Well Formed Log Entries

Sam Ruby has started a wiki to discuss what really
makes up a weblog entry. He started it out with the following:



Authentic Voice
of a Person.  Reverse Chronological Order.  On the web.  These
are essential characteristics of a online Journal or
weblog.


I think we should
expand the scope of this just a bit, from “online journals or weblogs” to
“syndicated content”. There are a lot of interesting applications of syndicated
content that have nothing to do with journals or weblogs, and these will
arguably only grow in importance over time. For example, e
vent log
monitoring
– no voice, and not on the web…but uniquely
useful.


In any case, if you’re
interested in syndication, definitely take a
look.

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