WWJB?
George Orwell
I love it when I hear about a blog that uses the format in an innovative way; the versatility of blogging is one of the things that makes it so hard to study or encapsulate, but also so potent. As someone who enjoys studying history, I like Juan Cole’s Napoleon’s Egypt, which reprints letters from French troops written during Napoleon’s campaign in the Middle East (I’m not great with military history, so I found some of the letters a snore, but I still thought the idea was brilliant); just a few days ago, I learned about the intriguing The Orwell Prize, which posts an entry from Orwell’s diary each day. So next time you sit down at your computer, insert your favorite historical figure and ask: What Would [________] have Blogged?
