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Chris Marker invented Blogs, so there.

After reading about the kerflufle over who was the first weblogger, I was amused to hear an appreciation of director Chris Marker on Fresh Air that describes his 1983 film Sans Soleil as blog-like.

More like this: practice.

This entry was written by Bill Humphries and posted on July 17, 2007 at 12:15 am and filed under media, weblogs. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the Atom feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

Earl Cooley III

Posted July 17, 2007 at 5:39 am | Permalink

The earliest entry from the Logbook of the Saturday Dining Conspiracy is February 3, 1996. My own short-lived News From Node Zero-Prime started on April 24th, 1996. The oldest timestamp on the More Like This WebLog that I could find was May 27, 1995.
Michael Rawdon

Posted July 17, 2007 at 1:17 pm | Permalink

What’s the difference between a journal and a blog? These days, as far as I can tell, the answer is “there is no difference.”
Michael Rawdon

Posted July 17, 2007 at 1:42 pm | Permalink

My pick for the oldest weblog is the Cool Site of the Day, whose first entry is dated August 4, 1994, and which seems very much in keeping with the early blogs (links to other sites, little-to-no commentary). Since the Web itself (in its present, public form) is effectively only 14 months older than that, I think people would have to do some digging to find an older site. Although it wouldn’t surprise me if the CSotD had been inspired by something earlier.