[Imported from Sierto 1.0]

In this editorial for the New Brunswick
e-learning newsletter, After 5, I describe how the common
conception of weblogs as the uninteresting personal rants
of the disaffected has evolved into a powerful information
sharing and community building tool. "Because they tap
into the heart of one of the web's great strengths,
personal expression and control, and because they draw on
the communication capacities inherent in an inter-network,
they have become an effective means of distribution any
digital content and at the same time a highly selective
filtering and classification system for that content."
A long list of references and resources at the end of the
article has been clipped, but should be available Monday.
By Stephen Downes, After 5, May 1, 2003
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