From Blogging To Micro-Blogging
Web logs, or blogs, started out as an on-line journal that allowed people to post articles about their respective interests. Blogs could cover any topics capable of capturing an audience that share the same interests as the blogger. What was really great about the blogging tools that came out was that, in addition to being available for free, it allowed many people to setup their own web site without the need to be technically savvy!