Thoughts on Blood's "Weblogs"

I found this post extremely interesting, as well as highly persuasive. As I said before, I have never been a fan of blogs. However, the history Blood provided was interesting and succinct, and her obvious favorable bias towards blogging did not detract from her writing. I appreciated the history she provided as I did not know much to speak of about blogging. She made me feel as if I have been missing out on a huge portion of popular culture, as well as feeling that I would to become a part of it. I especially liked the quote she included from Ruggerio, "Media is a corporate possession...You cannot participate in the media. Bringing that into the foreground is the first step. The second step is to define the difference between public and audience. An audience is passive; a public is participatory. We need a definition of media that is public in its orientation," as well as how she came back to that quote several times. Her style reminds me of my own in this way. Overall, I am glad that I was given the opportunity to learn about this medium of communication and I found this post interesting and fun to read.