My friend Karl Hakkarainen scooped the news on Merriam Webster’s acknowledgment that “blog” is the word of the year, as reported in BBC news, in his blog last Wednesday. A Traveler in the World of Work is a thoughtful personal diary, full of reflections on daily life. I like hearing from Karl every day.

Karl, I should also say, is the first person to point me at Google, in its earliest days, many years ago. He keeps up on things.

Blogging is really quite a story, isn’t it? Writing about blogging in a blog is a kind of out-of-body experience. As is talking about it. Bill Ives interviewed me recently for his upcoming book on blogs, which was a good opportunity to think about what blogging has offered me. It has certainly brought me new acquaintances as it has given me a space to let people know what I think about as well as what I do.

I’m not a daily poster, that’s for sure. It’s like I am in meetings or large groups. I am pretty quiet and don’t speak up a lot, but I do (I am told) make a contribution when I do.