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Want to take a break from listening to music and read a book?
Posted by Andrew Matson
Perhaps a book about blogging, history of? I suggest "Say Everything" by Scott Rosenberg, blogger and co-founder of Salon. Check my formal review here.
It was a slog -- not hard to read, but hard-packed with small stories that make big points. I'm glad I read it. I wasn't blogging in the '90s, and even though I messed around with Hypercard back in my elementary school days (proto-blogging CMS, kind of like Paint + Blogger), wasn't paying attention to what was happening out in link-land. I found the ancient history sections (pre-millennium) most interesting.
Oh, and I found the sometimes antagonistic print/blog relationship exceptionally well described.
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The author of "Say Everything" will discuss his book at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle; free (206-634-3400 or www.bookstore.washington.edu).
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