Classmate Blog Critiques
For these critiques of my classmate's blogs, I will be looking at three that I have particularly enjoyed this semester. I have genuinely enjoyed seeing the topics that my all my classmates have been coming up with for their blog posts because they are always creative and true to their interests. The research and writing of these posts is very well-done, and these blogs honestly transcend beyond class assignments. I'm sure that if someone happened upon these blogs (and they were not aware that they meant for a class), they would be very impressed with the writing and analyses of the posts. I will only be looking at three blogs today because I don't want this blog post to be too long, but believe me, I am impressed by what everyone has done in this class this semester.
Another blog that I have enjoyed this semester is Justice's. I would like to say that I think he is exceptionally good at creating blogs. I remember enjoying his blog for Directed Study I, and I think that he is continuing to produce creative blog posts in this course. I like the rain backdrop on his blog; it's simple, yet interesting. As for Justice's writing, he always manages to weave humor into his analyses to make them fun to read. I can also tell that the topics he picks for his blog posts align with his interests, such as when writes about movies or TV shows. He is always very knowledge about the latest happenings in the entertainment industry, and it shows in his blog posts. Additionally, Justice incorporates a lot of interactivity (links, pictures, and videos) into his writing, which is helpful to the reader because it allows them to fully understand what he is writing about.
Jamia Evans (http://the12thcloud.blogspot.com/)
I'm going to start off with Jamia's blog because her work is exceptional. I really like the aesthetics of her blog: the coffee cup background, the sheer black background behind the text, the pink/white text, and the font style. It all ties together nicely and is fun without being too distracting. Jamia always comes up with unique topics to write about for her posts. She writes about topics that I wasn't aware of, and her writing is distinctly her's. Jamia always meets the length requirements, and sometimes goes over the requirements, which is a good thing because I can tell that the topics she writes about are interesting to her and that she wants to make her posts as interactive and thorough as possible.
Justice Seymour (http://seymourjusticeagain.blogspot.com/)
Lauren Estes (http://lsestes3603.blogspot.com/)
A blog that I also enjoyed following this semester was Lauren's. Her background is more vertical than horizontal, but I like how it takes up the whole page. She has her title in cursive font at the top of the blog with a greyish white background on top of a black divider. Her background is simple with a picture of photos, yet it adds to the aesthetic feel of the blog and doesn't take anything way. Lauren's writing is fun, interesting, and thorough. I feel like I can get a sense of her personality just by reading her posts. The interactivity of her posts is also very well done. I like that she weaves videos or pictures throughout her posts to reference things that she writes about. She doesn't just dump them in random places, but rather, places them where they will make the most sense to the readers and help them to follow her writing.
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