<div dir="ltr">Hello everyone,<div><br></div><div>My name is Julia McFadden and I am another one of Renate's Digital Media students. In response to the current state of the blog, I found it interesting to research the origin of blogging and see how it has changed. I read about an early blog known as Wearable Wireless Webcam--a diary where someone could share images and video and text from their daily life by using a wearable computer. This is not the blogging I know today, but I can certainly see how it may stem from this kind of example. Additionally, while the discussion has mentioned the egalitarian nature of the list-serv (especially when it is used alongside blogging), I found that the nature of blogging has become more complex over time. The beginning of the blog in the 1990's occurred around the time that people without HTML knowledge could use web-design tools, bringing more ease in participation. Today, amateur news reporters can offer their opinion and have it stick. Thus, it seems that like the list-serv, the blog is completely egalitarian--however, in other parts of the world, a blog could be cause for imprisonment in politically sensitive areas. Blogs can be suppressed in other parts of the worlds (China's internet restrictions come to mind), which has led to a very complex nature of the blog today, that is not always so egalitarian or harmless.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Julia McFadden</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 11:33 PM, Nicole Bansal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nb477@cornell.edu" target="_blank">nb477@cornell.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">----------empyre- soft-skinned space----------------------<br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">In response to Renate’s previous comment, I think that blogs
that are affiliated with email listervs are very powerful because they serve as
a way to propel discussions even further. They provide participants with a more
visual approach, which I find useful as an individual in a creative field of
study. I find that “TheArtBlog.org” has <span> </span>(<a href="https://www.theartblog.org/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://www.theartblog.org/</a>
) has very interesting content with critiques and reviews of powerful art
installations. I think that by expanding the content of forums by adding more
visuals, participants are more likely to be involved as they are captivated by
the content and provoked to perhaps add to the discussion. <span> </span><span></span></p>
<br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">-Nicole</div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_7402504765151548178gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Nicole Bansal<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Cornell University</span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">B.Arch Class of 2020</span></div></div></div></div>
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