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# How the Web and the Weblog have changed Writing

[How the Web and the Weblog have changed Writing](http://philip.greenspun.com/writing/changed-by-web-and-weblog). I saw this on [Gordon Meyer's blog](http://www.g2meyer.com/usablehelp/singles/539.html). It talks about how blogs and web publishing have provided venues for texts that, due to incorrect page length, wouldn't have otherwise been published. Traditionally, texts had to be either 5 pages for magazines or 200 pages for books. Blogs now allow paragraph-length thoughts or 20 pages essays. Length (either too long or too short) is no longer a deterrent to publishing.