A presentation given by Debashish at a symposium on blogging organized by the Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Pune. Report on the symposium at http://yjoshi.blogspot.com/2009/03/symposium-on-blogging.html.
5. Jan 1994: A Student Justin Hall creates first blog ever at Links.net April 1997: Dave Winer launches Scripting News Sept 1997: Slashdot begins Dec 1997: The term Weblog coined by Jorn Barger. Peter Merholz called it Blog (both a noun & a verb) in 1999. Timeline of Major Blogging Platforms Source: White African