A short history of my affliction with weblogs

In Bloggies, Powazek, Weblogs on 25 January 2005 with no comments

I’m honored to be a nominee for the 2005 Bloggies in the category of, get this, Lifetime Achievement. Seriously. If I win, I think I might just retire.

New ’round here? Here’s a short history of my affliction with the world of weblogs.

1997: I begin posting personal thoughts in reverse-chronological order. There is a photo of my cat. This is called a “homepage.”

2000: Put blog in tiny box. Get called “brain dead” by Dave Winer. Consider it as new slogan. Reject idea. Ask “What’s a weblog?” and get some ideas. Go to work for Pyra as Creative Director and design Blogger “B”. Host first-ever weblog panel discussion at SXSW. Redesign.

2001: Redesign. Write Design for Community. Mention weblogs in last chapter. Seems like enough text at the time. Create City Stories Project, a proto-Metblogs.

2002: Same design. Amazing! Contribute to blog book. Go to work for AlterNet and implement news blogs. Still waiting for fad to pass.

2003: Redesign. Get filmed for Blogumentary giving three seconds of thought to a 30 year subject. Add Storyblog to Fray.

2004: Redesign. You’re lookin at it!

2005: Give up waiting for fad to pass. Go to work for Technorati.

Thanks for visiting. Come back soon. Oh, and, please do vote if you’re so inclined.