This is such a powerful example of the use of blogging that we had to run a short post on it.

On a variant of the ‘war reporter’, typically seen via CNN or the BBC, the phenomenon of war blogging has shown the ‘net in a whole new light.

This issue came to the fore during the recent Russia/Georgia crisis. Georgian Bloggers told the story, with a spectacular and powerful human element.

However, also seen was, according to some accounts, a ‘cyber lockdown’ of certain sites. Take a look and form your own views.

We are not here to propagate any political or otherwise angle on this one: simply to see how new media has put a whole new spin on reporting and communication in a time of crisis. And, also, how a time of crisis may and did energize a new movement in technology, and blogging in particular, in the territory affected by the crisis.

It is undoubtedly the case that blogging is increasingly exponentially in areas of the world which have trailed “the West” in implementation of technological advances. That, simply, makes it new and interesting.

In the scheme of things, the printing press wasn’t invented and used that long ago. The effect was huge, on that era and, consequentially, today. No-one then could have dreamed of a society where everyday people (whether in a war-worn environment or in Starbucks) communicate with the world. Such is the pure excitement of life and human development.