Friday, December 10, 2004
Chinese blogging & moblogging
New Scientist explores CNBlog.com and all that came after:
“Blogging is a true revolution,” he wrote. “One needs zero technology training, zero institution and zero cost to become a blogger.”....Meanwhile blogging seems set to grow as a national hobby for the younger generation. Providers of China’s 300 million mobile phones are beginning to provide “moblogging” services, with which users can send text and photos directly from their phones to their blogs. For now, most blogs are personal, but their potential for building networks of people and disseminating news cannot be underestimated.
examples:
CNBlog.org (in Chinese)
Chinanewsman.com
“Blogging is a true revolution,” he wrote. “One needs zero technology training, zero institution and zero cost to become a blogger.”....Meanwhile blogging seems set to grow as a national hobby for the younger generation. Providers of China’s 300 million mobile phones are beginning to provide “moblogging” services, with which users can send text and photos directly from their phones to their blogs. For now, most blogs are personal, but their potential for building networks of people and disseminating news cannot be underestimated.
examples:
CNBlog.org (in Chinese)
Chinanewsman.com
