What's in a name?

I'd like to draw attention to this link from boing boing, in case, like me, you don't pay much attention to the posts without pictures.

A BLOGGER IS JUST A WRITER WITH A COOLER NAME: Why Blogging vs. Traditional Media Has Been Oversold

And it occurred to me that there is no such thing as blogging. There is no such thing as a blogger. Blogging is just writing -- writing using a particularly efficient type of publishing technology. Even though I tend to first use Microsoft Word on the way to being published, I am not, say, a Worder or Wordder.

It’s just software, people! The underlying creative/media function remains exactly the same.

Once again, we have to be reminded it's the message, not the medium that's important. Library schools are in a tizzy, so much legit information is becoming available for free online, how does one separate the baby from the barthwater? There were a few people in my online searching class (no, not just about typing words into Google) who were of the old guard and had no interest in learning how the kids are doing it these days. And I was pretty shocked at the lack of of exposure of some of these people, but quite happy to see many of them were going to hit the ground running. So, there's hope for my profession after all. I'm pretty sure it was my message board posts on blogging (and blog searching) that made me pass the class. Because it certainly wasn't my attention to detail in the dinosaur of a database we were supposed to be learning.

Mostly I'm just writing this post so I'll have the link to the article handy, next time I feel like bringing it up for class.

In other news, I just checked my grades this week. I got an A+ in my business reference class. It must be my first A+ since high school. This is completely unacceptable. I didn't do an A+ amount of work, and my comprehension of accounting standards and annual statements and ratios is sketchy at best. But, damn, did I kick ass on my presentation geared at undergrads. Grading is retarded.