{"id":6353,"date":"2014-10-12T23:16:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T03:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=6353"},"modified":"2014-10-12T23:16:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T03:16:42","slug":"blogging-is-20-years-old-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/12\/blogging-is-20-years-old-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging is 20 years old now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Guardian notes that this month marks the 20th anniversary of the Weblog (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2014\/oct\/12\/happy-20th-anniversary-dave-winer-inventor-of-the-blog\">article on Dave Winer<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The standard HTTP\/HTML Web was and is great for 3-30-page ideas. 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