What are the implications for bloggers/blog tool creators to see people who identify as journalers and try to enforce that label on them? How does this affect tool design, community understanding and cultural development? apophenia: Journaler is to Blogger as Dyke is to Lesbian (Why Identity through Activity Fails)
I still use the term when I need to explain it to other people, because the following long-winded explanation takes too long:
The phenomenon known as "personal web publishing" is nothing more than an easy way to add and edit content on the web. Some other attributes:
Personal web publishing builds upon the foundation of the Web, on the concept of content linking to other content. Capitalizing on this fundamental rule is what makes it so useful. Because of the very personal, or at least opinionated, nature of the links and commentary between sites, many people describe this as something richer: conversations. Whether you are an individual, an organization, or a business, personal web publishing engages you in the larger conversation of the Internet. It gives people a reason to come back to your site, rather than view it once and never return.
Rendering context...