The Everything Blogging Book: by Aliza Sherman Risdahl

Why Blog? Reason No. 92: Book Deal - New York Times

By ALLEN SALKIN
Published: March 30, 2008

THIS is how it happens.

A guy starts a clever blog in January and calls it Stuff White People Like. The site contains a list of cultural totems, including gifted children, marathons and writers’ workshops, that a certain type of moneyed and liberal American might be expected to like.

“The No. 1 reason why white people like not having a TV,” reads the explanation under entry No. 28, Not Having a TV, “is so that they can tell you that they don’t have a TV.”

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Blog History

Here's what I'm including in my book about the history of blogging. If anyone knows anything different, let me know!

Many sources agree that the term "weblog" was first used in December 1997 by Jorn Barger (www.robotwisdom.com/) when he used "weblog" to refer to a web page containing a list or "log" with links to other web pages that the "weblogger" found interesting. Barger is often credited with creating one of the first weblogs. In early 1999, credit for shortening "weblog" into "blog" went to Peter Merholz (www.peterme.com) when he began referring to "blog" on his own weblog.