Weblog

Updated: 05/06/2024 by Computer Hope
Person using a computer to write a blog.

A weblog or blog is a listing of text, images, or other objects that are arranged in a chronological order that started appearing in 1998. Blogs are often maintained and run by a single individual, updated daily, or contain personal remarks about a topic, a personal ramble, or an update on the person's life. Weblogs are like a personal journal (cyberjournal), offering the user a way to publicly discuss their life. It provides a personal way to learn more about people, events, places, and people around the world.

Examples of software and services you can use to create and start personal weblogs include Blogger, Manila, Movable type, LiveJournal, Radio Userland, Typepad, WordPress.

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With the popularity of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, many people have moved from posting in blogs to posting on social networks.

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Blog was featured as a top term of 2005.

Examples of computer-related blogs

Below are examples of active computer-related blogs.

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These examples are blogs run by one or two people. Bigger websites or MABs (multi-author blogs) are listed in our computer-related links section.

  • Coding Horror - Blog run by Jeff Atwood since 2004 that's about computer, programming, and human factors.
  • Computing Education Research - Blog run by Mark Guzdial, a professor at the University of Michigan and researcher in computing education.
  • Computational Complexity - Computational Complexity and other fun stuff in math and computer science from Lance Fortnow and Bill Gasarch.
  • Graham Cluley - Posts from Graham Cluley, a computer security expert.
  • Knowing and Doing - Blog run by Eugene Wallingford, a CS professor at the University of Northern Iowa.
  • Rob Pegoraro - Blog run by Rob Pegoraro about journalism, and making sense of computers, consumer electronics, and other technology.
  • Unsupervised Learning - Blog run by Daniel Miessler covering computer security and AI (Artificial Intelligence).

Does Computer Hope have a blog?

Computer Hope does not have a blog. To find out about new events and updates on Computer Hope see: What's new at Computer Hope.

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