The Birth of the Blog
a timeline
2356 BC
The first nerd crawls out of the sea.
19-who-knows-what
The web is invented.
1995
Roger Somethingorother and his wife go on AOL and are amazed by this bold new technology.
Ten minutes later
The Somethingorother's realize AOL is only good for porno chat and e-mailing fake virus alerts.
Soon after that
Baby McBoomer decides there's gold in them thar web hills.
1999
Pat McGroin becomes the world's first liberal arts graduate to make a living.
2 Nanoseconds later
Everyone expects to be and is paid for "content." "Content" is the code name for Baby McBoomer's desire to be in on a site as cutting edge, intelligent and potentially profitable as the Hamster Dance. Talented people eat well, drink a lot and do tons of no work for pay.
2001
Game over. Content schmontent. Piss off.
2002
Liberal Arts majors, geeks and people who share way too many details about their personal life realize, we can provide tons of content! The personal, loving, real, balls-to-the-windscreen content we always wanted on our big corporate sites, but were forbidden to enact! Ye Haw! No more clueless VC's! No more web B.S.! No more pay! No more pay? Oh, yeah, well, so... link to me! love me! Leave a comment for me!
Today
The New York air is filled with smoke imported from Canada. Expect Frogs, vermin and slaying of the first born. For Susie jumping on the blogwagon hath made the Lord sayeth, "Enough already!"
