http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/auto/epaper/editions/friday/editorial_f3db7c9007af60a600ae.html This may be the year of the blog. In case you’ve been on a mission in deep space for the past year or two, the word blog is short for Web log. Web logs morphed into personal journals, or online diaries, sometime around 1997 and acquired the abbreviated name “blogs.” Blogs consist of written journal entries posted to a ...

Here is an article from PC Magazine about blogging becoming a more mainstream form of communications. Also, in the same issue, it was announced that AOL 9.0 will be offering it’s version of Blogs for members–AOL Journals. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1217255,00.asp