A. What is the difference between a blog and a book?
B. How have blogs changed recently?
C. Why might you read a blog?
D. Is there reason to doubt the objectivity of a blog? Why? Why not?
E. If you kept your own blog, what would you title it?

A. After reading a piece of writing from Sarah Boxer on Volume 55, Number 2 · February 14, 2008, a new point of view about what a book and a blog differ from can be easily understood. Basically books are traditional pieces of literature; while on the other hand, blogs are “reckless” pieces of information. Just as well we can say that blogs are a fast method of wasting time. It is peculiar that books may also be looked as a slow technique of enjoying the wasted time. By the way the author describes it, books are a form of expressing art and blogs are just a way to communicate gossip. Although this point of view may be quite controversial, the definition itself explains the real difference between both. A blog can be defined as a web site that contains an online personal journal also called Weblog with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer. It can be read and responded by anyone with access to internet. As to definition, books are completely the opposite idea. Defined as: a set of written sheets of skin or paper or tablets of wood or ivory b: a set of written, printed, or blank sheets bound together into a volume c: a long written or printed literary composition as well as something that yields knowledge or understanding. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Book . Books are from another generation, it is the past. Actually reading books can be easily done by internet summaries, Sparknotes for instance. Besides to write books and make it profitable, the theme has to be extremely interesting. Even more important,(just in case the topic is not that interesting) it has to follow the 5 writing traits, and contain as many literary devices as the author can create. In the other end, blogs need of no interesting topic nor complicated writing schemes. It gives the possibility of anyone(with access to internet) to enforce the right of freedom of expression. In a small conclusion books and blogs are completely opposite ideas.

B. Recently blogs have changed in a short amount of time. Consequently interrellated with new technology and the access to internet for a great quantity of people. With more people, more topics and effectively more gossip. It is more like a wheel that can´t stop, kept on inertia forever, until one day global warming will destroy everything we knew of. It could be represented as capitalism, it will grow faster within minutes. The cause of this is the simple and easy way a blog can be created, as well as commented on. The force that produces inertia is the ability for humans to create diferent points of view and the continuation of a discusion through commentaries. This way it will keep growing the number of blogs. Which it is not bad, it is just a way to entertain and spend time in an intellectual way. Getting back to the point, blogs have changed so much because of the easier way to access the internet than it was ten years ago. As well new systems to use internet have made it simpler than it was before. From mobile phones, even from iPods we have access to internet. Managing it, a 5-year old can do it. In conclusion, we have developed, and technology even more.

C. A blog might be read to keep up with recent news, comment about them, getting informed of what is happening at the other side of the world. In few words, to get communicated and spend time.

D. There is reason to doubt the objectivity of a blog, simply following the fact that we are all humans managing pieces of information. In a blog we will most certainly find bias, ideas without support, accidental mistakes, or non-accidental, we will find our own personal interests reflected through information. It is all based on communication which is the taking and giving of news.

E. If I kept a blog about myself I would not even title it because I don't have time. Only if it is schoolwork, then I would have the obligation. Thinking about it, I would prefer having many blogs, each one titled with each hobby I practice. This way I could have discussions about each sport. For instance one about swimming competitions, another about horseback-riding show competition, another about archery, other about visiting Japan/China, and finally a special one about Colombia.