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Like It or Not, Blogs Have Legs

Wired, January 20, 2005
I detest the word "blog." It sounds like the noise a bulimic makes after a hearty meal. Nevertheless, we are in the midst of a new kind of internet boom, thanks in large part to this weblog phenomenon. It's not an economic bubble, where scores of startup companies run by fresh-faced 20-somethings are blowing through wads of venture capital in the hopes of becoming the first eBay or Amazon.com in their digital niches. Rather, it's a revolution in the dissemination of intellectual capital.

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