On this date, December 17, 1997, Jorn Barger gave us the word “weblog,” spawning countless articles explaining what the word means for readers who could still live without computers. Imagine that. Wired.com has a short list of thoughts Jorn has on blogging now.

He writes, “A true weblog is a log of all the URLs you want to save or share. (So del.icio.us is actually better for blogging than blogger.com.)”

Sure it is. I’d much rather link out to someone’s work instead of creating something of my own. It’s easier and less fulfilling. Sigh. [via Books, Inq]