Recently there have been quite a few articles about blogging but this is one of the better ones
Although weblogs began as vehicles for personal expression, they have become something much more. Because they tap into the heart of one of the web’s great strengths, personal expression and control, and because they draw on the communication capacities inherent in an inter-network, they have become an effective means of distribution any digital content and at the same time a highly selective filtering and classification system for that content. Weblogs are, right now, the best the web has to offer, and they herald a new era in online process and interaction