The weblog as a commonplace book
Published Sunday 4th November, 2007 by Skrik
A metaphor that is already a couple of years old, and I haven’t noticed it until now. But it is a fitting metaphor — or it may be, if the weblogger is inclined to make use of the Internet in such a manner.
Or is the coffeehouse a more fitting metaphor? I think it a matter of focus, individual style, and — not least — readership. If no one reads your weblog, then it is probably closer to the personal genre of commonplace book than to the public arena of the coffee house.
Filed under Education, Humanities, Literature, Meta, Weblogging
