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May 09, 2005

The Huffington Post: Still getting the hang of the "blog" word

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Posted by Dominic Basulto

Well, the Huffington Post went live today, and, granted, there are some big names blogging: Mike Nichols, John Cusack, David Mamet and Ellen DeGeneres.

However, it's all-too-likely that you'll run across postings like this:

"It may be hard to believe in today's Internet universe that allows anyone to become a pundit, but this is the first time I have ever blogged, if that is a word. In fact, I almost never even read blogs, much less write them, but my friend Arianna Huffington's invitation to contribute to huffingtonpost.com was too intriguing to turn down. Maybe my lack of interest in the blogosphere has something to do with the fact that I'm 68 years old and still mired in the Gutenberg era..."

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