TEXTO II
What’s a blog?
[Ed. note: This item was originally written when I first started blogging in September, 2002. Some of the original comments have become obsolete.] The word “blog” is an abbreviation of “web log”, which is a sort of “online diary”, or “a frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links.” To me, at least for now, it’s a relatively low-tech implementation on my own site and is going to be mainly text and hyperlinks. I will date-stamp the entries, but I’m not convinced that the exact timestamp is all that important. There will also be no way for readers to add their comments directly, although anyone who really feels strongly compelled to comment is always free to e-mail me, and I’ll add their comments to the blog if they so desire. [Ed. note: The comments above, written long before installation of the GeekLog software, are obviously no longer applicable].
I’ve been aware of the blog craze for a few years now, but haven’t paid much attention. More recently, I got blogs on the brain after receiving e-mail from Jeff, an old college buddy with whom I had had no contact for about twenty years, mentioning that he had a blog. As I looked at some of his blog entries that were links to amusing/interesting pages he’d found, along with his own comments, I realized that this might be a good substitute for my habit of sending e-mail to large groups of friends when I find something amusing. Instead of mailing stuff like that, it can go on the blog, and people can read or ignore it as they choose.
That raises some interesting questions about blogs as a method of staying in touch. If I keep the blog up to date, anybody who cares about what I’m doing or thinking recently can check the blog. But does that improve or reduce contact? If blog-reading replaces e-mail or telephone as a method of keeping in touch, do we suffer from the loss of two-way contact?
That’s probably more than enough babbling. I’m going to see how this “quasi-blog” develops. I might decide I like it so much I move it to a fancy blogging site. [Ed. note: Still running on my own site, but with fancy blogging software]. I might decide it’s a waste of time and kill it. Or I might just keep it as it is now: a simple set of pages with my latest random ramblings. Enjoy ... or ignore!
(http://jmatt.net/blog)
Autores de blogs frequentemente fazem observações em relação ao próprio discurso.
De acordo com o texto, indique em português:
a) Uma característica que diferencia o blog antigo do atual e sua vantagem;
b) A finalidade da segunda e da terceira intervenções do autor por meio de notas.