Earthlink to offer blogging tools. ISP taps Trellix for weblog software [InfoWorld: Top News]

Unfortunately, I may be WAY behind the trend on blogging.  I learned about blogging sometime in 2001 (? - don't remember exactly).  I first discovered the phenonmenon on Search Engine Watch (http://www.searchenginewatch.com/).

What happens when a revolutionary idea becomes run-of-the-mill?  For some reason, I'm disappointed when something like blogging fades into a backdrop of non-events.  I wonder how soon it will join the ranks of "Yeah? So?"

It's always fun to initiate the newbies into the wonderful world of "blogging."  Let's be honest, I'm not a blogging veteran.  However, I have been working with computers and information technology for over a decade and I can see where these things are going.

Beyond that, I see value in blogging for capturing my own personal knowledge.  I can't count the number of wonderful thoughts I arrive at while in a reflective mood.  Even if the thoughts are not profound by external measures, they represent a degree of clarity on a topic that I might not have reached before.  Unfortunately, many times those thoughts are lost and I am not able to reproduce the richness again.  Ah, if only I had a way to write them down quickly before they fade!  -- Gee, how about using a blog for that?