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  • Andrea_R · 9 months ago
    And before we had zines online we have personal diaries or journals. :)
  • Mark Dykeman · 9 months ago
    True, but those diaries and journals were normally kept private, no?
  • Andrea_R · 9 months ago
    Not the online ones. :) Sometimes they had a limited audience, but mostly they were public.
  • Mark Dykeman · 9 months ago
    Ah, I see what you mean. I thought you meant the pen and paper kind.
  • annew · 9 months ago
    Of course there are parallels between zines and blogs - sort of reminds me of the first time I managed to get my name on a web page... no, not that way, I was trying to understand what the web was and this was back before web editors so I had to sort out some html code... when I finally made my name appear and then added some silly sentence I grocked the web as a (then) new publishing medium... zines and blogging... it's all about getting words / ideas out to other folks one way or another.
  • Mark Dykeman · 9 months ago
    Thank goodness the tools are much easier these days.
  • annew · 9 months ago
    except, of course, when they're not... am fighting with a word press blog as we speak... it's winning... I'm taking a nap... have asked others for help ;)
  • StevenHodson · 9 months ago
    that was fun post to read Mark :) thanks
  • Mark Dykeman · 9 months ago
    Bring back any memories?
  • Marshall Kirkpatrick · 9 months ago
    I miss zines, still try to pick some up when I can. Distribution is SO much smaller than blogs can be though. Thanks for the thoughtful post.
  • Mark Dykeman · 9 months ago
    And thank you for stopping by, Marshall. Zines are still out there, but possibly even fewer now than a few years ago.