blogject en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of blog + object. Coined by American academic Julian Bleecker in 2005.
Meanings
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(neologism) A physical object that automatically posts updates about its current location and state online.
As I don't want to be too long, here are the essential attributes of blogjects.
2006 March 14, Roland Piquepaille, “The new world of 'blogjects'”, in ZDNET, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2023:Julian Bleecker discusses the ins and outs of turning his car into a blogject.
2006 May 26, “Blogject Watch: Julian Bleecker’s Car”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 May 2024:Design business conferences such as Lift and Where 2.0 feature the latest blogjects, mashups, and distributed narrative installations.
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: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.
2009, Cory Doctorow, Makers, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 295:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| blogjects | Number=Plur | lexicographic |