Blog is the Wrong Word

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Blog is the Wrong Word
I have made over 4000 Blog entries in this online diary of sorts, I must have misread the instructions.

I thought a Blog was an online Log.

“A blog (a contraction of the term "Web log")”
- Wikipedia.org

Blog
“A frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links.”
----- MarketingTerms.com (Funny, they put this in the right site.)
----- A Blog is more about Marketing and nothing about feeling or thoughts.

What is a Log?
“record of journey: a record of a journey made by a ship or aircraft, detailing all events, or the book in which it is kept”
- Encarta Encyclopedia Dictionary

I cannot find any Travel Logs, I can only find people who are writing Travel Articles.

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Khao San Road, Bangkok Thailand
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Blog of Andy HoboTraveler.com --- Add a Hotel --- Travel Bag Design Survey --- Professional Traveler Bag
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I know they spend hour if not days working on the perfect way to write something that is not authentic. I personally know I cannot learn much from staged writing, I need to hear the true story, the true feelings, the unedited version to know the person.

I feel bad doing a spell check or proofread, this is not me, this is a machine changing me. I make many spelling and grammatical problems, this is me, do you want to know me?

I think I should change the name, I do not write travel articles, I spend 15 minutes typing in my feeling and thoughts. If I wanted to write an online magazine, I would write articles.

I find writing my diary online interesting, it forces me to think more clearly, I have no desire to be too clear, this is not me, I am human. I often wonder if the world cares to hear the noise made of real humans, or do we now need a steady stream of promoters of self.

I truly enjoy putting all the links below, they help me, they reassure me that I am in a learning, that I am trying to understand my world.

WHAT IS A BLOG
Blog - definition, information, sites, articles.
Blog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
blogger Tour - What's a blog
What is a Blog Definition of Blog, Web Log, Weblog
What Is The Definition Of A Blog

Blog is the Wrong Word

How to Travel Blog |

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ash said on Tuesday November 11th, 2008 08:02:00 PM

I don't like the word Blog. I've been writing at Open Diary since 2001, on and off, and to me the word 'diary' still explains the process better than 'blog.' It is simply an unedited jumble, like a paper diary, except others can read it. I have a blogger blog too, which is the one my login here links to, and I still can't figure out how I'm meant to write. Most of the stuff on Blogger and Typepad seems to me to be edited and written as if just pages or articles on a website, and that feels alien to me. I don't get 'blogging', I get 'writing a diary'.

Andy HoboTraveler.com said on Tuesday November 11th, 2008 08:09:00 PM

Yes, I agree Ash, I do not get Blogs, I do get Writing a Diary.I always cringe if I look back at what I write and want to delete a line or paragraph for any reason. If I edit, then it is not real, it is an article. I slowly become a better writer, think in complete sentences and stop grammatical problems because of practice.It is obvious when people complain about content, form, or style they want Articles, not a daily diary.