Comments on: Evan Williams on CNet http://www.blogherald.com/2003/10/22/evan-williams-on-cnet/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:12:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: azeem http://www.blogherald.com/2003/10/22/evan-williams-on-cnet/comment-page-1/#comment-219 azeem Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2003/10/22/evan-williams-on-cnet/#comment-219 The difference between geocities and blogging is that geocities was a tabula rasa which demanded you knew about web page creation--and not just HTML, but IA, writing for the web, designing information systems for the web. Blogging has taken much of that requriement away. It offers a narrative form, standardised IA and a clean information system design (with different pros and cons). Some blogs will be bad but they won't be as bad as the archytepal Java-laden dancing Jesus home page. The difference between geocities and blogging is that geocities was a tabula rasa which demanded you knew about web page creation–and not just HTML, but IA, writing for the web, designing information systems for the web.

Blogging has taken much of that requriement away. It offers a narrative form, standardised IA and a clean information system design (with different pros and cons). Some blogs will be bad but they won’t be as bad as the archytepal Java-laden dancing Jesus home page.

]]> By: graywolf http://www.blogherald.com/2003/10/22/evan-williams-on-cnet/comment-page-1/#comment-220 graywolf Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2003/10/22/evan-williams-on-cnet/#comment-220 I find it sad to learn that he is leaving google/blogger, I hope he made out OK on the IPO I find it sad to learn that he is leaving google/blogger, I hope he made out OK on the IPO

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