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Blogs - where word processing was thirty years ago

Monday, October 13, 2008 at 8:08AM

I am old enough to remember a world before word processing; when what you wrote was scribbled on paper, sent to a "typing pool"and eventually, after much delay, emerged into the light of day.

When word processing programmes finally became available there was the usual pattern of take - up: the first movers, eager to try new technology, the laggards who resisted, and the Luddites who steadfastly continued to scribble on paper.

I have nothing against those who wish to scribble or even those who continue to use typewriters. By comparison with crisp paper, the smell of ink, and the thump of keys, word processing does seem to lack some essential soul. But for getting the job done when copy calls, we have all, reluctantly or otherwise, become our own word processors.

I was thinking about this the other day in connection with blogging and the creation of one's own web sites. We are at the same stage now with this technology as we were thirty years ago with word processing.

Most people don't have their own Web site or write their own blogs. Till now, creating a web site has been a non-trivial task, involving specialist software, employing designers and learning at least a bit of HTML. Most small businesses or individuals wishing to have a web presence have had to resort to specialists who could create a design and transfer our word-processed content onto the site.

Getting a web-presence today is like it was learning to do your own word processing thirty years ago. We are at the start of another significant revolution. The dramatic rise of bloggers and blogging systems means that anyone can easily create a web presence. But whereas most people who have to write something today do their own word processing, only a tiny percentage think about having a web site or even a blog page.

The issue, as with all new technologies, is need. Word processing was driven from the need to write term papers, compose letters to errant companies, or to get in touch with government. When we need to write things for more public consumption, then having your own web site will become as ubiquitous as doing your own WP.

The good news is that the technology is improving. I am writing this on a web site developed with SquareSpace. No, I'm not receiving any money from promoting this system. It's just the best around.

So, if you've got something to say in public, then there's no longer any excuse.

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