What is the definition of a blogger? Do I meet it? Do you?
I first learned of a blog during the Iraq War when I read "a soldier's blog" 2 or 3 times. Then, I started reading the official Dean Blog daily (at least once daily) in June. I checked out a number of the other blogs listed on the Dean Blog page (Larry Lessig, Karl with a K, etc.), and eventually discovered DailyKos and decided it was my favorite.
For the past month or so, I've posted a DailyKos diary entry almost every day, and posted a few comments on the Dean Blog each week.
On my birthday yesterday, my husband gave me a very cute black babydoll t-shirt that says "I'm blogging this". (He found it at http://www.oreilly.com .) At first he was a bit jealous of and frustrated at the Blogosphere for having taken me away, but I think he's come to accept it.
Today, I'm wearing the t-shirt and I feel part-geek, part high-tech cutting-edge journalist, and part poser. I don't own or run a blog. I just write comments. Or, do my frequent diary entries (some of which have gotten great feedback from others) qualify me as a blogger? I must admit I feel like I am one, to some extent. Or, at least I feel like I've assumed some role where I'm a much more like a participant who's making things happen than merely a viewer or observer. Can I proudly wear my new "I am blogging this" t-shirt and proclaim "I am Blogger: Hear me Roar?"
Kos sorta raised this question when he asked about the role of bloggers at the Democratic National Convention in July. And some folks answered the question in that thread. But, the question remains, beyond roles in that Convention, who is a blogger?