BoBCast Episode 5: Doogie Howser is the first blogger!

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief April 18, 2007 · 1 min read

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Band of Bloggers Podcast, Episode 5: Doogie Howser is the first blogger!
Hosted by: Yuga
Guests: Aileen Apolo, Jomar Hilario
Time: 22 minutes, 36 secs.

Show Notes:

First Blogger: Doogie Howser of Doogie Howser M.D.
First Podcaster: Capt. Kirk of Star Trek
First encounter with the PC
First experience with the Internet
Twitter
Mobile Blogging
iBlog3 Updates/Feedback

Special thanks to Jun Asis of Magandang Balita for lending us his Samson C01U Condenser Microphone. We used it on this podcast only to realize the one that was activated was still the built-in mic.

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26 Comments

bhey · 18 years ago

i remember watching doogie howser when im in 1st grade..my older sister and i love it more than any cartoons shows,,kids in our age should watch that time…i really miss that…its so cool i think…di ba my mga dvd’s ngayon ng mga series sino kayang mabait na nilalang ang makakapagpalabas nun???hehehe

stan thompson · 18 years ago

I put the site as my link that I speak of since I have no web page. That is the worlds first blogger way before Doogie ever did.
When computers first came out and there were few that had them in homes or even offices this man had one. The worlds first blogger. He ran what was even slower than dial up and was phone lines to phone lines to direct link to a computer BEFORE THERE WAS SUCH A THING CALLED THE INTERNET.
This was on one of the first computers out of course and he has been blogging every since. Just now there is the internet and others doing it.
Jim also had what I feel is the first website every and was the first web designer since nobody else had one. Before the net he had pages like web pages but of course there were not easy ways to find him.
http://www.showmeblog.com was the first before people really used or had computers. Before the internet and before the show had doggie bloggin.

rj marmol · 18 years ago

although doogie howser’s virtual diary is not yet online that time, you can somehow say that he’s like the first blogger na rin if only for the reason that he maintains a diary on his pc which was quite unconventional at that time..although technically, if we’re gonna be strict with the definition, he’s not really a blogger..just the same, i loved that show and doogie! :-)

Ria Jose · 19 years ago

Waaa…. I love Doogie Howser. And I already wrote something about him inspiring me to write, and later on to blog.

SELaplana · 19 years ago

nakarinig na ako sa pangalang yan pero forgot kung sino siya at ano siya…

Jeric · 19 years ago

How about Kirk of Star Trek as the first podcaster? Does he release the recorded file thru RSS? heheh :D

toni · 19 years ago

And on a slightly related note, I still remember Doogie’s first journal entry:

“Kissed my first girl. Lost my first patient. Life will never be the same again.”

I loved that show.

toni · 19 years ago

Okay I’m confused… kapag BLOG, dapat connected ang journal mo to the world wide web, right? Kaya web log? Doogie Howser had a journal in his computer, but it wasn’t connected to the web. So… it doesn’t make him a blogger, does it? My 2 cents.

Dusty · 19 years ago

Another nice podcast ;)

Really brought me back to the good old days.

jun · 19 years ago

“the one that was activated was still the built-in mic.”

This is like sending an email saying “PLease see attachment” only to find out that you forgot to attach the file =) Happens to me all the time…

Enjoy your vacation(s).

drew olanoff · 19 years ago

i’ve always said that about doogie! hehehe. would love to get your podcast in our directory over at pluggd, also check out our auto twitter feature! (http://www.pluggd.com)

Jeric · 19 years ago

Twitter is similar to “Ktext (for ABS-CBN)” and “Fanatxt (for GMA7)” where celebrities send in their text update or sometimes MMS updates to their subscribers. TelCos charge per text message received.