The Purple Sky

"Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream" - Khalil Gibran

A conversation that took place one fine day..

(umi) Dear..what is a blog?

Eh? Erm..*silence* (apparently giving definitions and descriptions is not included as one of my specialities..)

A blog is… a place where anyone can simply write anything. But the difference is it’s online. Anyone can read it.

Owh..ok. But then, how is it different from websites..? People write in websites too..

Hmm. Websites are mainly set up to achieve certain purposes. Like to market certain products.. or as a fansite or as a downloader and as such. In blogs people mainly writes.. simply whatever.. their daily routine, their opinion on certain subjects.. its like an online diary.. but wait.. *another silence* (starting to get confused. People do that in blogs too.. right? marketing, fansites.. downloader.. etc2.)

So what are blogs then?

That was how I ended up in wikipedia looking for ‘blog’


A blog (an abridgment of the term web log) is a website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.
Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog) , photographs, (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting) are part of a wider network of social media

Owh…..

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Continuation of the above conversation..

(umi) So u mean there are people out there writing diaries to be read by other people?
Why would anybody want to do that?

Another tough question. *sigh*. Camane nak explain nih?

2 comments:

No, older generations won't understand it. My mom thought I'm into some chatting or something weird..

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