I couldn't help but notice a sudden influx of traffic from a Maricopa Community College's blackboard. As a blogger, I'm quite the nosey-nancy when it comes to who is visiting Net Politik; I follow all strange links at least once. Anyhow, I followed a link to blackboard, and alas, was unable to find what context this blog had been cited. This makes me endlessly nervous. I don't trust them darn rhetoric professors; I consider them to be more dangerous than communists. Their ranks brainwash our youth with "make your argument sound", "write to communicate", "clear language=clear thinking" witchcraft... And no, to the best of my knowledge, I do not know your professor.
Anyhow, let the noble students of Maricopa Community College rest assured that their assignment appears to only take 15 mins to complete. Note to students: if your parlor-pinko professor has assigned a "describe how blogging differs from other forms of communication" worksheet, let me set the record straight:
The mainstream media, scholars, and entrepenuers have gone to great lenghts to define the "blog". Don't listen to them; I'll tell you exactly what a blog is: A blog is a place where an author writes words for an audience to read. The blog's "trick", as an economists would say, is that it enables anyone to publish their writing, with no limits on distribution, distance, or materials. The truly exciting speculation regarding blogs, such as their potential to harness the internet's collective intelligence; or how blogs will effect the way we construct our world, in a post-TV age America are far beyond the scope of this rambling introduction. That said, just remember that one cannot say anymore about blogs as a whole, than could be said about books as a whole. (they got pages, and words) Anyhow, best of luck; drop me a comment if you're feeling gregarious.
Oh, and I pity the fool who does drugs. Be somebody, or be somebody's fool.
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