The Rides and Tours

Ten years ago today I sent an email to the software industry, ... . That was followed by a series of emails, many hundred of them, most written by me, but some written by others. In 1997, the email flow spawned what I called a news site which eventually became known as a weblog, and then shortened to blog. That first email, as sloppy and weird(*) as it was, pointed in the direction of free publishing for the people. ...

ブログ（blog）の起源が語られています。約10年前に Dave Winer が、仕事である会社に送った email が news site に発展して、それが weblog の名前で知られるようになったとあります。

(*) THE HAMSTER DANCE