Today's class was a crash course in blogging: the good, the bad and the ugly. At this point in time, I'd say that the majority of our class falls in between the bad and ugly categories, definitely not excluding myself.
I don't know about the rest of the class, but this is the first time I've ever had a blog. I never kept a journal as a kid, I never had a livejournal or a xanga (wow, flashback - anyone remember those websites?!), and I'm simply not used to documenting my thoughts on a day to day basis. However, after exploring the blogworld with Professor Littau today and learning about the different techniques, I can see how this becomes a highly addictive past time.
First of all, I learned how to hyperlink something - isn't that awesome? I also learned about embedding pictures and video, which I'm sure will come quite in handy as I start to blog more and more.
The 100/100,000 rule definitely makes a lot of sense to me. It's much more important to develop a following with a few people then to have a bunch of people who've clicked on your site only once or twice. It's also definitely very important to have a voice, which I've found in my reporting as well. I'm not the super-serious type, as you can probably tell from my last few posts, but I also am not the type to rally off a dozen jokes per minute. If I had to guess, I'd say that my voice is breezy and casual, and I try to be as direct as possible. As the postings continue, I suppose I'll grow a "specific voice," but for now that seems to be the way I'm heading.
In the meantime, I just added my five "Bethlehem PA" Twitter friends, and am anxious to start learning the ins and outs of Twitter ! Hopefully next class we'll start with that. As of now, I'm still just following friends of mine and my favorite celebrities (although I'm still upset Miley Cyrus deleted her account). Follow me !
See ya on the web....
Allie
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Nice hyperlinking! Seems like you're grasping the concepts pretty well at least, which is great. Blogging, as you've probably discovered, is not easy. Coming up with topics can be difficult without a focus. But you should be good if you write about what you know, want to know, or are learning.
ReplyDelete