7 Milestones in the History of Blogging
Wednesday, April 16th, 20081971
Prehistoric micro blogging
In the early 1970’s, while at the Stanford University Computer Science Department, Les Earnest invents the “Finger” utility.
1997
The term “Web Log” is coined by Jorn Barger, a programmer, futurist and a James Joyce scholar. Barger is considered to be one of the fathers of blogging, among Dave Winer and Justin Hall.
1999
The first use of the word “Blog”
2001
Early podcasting- first music RSS update
January 11, 2001 - Dave Winer demonstrates the RSS enclosure feature by enclosing a Grateful Dead song in his Scripting News weblog. wiki item | A high-fidelity Grateful Dead song every day
2005
Video blogging
“Me at the Zoo”- The first video uploaded to YouTube. By the quality of this clip, I guess this youtube thing will never catch on.
2006
Twitter introduces micro blogging
Twitter’s first marriage proposal? Max Kiesler, a San Francisco-based Web designer, asked his co-worker and partner of 15 years, Emily Chang, for her hand in marriage.
2008
Introducing flyer blogging - powered by hyplet.com
Traditional blog platforms are text-based. Their graphic capabilities are quite limited. hyplet enables bloggers to create professional graphics online, without downloading and learning complicated software such as Photoshop.
The enhanced flyer blog, powered by hyplet, is visually rich, colorful and fun to read.
