Saturday, February 20, 2010
Your favorite blog ...
Before class on Monday, please comment on a blog (or a specific blog post) from Time's top 25 blogs that you especially enjoyed reading. First, tell us a bit about the blog. What issue does it focus on? What kind of reader does it appeal to? Then, describe or summarize the post that you enjoyed and tell us what it was about. Conclude by telling us why you liked it and how it effectively communicated with its audience (you individually, but also its intended readership).
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The blog that most interested me was call Freakonomics. This blog states that the economy is changing due to the recession and most people are now searching for coupons rather than searching their favorite pop star like Brittany Spears. The main issue of this blog is that our economy is going towards a downward fall. This piece is trying to make a funny so that readers can relate to themseleve while laughing at their own flaws. The reason why I like this blog is because, we are know that we are going through a recession that we are doing some ridiculous amounts of savings to keep us on our feet.
ReplyDeleteOne blog that I found particular interesting was Got2BeGreen. This blog focuses on the environment, but with an economic conscience mind. This blog acknowledge people’s preoccupation on the downturn of the economy. This quality displays its kairos in terms that it is timely, and reaches out to a general audience with applicable solutions. The authors realize that people are more worry about their wallets then the environment, so they are providing the readers with advice on how to help keep money in their wallets but also help the environment at the same time. The post includes advice anywhere from keeping warm air in the house during the winter by covering infrequent used chimneys which is source of 14% of air leakage, to using vinegar to get glasses sparkling again. I enjoyed reading this blog because it provided interesting facts with each situation, and a practical solution that can help mother nature, but also to get brownie points from your mom.
ReplyDeleteThe blog that I was interested in is called Detention Slips. It focuses on some of the crazy things that kids do today to get in trouble. The main issue in this blog is that the kids of our generation are getting out of control, for example a second grader bringing heroin to school. This blog is a funny way for teachers and adults, the intended audience, to share their horror stories about kids. This blog also serves as a way for the teachers to feel better about their kids because no one is "lighting another kids turban on fire". I thought this blog was entertaining and something we can all relate to, therefore providing an entertaining read for everyone.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed Zen Habits. I found myself relating to the blog because I try to live as happily and as stress free as possible. Reading a few posts of the blog, I found myself finding new ways to continue living that way. In one post, the author, leo babauta, gives a few ways to de-stress. Here's one I liked: "Dance in the rain. How often do you see people getting upset and running for cover when it starts to pour? Next time it rains, have a little fun, get wet and do a little dance. Engage all your senses and enjoy the moment. Even sing if you want to. You will be surprised how refreshing and rejuvenating it is. For those of you who live in colder climates, try dancing in the snow or making snow angels."
ReplyDeleteI've marked this blog on my favorites
One blog that I enjoyed reading is called Got2begreen which plays off the meaning of what it means to "go green". This blog teaches us that we have to be "green" environmentally as well as "green" economically in this rough economy, and that we can do both. It is targeted at people looking to help the enviornment as well as save money. The people who write on this blog write about what they are doing in their every day lives to be green, as well as how other people (or companies) are lacking in "going green" efforts (such as Carnival cruise line). I think this blog was helpful because many of the solutions that the writers provide are plausable, anything from recycling to eating local to giving "tree gift cards"(to plant trees) as holiday gifts.
ReplyDeleteI have not read many (if any) blogs before this class because I am very particular about the sources of the information I read. I was not big on blogs because I do not see them as credible or usually balanced "news". I choose to read the first on your list because I do not know any of my own. When I went to TPM's website, the first article up was on Toyota. I found the article to be on par with something I would have read from the Associated Press; balanced and professional. I feel as if this blog is trying to compete with major online news outlets because I found this article to be an intelligent and fair. I would read from this blog again, it impressed me tremendously.
ReplyDeleteAfter looking through a few blogs on the Time Top 25 Blog List, I was interested in MetaFilter abbreviated as MeFi. It is a community blog site where users, who must pay one single $5 charge to post, can post anything and everything. Most posts are a sentence or two and have anywhere from one to fifteen links within them. Users flag substandard content to ensure community within the site.
ReplyDeleteI read about Vancouver and its nickname, "No Fun City." The user that posted this added seven links to various parts of the issue at hand. Which was that with old and rigid liquor laws, Vancouver is a city without fun; however, recent news reports have been noting the "crazy" youth in the clubs and on the streets. This interesting topic is just one of many uniquely different links found on MetaFilter. Readership can be wide and varied on this site because it is merely a combined effort to find something worth hearing.
The New York Times top 25 blog I most enjoyed reading was Talking Point Memo. The blog focuses on political issues and does a very good job of reporting on political news while remaining unpartisan. Because the blog focuses on political news, it attracts readers interested in politics and who most likely are knowledgeable about such matters. I liked that the blog posts came across as very well informed and they all had information to back them up. For instance, one article about health care was very appealing and believable because it used quotes from Senate leadership aids and other information to show where health care reform stands today. The post is also relatable because the author doesn’t simply state facts, they also allow for some of their opinions to show, just to make things more interesting. Overall, a very blog I highly recommend to anybody interested in politics or anybody interested inn learning more about politics.
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ReplyDeleteI chose Time's blog "10 Things That Never Happened in a Campaign Before," which focuses on the revolutionary aspects of the 2008 race to the White House - a black man (or the "Branded Candidate" as referred to in one post), a former First Family that for a short time swapped roles, and the snowmobiler and ice-fisher turned running mate.
The post that stood out to me was titled, "Selling History," a post with even a title that has a few meanings behind it. Opening by noting that millions "craved a piece of the Obama brand," the post explains the innovative and nuanced Obama campaign, and how it won him the presidency. It begins by posing the question, "Want an Obama blue T-shirt with the 'O' logo? All yours for just three things: your money, your contact information and, ultimately, your vote." This post looks at the Obama campaign from a new lens - not from the worn-out perspective of 'the first black presidential candidate' or anything of that nature - but from the standpoint of a well-marketed message, how the campaign earned both money and recognition from revolutionary yet very mainstream methods of products available to the everyday American; not investment opportunities for the most prominent oil investors. Surely we've all heard the story - though we hardly needed to 'hear' it - of the first African American president, and his meager upbringing, but little have heard the story of how this individual avoided traditional methods of campaign financing, and went straight for middle America, allowing them to take part in his campaign - a key ingredient to his success of 2008.