VOI: May 2003 Archives

When i was younger, i collected comics. Tons and tons of comics. Every single sen i could save from pocket money, anything i could beg, borrow or steal when into servicing my "habit". I suppose, in the larger scheme of things, i was a late bloomer. By the time i started collecting the Uncanny X-Men and Spiderman (my faves), they were already deep into their 200th+ issues. But i do have some gems - X-Men #248 ("Jim Lee's first X-Men appearance":http://www.uncannyxmen.net/covers/uncanny/uncanny248.jpg) and one or two really valuable Spidey items. Other nice ones i have are "Spawn":http://www.spawn.com/comics/ #1-8, Wildcats #1-4 (including a signed - by "Jim Lee":http://www.ninthart.com/display.php?article=437 - and numbered limited edition #3)

I stopped collecting when i entered "university":http://www.iiu.edu.my, circa 1995. Just didn't have the time or the resources to keep up any more.

I received a very welcome email from "Oon Yeoh":http://www.malaysiakini.com/transitions/ concerning the definition of blogs - i believe Oon is writing a book on the topic, thus his extensive research and thought on the matter. He and i will be panelists during the "upcoming INFOSOC":http://www.nitc.org.my/infosoc/.

(Warning: Long posting follows)

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Oon Yeoh's original email:

Dear Aizuddin,

I want to share with you my further thoughts on blogs.

Let me say that your enthusiasm for blogs is very encouraging, although I think your interest in blogs is quite different from "Jeff":http://jeffooi.blogspot.com/ and me.

I first got interested in blogs because they were a way for me to learn more about a subject. For example, I visited "Dan Gillmor's blog":http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/ to find out about the latest in technology. As I have highlighted to you in early discussions and in many articles that I have written for The Edge, the original bloggers (people like "Dave Winer":http://www.scripting.com/ for example) were techies that wanted to share links with other liked-minded individuals. The fact that they appended commentaries and opinions were secondary and peripheral. The main purpose of their blogs was to share links.