Education
Ableson was raised in West Bloomfield, Michigan, and graduated from Birmingham Groves High School.
Ableson was raised in West Bloomfield, Michigan, and graduated from Birmingham Groves High School.
He is best known as the inventor of Open Diary, the first online blogging community. After graduating from Michigan State University with a degree in Telecommunications, Ableson worked for several years as a systems consultant and programmer. During this time, Ableson developed Open Diary, which launched on October 20, 1998.
Ableson built the first system for blog comments, and innovated the use of friend"s list privacy settings and activity feeds on the site.
These features have led some to cr Ableson"s site and inventions to be the beginnings of social media.