30 years ago, a 19 year old Swarthmore student started blogging EVERYTHING that happened to him. In 2004, New York Times Magazine declared him "the founding father of personal blogging." I mention this because this is the 30th anniversary of his site:
@hrheingold
Ummm, yeah, I went to link and found a very "Blah" blog. Okay Justin Hall is first blogger ( you didn't mention his name BTW).
Likewise: James Naismith was the inventor of basketball and developed the University of Kansas basketball program. But Naismith compiled a record of 55–60 and is ironically the only losing coach in KU history.