1B: New To Blogging

To be completely honest, the whole idea of completing four blogs a week really scared me, and I’m still a little scared of the idea.  It’s not because I don’t like writing, or don’t like to share my thoughts.  I think I’m scared simply because I’ve never been a “blogger” before.  Yes, I’ve heard about it and know what it is, but I’ve never tried it for myself until now.  I’m already starting to like the idea, all the thoughts I have about things finally can be let out and onto my blog for other people to read and think about too.  I did a little bit of research of other blogs before starting my own, just so I could see what others were talking about, and ideas on how to make my blog interesting. 

First I visited http://collegesuccess.blog.com/ It has a bunch of tips and ideas of how to get through and enjoy college at the same time.  Although I found the content interesting the whole blog itself was not.  It was plain text and a plain background.  Nothing on the page caught my eye, I knew right away I wanted my blog to have interesting content and an interesting appearance.  I don’t want people to look at my blog and automatically think “BORING!”

Next I visited three more blogs that I was assigned to take a look at. The first blog to catch my eye was http://taganskitchen.blogspot.com/.  It had recipes for awesome desserts and drinks and also included colorful pictures that made me want to eat them right through my computer screen. The next blog I visited was http://www.rebeccablood.net/  which was super boring.  Just looking at the page was depressing, everything was in black and white with the same font and no titles to any posts, this blog reminded me of the college success blog I previously visited.  They were both boring and bland.  The final blog I took a look at was http://www.productiveflourishing.com/.  This blog welcomed me with an owner’s video all about the blog and what it was about.  Then there were three links directing me where to go.  When I clicked on these links there were pictures and very organized posts.

After looking at all different kinds of blogs I know now that as a blogger I want people to be interested and draw them in with a warm background and pictures with every post.  I’m am going to try to keep things colorful so other bloggers don’t feel bored reading what I have to say.