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June 27, 2005

"A Bum In A Google Cap"

In a July 2005 Wired magazine article, Paul Boutin uses that phrase to describe his encounter in San Francisco with Jorn Barger of Robot Wisdom, one of the original weblog pioneers (he came up with the term "weblog" in 1997). Barger's companion Andrew introduces him: "'This is Jorn Barger.''Another homeless blogger,' (Barger) finishes." Later in the article, Boutin talks about Barger losing and recovering his robotwisdom.com domain:

A few weeks later, I find out that Barger has recovered his domain — and Robot Wisdom pops back up online. I hunt him down for a pint at a local pub and he tells me he's moving on, this time to Memphis. He says he avoids the need for a job by living on less than a dollar a day. "I was carrying a cardboard sign when we met that day," he tells me. "I wasn't sure if I should show it to you. I figured if things didn't work out with Andrew I could pick up some change." On his panhandler sign, Barger had written: COINED THE TERM 'WEBLOG,' NEVER MADE A DIME.

Posted by timothompson at June 27, 2005 10:44 AM