Blogging, the art of spewing forth text onto the web for all to read, usually in some sort of personal journal sort of format, has turned 10.  For a full decade now, people have been getting up on their virtual soapbox and sharing with the world their thoughts, fears, hopes and dreams.  In recent years, blogging has taken on a life of its own, getting a piece of the action in the last US presidential election, and regularly being the "source" of news.  Hailed as both the bane and savior of modern journalism, blogging, and the democratization of content generation is what grew into Web 2.0.

CNet is running a retrospective on the blog, who might have been the first and what led up to the blog (.plan anyone?).  If you're wondering how this new-fangled tomfoolery came about, click the link below.