Moblog
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Moblog is a blend of the words mobile and weblog. A mobile weblog, or moblog, consists of content posted to the Internet from a mobile or portable device, such as a cellular phone or PDA. Moblogs generally involve technology which allows publishing from a mobile device.
Much of the earliest development of moblogs occurred in Japan, among the first countries in the world where camera phones (portable phones with built-in cameras) were widely commercially available.
According to Joi Ito's History of Moblogs (http://joiwiki.ito.com/joiwiki/?moblog), the first post to the web from a mobile user was from Steve Mann in 1995. He used a wearable computer, a more elaborate predecessor to modern moblogging devices. The first post to the Internet from an ordinary mobile device is believed to be by Tom Vilmer (http://tom.paamand.dk/moblog.htm) Paamand in Denmark in May 2000.
The term "moblogging" itself was coined by Adam Greenfield to describe the practice in 2002. He went on to organise the First International Moblogging Conference (http://marginwalker.org/1imc/) (or 1IMC) in July 2003 in Tokyo, with the help of Paul Baron (http://www.in-duce.net), Gen Kanai (http://www.kanai.net/weblog/), Carsten Schwesig (http://www.basedonatruestory.com) and Steve Graff. Less known about is the First International Love Hotel Moblogging Conference (http://www.tokyotidbits.com/lovehotel/) that took place a day before the real 1IMC event.
The term is sometimes pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable - MOBlog - out of affinity with the ideas about social self-organization developed in Howard Rheingold's "Smart Mobs".
Weblogs made from portable devices are also sometimes known as cyborgLogs, abbreviated as 'glogs, especially when primarily image-based.
World's first national moblog
In 2004, Singapore launched a National Day Moblog (http://moblog.ndp.org.sg/main/index.asp) on National Day. Apparently, it is the first national moblog in the world.
Indian moblog is yet to be launched. Watch this space for more.
External links
- Guide to Moblogging (http://www.nokia.com/BaseProject/Sites/NOKIA_MAIN_18022/CDA/ApplicationTemplates/About_Nokia/Content/_Static_Files/moblogbackgrounder.pdf) - Via Nokia, Feb 2005 (PDF format)
- Joi Ito's History of Moblogs (http://joiwiki.ito.com/joiwiki/?moblog)
- First known Moblog (http://tom.paamand.dk/moblog.htm)
- Discussion of moblogs on Adam Greenfield's v-2.org (http://v-2.org/archive.php?search=moblog)
- RNC Mobile Network - collective mobile reporting from the RNC (http://rnc.freespeech.org)
- Picostation (http://www.picostation.com) - a free, moblog (http://www.picostation.com/moblog) client for camera phones.
- EasyMoblog (http://www.easymoblog.org/) - a free (GPL) moblog publisher
- mafia MoBlog (http://mafiamoblog.org/) - a free, open source moblog
- Moblog Industry News (http://moblog.busythumbs.com/)
- GoBlogGo (http://www.gobloggo.com/) Post images on the site or directly to your LiveJournal.
- nontonBlog (http://aksi.mdamt.net/log/ar/2005-04-25-91/) a server side mobile video blogging tool for Linux/Unix (public domain)
- OBloMoPHP (http://wiki.orientalische-kunstgeschichte.de/index.php/OblomoPHP) Codesnippets (PHP, Java Midlet) for understanding the concept of mobile blogging
- [1] (http://www.symbianone.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=75&func=selectcat&cat=16) SymbianOne.com directory of Symbian smart phone moblogging tools and apps