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I've known and heard about blogging but never really cared to actually find out what it is. When my college English professor introduced me to the world of blogs, I found it actually fascinating. Now I am staring my own blog and the big question pops up; where do I start? I have no idea what the do's and don't's of blogging were, so I do what any beginner to anything does: look for inspiration. I start going through various popular blogs to get a sense of where to start and essentially get an idea of where I want it to go.
I found that different things attracted me about some blogs and other things just made me yawn and scroll. Let me share a few with you.
The first blog I really like is by Martin Cherrett called World War II Today. At first my attraction to this blog isa bit biased since I really enjoy learning about WWII; however, what I really like about this blog is that it is right to the point. Cherrett displays a picture and elaborates on what exactly the viewer/reader is looking at. The content he displays are fascinating fact on what was going on during the current date of any of the years that WWII took place in. Cherrett is also really committed to his blog, keepiing up to date daily.
The second blog I diverted to is Elemental from the Wired science blogs. Despite the fact that Deborah Blum, the author of Elemental, hasn't written for a few months now, what is left over for the time being is interesting, her subject: poison. A bit unnerving at first since poisons don't generally have a nice rep, the topics Blum discusses are diverse. From history, to foods to the envirnment, you come to realize that toxins take many different forms.
Now the one style I am not very fond of belongs to Jason Kottke's blog, Kottke.org. His topics are very diverse. I don't mind the amount of information he has to offer, but the orginization of them all falls short of effective.
What the other two blogs provide that Kottke's doesn't are illustrations. Sure, he links the things he talks about but I'd rather he flash up his blog more. It isn't very appealing to look at.
Based on what I've encountered in some blogs, I have gotten myself a pretty good idea on how I want this blog to grow and blossom.
The first blog I really like is by Martin Cherrett called World War II Today. At first my attraction to this blog isa bit biased since I really enjoy learning about WWII; however, what I really like about this blog is that it is right to the point. Cherrett displays a picture and elaborates on what exactly the viewer/reader is looking at. The content he displays are fascinating fact on what was going on during the current date of any of the years that WWII took place in. Cherrett is also really committed to his blog, keepiing up to date daily.
The second blog I diverted to is Elemental from the Wired science blogs. Despite the fact that Deborah Blum, the author of Elemental, hasn't written for a few months now, what is left over for the time being is interesting, her subject: poison. A bit unnerving at first since poisons don't generally have a nice rep, the topics Blum discusses are diverse. From history, to foods to the envirnment, you come to realize that toxins take many different forms.
Now the one style I am not very fond of belongs to Jason Kottke's blog, Kottke.org. His topics are very diverse. I don't mind the amount of information he has to offer, but the orginization of them all falls short of effective.
What the other two blogs provide that Kottke's doesn't are illustrations. Sure, he links the things he talks about but I'd rather he flash up his blog more. It isn't very appealing to look at.
Based on what I've encountered in some blogs, I have gotten myself a pretty good idea on how I want this blog to grow and blossom.
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