The weblogs land in Eivissa

What is the weblog? Above all, it is a space for free expression. You can say what you think, what you feel or what you think about anything. A personal on line diary. In fact, nearly any personal page that is updated regularly could be regarded as a weblog.

Worth stressing is the easy for introducing new material: it is not necessary to be an ace in web design to have your weblog. Once you have registered, you fill in a form, press the button to send the text... and the very programme takes charge of forming the page. The weblogs are doing a lot to popularise the use of Internet and they are growing like mushrooms: there are already search engines and specialised directories for them, such as Daypop or EatonWeb Portal. They are an indisputable reality and fashion. .

There are many specialised portals for hosting weblogs: perhaps the most famous is Blogger, but we can also find Movable Type and in Spanish Bitácoras.net (México) or Blogalia. What can we find on Eivissa? Not much yet but there are some interesting ones: by Juan Manuel Grijalvo, with a pile of writings send to the media and articles from other authors, both Ibizan and foreigners (there are writings from an Algerian journalist), by Karin Schernitzki, a young Argentine girl who lives and works on Eivissa, or by Andreu Coll, ex general secretary of ENE, who shows his less serious side in his diary.

Of course references to Eivissa are not only to be found in Ibizan weblogs: any tourist who is on holiday on the island can do one: from this Dane to this German. To express one's opinion on Internet gets easier and easier.

Pere Marí
coordinador@eivissaweb.com

Date of publication: 14/10/2002

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