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“Blawg” & Blawg Republic
I learned yesterday that Denise Howell of Bag and Baggage coined the word “blawg” in the sense of “legal-related blog.” Since I use the word all the time now and made such a big (sort of) deal about it in this article, I wanted to give credit where it's due. I know some people do not find the word helpful, and it becomes less useful if you're speaking rather than writing, but I obviously think it's a great contraction in a web-writing context, so thank you, Denise. And speaking of blawg, have you seen Blawg Republic? Is your blawg listed there? This one isn't, but I'm wondering why Blawg Wisdom is listed under “Law Professors”. I mean, it would be nice if I were a law professor, or if professors wanted to contribute more to the advice on the site, but....Posted February 23, 2005 06:24 AM | law general meta-blogging
Sorry about that, Blawg Wisdom is now categorized under Law Students.
I noticed Blawg Republic was left out of this article:
Join the Blawg Bandwagon
http://www.abanet.org/lsd/studentlawyer/dec04/blawg.html
We welcome any and all feedback.
Posted by: Merrick at February 24, 2005 01:15 PM
Thanks, Merrick. I had no idea Blawg Republic existed a year ago when I started writing that article, but it definitely looks like it could be a good resource -- a sort of DayPop for blawgs is a very cool idea. Do you have a business model behind this? Is your goal to make money or provide a public service, or both?
Posted by: ambimb at February 25, 2005 09:01 AM
I understand, I missed the publish date on that article.
Our goal with Blawg Republic is to provide a resource for the legal community and blawgers. As far as our business model, you could definitely classify us right now as being a public service.
Posted by: Merrick at February 27, 2005 01:28 PM
