TCS: Tech - Year of the Blog
Posted 27/12/2002 under
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2001 was the year that weblogs burst into the national consciousness in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. But 2002 was the year in which weblogs became part of the mainstream, even while remaining outside it. And 2003 - well, to find out about that, you’ll have to keep reading.
Weblogs didn’t first appear in the aftermath of September 11 - they had been around for some time. But the weblog explosion - fueled by lots of news, and dissatisfaction with the coverage offered by mainstream media, was a post-September 11 phenomenon. By the end of 2001, “Fisk” had become a verb, “blogroll” was a new noun, and many of the sharper journalists and political operators were beginning to notice this new medium of communication.
