China Town, Los Angeles February 15, 2003 7:30pm SOCALWUG unwires LIVE FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE:
"Blog" is short for "weblog," a frequently updated website run by an individual or a collective that features web links and personal commentary listed in reverse chronological order. After September 11th, the profiles of politically minded "warbloggers" rose to new heights; more recently, bloggers focused on the Trent Lott story before the mainstream media did. Today, the popularity of blogs is skyrocketing. But as bloggers gain in greater visibility, will the Blogosphere crack under the hype? "Live from the Blogosphere!" brings together six innovators in blogging: Mark Frauenfelder, Heather Havrilesky, Evan Williams, Susannah Breslin, Doc Searls, and Tony Pierce. The panel will discuss the birth of blogging, the emergent tension between blogs and traditional journalism, innovations in blogging such as video-blogging, audio-blogging, and mobile-blogging, the shifting roles of race and gender in the Blogosphere, the state of the blog economy, and the way blogs may be reshaping contemporary media. In addition, and in keeping with the immediacy and interactivity of blogging, members of the event audience are encouraged to blog live and direct from the Electronic Orphanage using a WiFi network built exclusively for this event by the Southern California Wireless Users Group. More information at: http://boingboing.net/blogosphere.html Watch streaming video of the event live: http://www.pasadena.net/blog/
