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[ Posted by Dan on July 07, 2003 | 2 Comments ]

Apparently, AOL is doing a weblog product, and I'm guessing NDAs have been violated(?) I have only heard the rumors and know nothing more than what I read out there on the net. However, if any sort of internal beta testing is made available, you can bet I will check it out. In the meantime, some people already seem to have opinions...

Jeff Jarvis: AOL Blogs

Yesterday, I was one of a privileged council of blogging elders -- Meg Hourihan, Nick Denton, Anil Dash, Clay Shirky -- invited to see AOL's new blogging tools, which will be released later this year. They've done a good job.

Dave Winer: On AOL's entry into weblogs

Now their strategy is coming out, and there are some surprises. Today I'm going to discuss, briefly, just one, the Instant Messaging connection with weblog tools, and how it leads into the quagmire that the weblog world is caught up in (and a plea to swallow our respective prides and compromise now).

Kevin Lawver: Super Secret Agent Revealed!

The top secret meeting is now something I can talk about. I went to New York with the AOL Journals team to talk about the new AOL Journals product with some influential folks in the blogging world.

 

		MY GOODNESS -- just read in USA today a blurb about "AOL Journals" that will allow you to update a journal via Instant Message. WOAH. that is *precisely* why i had started working on XML-RPC support for my JaimBizzle AIM Bot! and i still can't get a gig there...sheesh! j. -Posted by jon the originator ;) on July 8, 2003 10:53 PM

		C|Net has finally caught the story. My favorite quote from the article is this... The company is calling the tool "AOL Journals," because it said its users find the term "blog" confusing. -Posted by Dan on July 15, 2003 09:15 AM

Comment posting has been turned off because I don't have enough time and will to deal with the constant comment spamming. I'm very sorry and will fix this sometime soon (soon = before 2004 ends).