A blog is ...

I have asked by New Kids: " What's a blog? " Here are a number of ways I could answer that question :

‘A blog is a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log. Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Individual articles on a blog are called “blog posts,” “posts” or “entries”. A person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”. A blog comprises text, hypertext, images, and links (to other web pages and to video, audio and other files). Blogs use a conversational style of documentation. Often blogs focus on a particular “area of interest”, such as Washington, D.C.’s political goings-on. Some blogs discuss personal experiences.’ Miss Wiki.

‘A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. The activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is a “blogger.” Blogs are typically updated daily using software that allows people with little or no technical background to update and maintain the blog. Postings on a blog are almost always arranged in cronological order with the most recent additions featured most prominantly.’ Mr Matisse

‘A weblog is a hierarchy of text, images, media objects and data, arranged chronologically, that can be viewed in an HTML browser.’ Mr Harvard

Diari online itu bernama Blog, singkatan dari web log. Orangnya disebut Blogger. Blog mungkin perpaduan semacam e-mail, situs pribadi, catatan harian (diary), dan message board. Tapi dari segi metode, Blogging lebih merujuk kepada tool atau cara alternatif memperbarui data di Web. Artinya, dari sisi teknologi, tak ada yang baru dari fenomena Blog, kecuali sekadar metode yang praktis meng-upload data ke Web. Rebecca Blood, penulis buku The WeBlog Handbook: Practical Advice on Creating menggambarkan Blog sebagai “perbincangan di warung kopi dalam bentuk teks, dengan referensi sebagai keharusan. href="http://thegadget.wordpress.com/apa-itu-blog/"> Mr Budi Putra