Earliest editor's picks

EARLY EDITORS PICKS:These, according to the Journals Editor were the earliest Editors Picks, then referred to the Top 5 Journals of Interest.  Unfortunately, they weren’t able to locate the exact date, it is believed to be approximately
Thursday, August 21, 2003Today's Top 5 Journals of Interest
      1.  From Engineer to Lawyer
      2.  Confessions of a Fly-Fishing Zealot
      3.  Just One Girl's Head Noise
      4.  The Good, The Bad, The Funny (journal now deleted)
      5.   Life is like a picture...

Friday, August 22, 2003
Subject: Seeking other AOL Journals
Time: 4:04:00 AM PDT

Found at:  Technology on the web
Found by:  Onestrangecat

Transmogriflaw: From Engineer to Lawyer   
Confessions of A Fly-Fishing Zealot   
Christine's Chronicles  
The Good, The bad, The Funny  (journal now deleted)   Life is like a picture... Tuesday, September 2, 20034:01:00 PM EDTFound at:  Just One Girls Head Noise

Found by:  Onestrangecat


Friday, September 19, 2003
5:39:00 PM EDTFound at:  The Daily Snooze
Found by:  Onestrangecat

Editor’s Daily Picks ~ changed to Weekly Picks
Wednesday, October 20, 2003

Found by:  Journals Editor

Want to read what Journalists thought of the change from Daily Picks to Weekly Picks?  Click on the links below !!

Wednesday, October 15, 2003Subject: journal editors slacking offTime: 9:16:00 PM EDT
Author:  idiot7daysaweek
click here to read the Journal Entry: Journal Editors Slacking Off
OR if the AOL link above not is not working
click here to read Google's Cache: Journal Editors Slacking Off


and if you read below, my very own comment
Ant .. if you look really closely it now says "Editors Weekly Picks"
they've converted from daily to weekly
pamela
Comment from his1desire 10/15/03
10:24 PM
Tuesday, October 21, 2003Subject: why we have weekly journalsTime: 5:27:00 PM EDT
Author:  idiot7daysaweek click here to read the Journal Entry: Why Do We Have Weekly Journals
OR if the AOL link above not is not working
click here to read Google's Cache: Why Do We Have Weekly Journals


Wednesday, October 22, 2003Subject: top five for two weeks?
Time: 2:46:00 PM EDT
Author:  idiot7daysaweek
click here to read the Journal Entry: Top 5 For Two Weeks?
OR if the AOL link above not is not working
click here to read Google's Cache: Top 5 For Two Weeks?

Tuesday, October 21, 2003Subject: Editor's Picks
Time: 4:12:00 PM EDT
Author:  johnmscalzi
click here to read the Journal Entry: Editor's Picks
OR if the AOL link above not is not working
click here to read Google's Cache: Editors Picks

Meet Mr. "AOL Answer Man" Sculzi

Scalzi Announces ~ he’s going to blog for AOL !!Saturday, August 7, 2003
Found at:  WHATEVER
Encouraging Independent Thought Since 1998.


AOL Introduces us to John Scalzi !!Wednesday, August 20, 2003Found at:   By The Way...

Who Is This John Scalzi Person?


   John Scalzi was born on May 10, 1969, although his own memory of the event is sketchy and he has to go by what others tell him of the event. He grew up in the suburbs of Los Angeles, and like many people his age from that area, had entire conversations that consisted of nothing more than variably-inflected uses of the word "dude." After graduating from the Webb School of California in 1987, he went to the University of Chicago, conveniently located in Chicago, where for the first time he saw buildings older than he was.
WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT #1
Found at:   By The Way...

Friday, April 16, 2004
3:58:00 PM EDT

Your Weekend Assignment #1: 25 (or 10) Random Facts
As part of the continuing effort to do more fun and interesting things here at By The Way and in AOL-J, I've decided to launch a new feature: Your Weekend Assignment. The idea is to create a sort of fun communal activity for AOL Journalers that we can all work on over the weekend. This is directly inspired by things like Friday Five, in which thousands of Journalers and bloggers take on the same five questions every week -- but will be a little different in that instead of questions every week, we'll mix it up and do some other things as well. Variety, you see. We're all about the variety.

Official AOL Journal Release Dates

AOL Journals is released for beta testing
Tuesday, July 29, 2003



AOL Journals Go Live !!
Thursday, August 21, 2003

Earliest AOL Journals Created?

(EDITORS NOTE: To read the journals in their entirety, please click on the links provided)
Tuesday, July 15, 20039:31:00 AM EDTMost Current Entry: still active as of today !Found by:   Aynetal3




10:24:00 AM EDTMost Current Entry: Wednesday, April 7, 2004

10:52:38 AM EDTMost Current Entry: Monday, December 29, 2003

3:26:00 PM EDTMost CurrentEntry: Thursday, August 21, 2003Found by:  Aynetal3



6:15:00 PM EDT
Most Current Entry: Tuesday, January 27, 2004


7:15:00 PM EDTMost Current Entry: Friday, April 16, 2004


12:13:00 PM EDTMost Current Entry: Thursday, June 3, 2004



12:22:00 PM EDTMost Current Entry: Still active as of today !!

Saturday, July 19, 2003
9:41:00 PM CDTMost Current Entry: still active as of today !!!

Earliest Found Mentions of AOL Journals to the "Outside World"

(EDITORS NOTE: To read the articles in their entirety, please click on the links provided)
Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Found at:  atmaspheric | endeavors

Blogs on AOL… more than just a rumor



Friday, July 4, 2003

Found at: BuzzMachine AOL blogs!


Saturday, July 5, 2003Found at: 
AOL, Weblogs, and CommunityBy Clay Shirky


Found at:  Don Park's Daily Habit

AOL Journals: Wide Open Orgy

Index of my historical (hysterical?) tour of the beginnings of AOL Journals

well finally and about time, here is my own contribution to the celebration of the first anniversary of AOL Journals
take my hand please, together, lets take a step back in time .. to the beginning .. well, not THE beginning, just the beginning of AOL Journals lol
stopping along the way to highlight a few notable "firsts"

this is a series of 10 entries, each one linked in the Index shown below .. hopefully you will find something of interest to you .. i am going to apologize NOW for the fact that i know its going to take some of you quite a long time for the graphics and links to appear .. hopefully you'll feel its worth your time to skip down memory lane with me :)
most of all, thank you to each and every one of you that stops by to share my Head Noise this week
and a VERY special thanks to all the Journalers who made this possible by contributing their time and running around J-Land in search of entries to contribute to this historical tour of AOL Journals

Ann et al - Aynetal3

Kathy - Onestrangecat
Mary - Alphawoman1

Vivian - Viviansullinwank
Gregg - GoldenchildNC
John G. - (no aol journal)
and of course, our very own Journals Editor who so patiently put up with all my questions in search for the earliest Editors Picks !!
pamela



INDEX OF NOTABLE FIRSTS (click the links provided to take you directly to the entry)

1  Earliest Mentions of AOL Journals to the Outside World2  Earliest AOL Journals Created3  Official AOL Journal Release Dates4  Mr “AOL Answer Man” John Scalzi      Scalzi Announces to the outside world ~ he’s going to blog for AOL !!

      AOL Introduces Us to Mr Scalzi
      Weekend Assignment #15  Early Editors Picks6  AOL Journals Message Board
    First AOL Group Devoted to Journaling
7  Earliest Use of Journal Functions

        Animated Gifs

        Audio Entry

        Video Entry
        Graphic in All About Me Section
        Sound File Linked
8  Earliest Discovered AOL Journaler Hoax     9  Journal Entries Receiving the Most Comments in a Single Entry      First Journals Awards by an individual
      First Journal Awards by a group

Journal Directory updated !!

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i've updated my AOL Journal Directory again this weekend .. feel free to stop by and check out any of the 565 AOL Journals now listed alphabetically by screen name (as of monday morning make that 570 journals !)
the most current additions are indicated in bold
if you look carefully you'll notice a lot more journals from the UK .. appears our friends have found their way over the ocean lol
feel free to drop me an email if you find any links that need to be deleted or if you have a journal that you'd like to have added to the list !!
(and no, i haven't stopped using my "permanent" introduction entry .. i just can't copy it to the top entry until AOL fixes its most current install that makes some entries appear in html code !)
i hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend !!  i know i will !!  you can find me out in my front yard enjoying the beautiful lawn and flowers !!
sending you all hugs and thank you all for continuing to leave me the most supportive comments