If you’ve never seen a blog before they’re actually a very simple idea.
I - the blogger - write things and you - the blogee (I think I just invented a new word there) - read them.
Each article a blogger writes - usually called a ‘post’ - is listed above the previous one so the newest posts are at the top of the screen.
Actually, it’s counter-intuitive that new writings are at the top because when you write a document or a story or a poem or a diary the newest stuff goes to the bottom but there is sense to doing it the other way round if you consider this: a person who logs into a blog every day will see the latest offerings immediately at the top of his or her screen rather than having to scroll down to find them.
So a blog looks a bit like a diary but with the latest postings at the top, the older ones stacked underneath.
Everything I post goes onto the main front page in the order I write them but note that each post also has a category title. If you like particular types of post - say, ‘politics’ or articles about blogging or something a little lighter like my television reviews - then you can click on the appropriate ‘category’ on the right-hand side and see all previous posts for that category.
You can also add your own comments to what I’ve written. Just click on the ‘comments’ link at the bottom of each post, fill in your name or nick-name, an email address and, if you have one, the url to your own site (optional) and off you go. A warning: Comments that contain expletives, gratuitous insults or are just plain hateful (as opposed to critical - that’s allowed) will be removed. Let’s disagree by all means but let’s remain civilised with it.
But don’t get all hung up about the detail. Just dive in and read. What’s the worst that can happen?
Only terminal boredom….
