Monday, July 14, 2008

Module 3: Blogs

I've never experienced using blogs until now! (Thanks to Curtin University I've now become a blogger!)
  • Blogs can be used by anyone - experienced or not, anyone can use it!
  • It's simple and easy to use
  • You can create your own style and design to meet your needs
  • Blogs can be used for personal as well as professional use
  • Fun and exciting way to express your opinions and gather information

Blogs can be used in many different ways - Personal or professional.
One of the blogs I visit frequently is a blog by DJ Smith & Wesson (http://www.myspace.com/djsmithandwesson). It is a blog where the DJ uploads his music for all to listen to. I enjoy visiting this site because it has a great vibe and great music! Blogs such as this one can be used in a way to promote one's work - in this case, promoting his music. Blogging can be a great way of advertising and for promotion.

Another blog I found about is http://www.damnimcute.com/. This is a blog site on celebrities - updates on what is going on with them. It's an interesting site to see once in awhile. This blog has many interesting articles and photos.

Now for blogs more on the serious side!
This site (http://www.nevblog.com/) is a financial blog by Neville. It shows how and what he has done to earn money through the internet. He also seems to receive donations from people and uses the money in a very kind way! (Recently he has donated a computer to a library!)
I found this blog quite different from other blogs since it shows how an individual makes money and spends it on charity!

Many blogs are used for articles relating to politics. An example of this is the NY Times Blog (http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/), it has many articles! Personally, I'm not into politics so.. I find these kind of blogs quite boring. Anyway, blogging is a very useful way of expressing opinions and thoughts. I find blogging easy, simple to use and fun! As mentioned before, there is a variety of blogs containing different informations and topics.

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