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Sunday, July 23, 2006

Blogs Revisited

In looking over the various tools I've been learning to use in this course, blogs need a re-evaluation. I started out not seeing much use for blogs - I think my understanding of what they are and how they can be used was too narrow. Blogs can be very self-involved soliloquies on trivial matters. But they can also be used to connect people with similar interests, especially with the ability to create groups and then notify the group members when there is a new post(either because the blogger uses RSS or because the blog notifies group members as one of it's features). It's more interactive than a soliloquy, and the blogger can have a personal interaction with others.

posted by Mark & Alice Herrick at 9:40 PM

3 Comments:

  • Was there a particular incident that caused you to rethink your perception of blogs?

    By Blogger Elaine, at 9:11 PM  

  • There was not one moment or incident that made me rethink blogs so much as seeing many blogs, and trying to brainstorm how this tool could be used in new situations. The closest to a single incident was discovering a blog:

    http://sensationalafter60.blogspot.com/

    connected to a website:

    www.fabulousafter50.com/

    and seeing how smoothly the two sites mesh. Then I started looking for other ways to use blogs. I wanted to think about ways I might use a blog and about how someone with different goals might use a blog. The hockey site for the final project is a perfect example of a use I wouldn't have considered two months ago.

    By Blogger Mark & Alice Herrick, at 10:26 PM  

  • The closest to a single incident was discovering a blog:

    http://sensationalafter60.blogspot.com/

    connected to a website:

    www.fabulousafter50.com/

    and seeing how smoothly the two sites mesh. Then I started looking for other ways to use blogs. I wanted to think about ways I might use a blog and about how someone with different goals might use a blog. The hockey site for the final project is a perfect example of a use I wouldn't have considered two months ago.

    Thanks for explaing to me your thinking process. It's always helpful for me.

    By Blogger Elaine, at 4:46 PM  

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