan? Are Your Doing It Wrong? | One By One Media http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-276157 Is Commenting On Blogs Part of Your Marketing Plan? Are Your Doing It Wrong? | One By One Media Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:05:39 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-276157 <p>[...] Next it indicates that he “made a blog”.  This sounds like something that my 2 year old did in his pull-up diaper.  It’s also a perfect example of what Stephanie says is a bad error.  In the statement he talks about smoking.  The comment just lost its relevance.  I have no idea why this person would be talking about smoking on a blog about hiring bloggers.  [...]</p> […] Next it indicates that he “made a blog”.  This sounds like something that my 2 year old did in his pull-up diaper.  It’s also a perfect example of what Stephanie says is a bad error.  In the statement he talks about smoking.  The comment just lost its relevance.  I have no idea why this person would be talking about smoking on a blog about hiring bloggers.  […]

]]> By: X http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-270829 X Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:29:28 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-270829 <p>"Blog", "Post": is it really so important? Just enter new content!</p> “Blog”, “Post”: is it really so important?
Just enter new content!

]]> By: LewisC http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-270576 LewisC Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:47:47 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-270576 <p>Well excuse me for making a freaking typo. What an ass. You could have dropped me a note letting me know.</p> <p>Have a nice life.</p> <p>LewisC</p> Well excuse me for making a freaking typo. What an ass. You could have dropped me a note letting me know.

Have a nice life.

LewisC

]]> By: jdo http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-268503 jdo Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:22:20 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-268503 <p>it's quite fun to see that french speaking don't make the same mistake. Or, to be more precise, I never heard that mistake in french, even with non-blogging people.</p> <p>but the right word to say "a post" is sometimes not that clear (une "entrée" ? un "article" ? )</p> it’s quite fun to see that french speaking don’t make the same mistake. Or, to be more precise, I never heard that mistake in french, even with non-blogging people.

but the right word to say “a post” is sometimes not that clear (une “entrée” ? un “article” ? )

]]> By: links for 2007-09-17 « Green Tea Ice Cream http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-268445 links for 2007-09-17 « Green Tea Ice Cream Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:27:17 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-268445 <p>[...] Del.icoi.us/redmedicine A Blog is Not a Post, Dammit! at Climb to the Stars (Stephanie Booth)Diluting the scientific method: Ars looks at homeopathy: Page 1Gun-toting robots on patrol | Tech news blog - CNET News.comodd time signatures » Blog Archive » Anatomy of a Community Meltdownonlinefacilitation » Twitter Collaboration StoriesCool new little Facebook feature (and unfriending) « Scobleizer [...]</p> […] Del.icoi.us/redmedicine A Blog is Not a Post, Dammit! at Climb to the Stars (Stephanie Booth)Diluting the scientific method: Ars looks at homeopathy: Page 1Gun-toting robots on patrol | Tech news blog - CNET News.comodd time signatures » Blog Archive » Anatomy of a Community Meltdownonlinefacilitation » Twitter Collaboration StoriesCool new little Facebook feature (and unfriending) « Scobleizer […]

]]> By: One Man & His Blog http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-268084 One Man & His Blog Sun, 16 Sep 2007 21:37:05 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-268084 <p><strong>Posting to a Blog, Not Posting a Blog...</strong></p> <p>I'm not the only one getting annoyed by the blog/post term confusion.She's right, you know.......</p> Posting to a Blog, Not Posting a Blog…

I’m not the only one getting annoyed by the blog/post term confusion.She’s right, you know…….

]]> By: Matthias http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-267342 Matthias Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:15:55 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-267342 <p>A blog is a blog is a blog. Unless it is a post :-).</p> A blog is a blog is a blog. Unless it is a post :-).

]]> By: Jim Turner http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-267315 Jim Turner Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:28:44 +0000 http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/15/a-blog-is-not-a-post-dammit/#comment-267315 <p>Amen sister. I don't know how many times I have sat across the table in a meeting with clients and have been asked "how many times do you put up a blog in a week". It always makes me have that deer in the headlights looks for a second. I have to sort the verbs and nouns too much.</p> Amen sister. I don’t know how many times I have sat across the table in a meeting with clients and have been asked “how many times do you put up a blog in a week”. It always makes me have that deer in the headlights looks for a second. I have to sort the verbs and nouns too much.

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