How to tell that it's a blog?
There are numerous signs, both in layout and in "behind the scenes"
encoding that distinguish between a standard personal web site and a blog, but
perhaps the most obvious and the most visible is dating. The fact that blog entries
carry dates, that they're primarily organized via the dates of entries, is, however,
much more than an identifying sign. It's a statement.
A site organized via dated entries (and particularly so when the latest entry
is the first one we meet) is telling us, without the need of an animated graphic,
that it is always (or continually) under construction. Actually, this is taking
"under construction" to a different level. It gives expression to the
site's true identity. True to Dylan's classic line "he
not busy being born is busy dying" (okay, why not listen
to it as well), blogs take the "always under construction" idea
of web sites, and make them essential parts of the blog. If it isn't always under
construction, it isn't a blog.
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