Module 3 - Blogs

"In your learning log, record your thoughts. Consider various uses for blogs such as citizen journalism and personal blogging. Have you seen in your net travels any interesting uses for blogs? This blog entry is an opportunity to tell us what you really think of blogging!"

On Blogcatalog alone there are 60 categories for Blogs! In each category there is a plethora of blogs under that general heading, most with their own specialist approach. For instance in the Computer category there is a blog specialising in netbooks, while another is a take on computing from a female oriented point of view. So this question may have been easier if it was "what uses can't you put a blog to?".

After all this blogging and reading of blogs, I view them now as template driven web 2.0 sites, rather than personal diaries. I was never interested in blogs because of all the "noise" out there, but have changed my mind after due consideration. I know see them as a great access point for writers and readers alike. For the writers no need to get your head around html and css, for the readers clean and consisten navigation and familiar format ( even across different blog platforms).

My blog standout for this week would be Dennis Jerz, this blog/site (and the distinction is really getting blurred) has plenty of resources and helped me a lot.