LiveJournal in the Press
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Here at LiveJournal we try to keep up with all of our press mentions, by
archiving them in the account 
press. On this page we list the 5 latest
press mentions for your convenience.
Listing:
- My So-Called Blog - (Sun, Jan 11th, 2004)
- Microsoft Test Drives Another Blogging Tool - (Tue, Dec 2nd, 2003)
- The Emo Diaries: No Wonder the Band Is Called Confessional - (Sun, Aug 10th, 2003)
- Homeless.com - (Sun, Jul 27th, 2003)
- Travel talk: Online and dangerous - (Fri, Jul 11th, 2003)
Snippets:
My So-Called Blog
Written by: Emily Nussbaum
Published by: The New York Times Magazine
When M. gets home from school, he immediately logs on to his computer. Then he stays there, touching base with the people he has seen all day long, floating in a kind of multitasking heaven of communication. First, he clicks on his Web log, or blog -- an online diary he keeps on a Web site called LiveJournal -- and checks for responses from his readers. Next he reads his friends' journals, contributing his distinctive brand of wry, supportive commentary to their observations. Then he returns to his own journal to compose his entries: sometimes confessional, more often dry private jokes or koanlike observations on life.
( Read the full article at NYTimes.com )
Microsoft Test Drives Another Blogging Tool
Written by: Mary Jo Foley
Published by: Microsoft Watch
The Spoke is "almost a competitor to LiveJournal, Blog*spot, etc.," said one individual evaluating articipation, who asked for anonymity.
LiveJournal and Blog*spot are hosted personal-publishing tools.
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The Emo Diaries: No Wonder the Band Is Called Confessional
Written by: Jon Caramanica
Published by: The New York Times
"I'm 15, I'm a chick, I'm from South Carolina, and I'm black," writes one journal keeper. "I'm also depressed, cynical, sarcastic and bisexual. Get over it."
Andy Greenwald, author of the forthcoming book "Nothing Feels Good: Punk Rock, Teenagers and Emo" (St. Martin's), says emo music ends up taking a back seat to the communities it helps foster. "What kids want at that age is to be taken seriously," he said, "and that's what emo and these diaries allow. The impulse to LiveJournal is the same as to go to the show and sing your heart out in front of strangers."
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Homeless.com
Written by: Johnny Diaz
Published by: The Boston Globe
For some homeless people, keeping an online journal is a way for friends to keep track of them.
For some who read them, the journals open windows to a reality foreign to their gotta-go lifestyle.
For Evans, the journal keeps her ''sane'' and centered amid a life of uncertainty.
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Travel talk: Online and dangerous
Written by: Nick Easen
Published by: CNN.com
"The need is just beginning to be met in such a niche like business travel, you have a look at personal community sites like www.livejournal.com. The demand is incredible," Daniel Baker who runs online travel community www.ITYT.com told CNN.
"People constantly strive to find people that they relate to. The Internet has allowed people to expand the opportunity to meet [others] with similar interests. These communities have to be developed and built to bridge the final gap," he reiterates.
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