Bruce Ableson
Bruce Ableson | |
|---|---|
 Bruce Ableson | |
| Born | September 16, 1963 |
| Occupation | Programmer |
Bruce Ableson (born September 16, 1963 in New York) is an American
computer programmer and website developer. He is best known as the inventor of Open Diary, the first online blogging community.[1]
Ableson was raised in
.After graduating from Michigan State University with a degree in Telecommunications, Ableson worked for several years as a systems consultant and programmer. During this time, Ableson developed Open Diary,[3] which launched on October 20, 1998.[4][5] Ableson built the first system for blog comments,[6][7][8] and innovated the use of friend's list privacy settings[9] and activity feeds on the site.
These features have led some to credit Ableson's site and inventions to be the beginnings of social networks and social media.[10][11][12]
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- ZDNet. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
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- ^ Richmond, Shane (2009-01-22). "What is a blog? How the technology shapes the medium". London Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ "The Rising Popularity of Blogs". Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ Wikibooks:Web 2.0 and Emerging Learning Technologies/Open Diary
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- ^ Fouts, Jeff. "Social Media and All Its Glory". Social Media Club. Archived from the original on 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
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