*School Assignment*

My blog: http://thingsyoushouldbeangryabout.blogspot.com/


http://brownskin-millzmommy.blogspot.com/2011/10/racism-within-race.html

This first blog opens its first and only entry with an apology. I think this is nice in some ways, as it prepares the reader to anticipate that there is not a professional writing here, but I always feel like it’s a bad idea to apologize before you do anything, as confidence says a lot. The purpose of the blog is to inform the reader of the author’s experiences with her brown skin, and specifically race. The design is actually pleasing to the eye, although I wish there was more pictures posted. Even if they weren’t of her (the author). The content is great because it’s a powerful issue written in a narrative that I can relate to, even if my actual skin color is different, which gives me an interesting perspective. The audience is anyone, with dark skin or light and everything in between. All in all, I would like to be able to read more about her experiences with this topic in the future.

http://shadonnad.blogspot.com/2011/10/welcome-to-my-world.html

First of all I love the design of this blog. It’s very catchy to the eye and feels warm and inviting. The purpose is to sort of diary to the world ShaDonna’s life and what happens daily in her ‘world.’ The content is just that, what she had to go through on a particular morning and how involved it was. Thinking of my mornings, a lot goes on, but to me it is so routine that I don’t even think about. Thankfully I don’t have to use a relaxer, so I have one less step than ShaDonna! The audience is really anyone. I would imagine with some more focus a good audience might be any mother of a large family, but the blog is designed in such a way that I can try to picture the morning of a mother of 8!

http://daileythoughts1183.blogspot.com/

The post I read for this blog was the second one. It was shorter, but also seemed more interesting to me to read as it was less professional. Plus, I like to read more opinion rather than case study, so it seemed like the logical choice for me. Right away I can say I like the design, but it’s a bit bland. I know, this coming from the guy with the all black blog, but it was bland enough for me to actually notice the font size and type change from entry to entry. The purpose of the blog is to give the audience an insight into the ‘dailey’ thoughts of the writer. The particular entry I read was about smartphones. I loved the last line of the entry as satire on the genre, but otherwise was confused as to the point. Was it just an observation on the industry? Or was the whole point to satire smartphone use? In any case, the content is interesting because it can vary wildly depending on the author’s topic, and the audience can be just about anyone as it can tackle just about any subject. Someone like myself can just read the opinions and observations, and someone else can read the case studies.