blogject

English

Etymology

Blend of blog +‎ object. Coined by American academic Julian Bleecker in 2005.

Noun

blogject (plural blogjects)

(technology, neologism) A physical object that automatically posts updates about its current location and state online.
- 2006 March 14, Roland Piquepaille, “The new world of 'blogjects'”, in ZDNET‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-09-26:
  As I don't want to be too long, here are the essential attributes of blogjects.
  Blogjects track and trace where they are and where they’ve been;
  Blogjects have self-contained (embedded) histories of their encounters and experiences;
  Blogjects always have some form of agency — they can foment action and participate; they have an assertive voice within the social web.
  And these blogjects can lead to a new world where "things" matter for co-habitation or co-participation.
- 2006 May 26, “Blogject Watch: Julian Bleecker’s Car”, in Wired‎^[2], San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 May 2024:
  Julian Bleecker discusses the ins and outs of turning his car into a blogject.
- 2009, Cory Doctorow, Makers, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 295:
  I scour every photo feed published for anything that appears to be a photo of me. Most of it's from blogjects, CCTV cameras, and crap like that.
- 2013, Malcolm McCullough, “Inscribing the Ambient Commons”, in Ulrik Ekman, editor, Throughout: Art and Culture Emerging With Ubiquitous Computing, Cambridge, M.A., London: The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 450:
  Design business conferences such as Lift and Where 2.0 feature the latest blogjects, mashups, and distributed narrative installations.

Usage notes

The concept of "blogjects" gained significant coverage around the late 2000s, but the term has since faded into obscurity.

Related terms

logject

References

Paul McFedries (1996–2024) “blogject”, in Word Spy, Logophilia Limited.