This site is about online identity and is itself an online identity for the group of rhetoricians who create, contribute to, and maintain it. In fitting with our site's mission, I will keep a running log of my work as webmistress and site contributer. For this first column entry, let's talk about some web writing and contextualize the forthcoming content:

Web writing hasn't been clearly defined and just as our understanding of texts is shifting, our understanding of web writing is malleable. Web writing is in its infancy and as we write, we define. So, what do I mean when I say "web writing"?

The act(s) of web writing as well as the texts that constitute that writing are complex and varied. So, to begin with, I'll discuss web design and creation as one type of web writing.