How the Blogosphere Takes Shape in 2002, Along With RSS 2.0

Movable Type blog entry template, 2002; via Wayback Machine . In my history of blogging so far, we've seen how weblogs emerged in 1999 as a new form of personal journal, began to link to each other in 2000 via blogrolls, and then turned serious in 2001 with "warblogs." During those early years of the form, I was aware of certain weblogs but I hadn't yet signed up for an account at Blogger or…