n., computer science. A person who publishes a personal diary or journal on the web. May apply to weblog authors (or "bloggers") when content is focused inward (versus the web at large). Termed derived from
scribe,
exhibitionist, and the
e- prefix denoting technology. Coined by Erin on the journals mailing list on June 20, 1999 (ref. Shmuel Ross).
See also: Web journal, Open Diary, LiveJournal, weblog