Use of Media: My blogs do not yet contain any images, but I do provide a link in one of my blogs that I think relates to the media. I also have not yet taken the time to post a video. One of my blogs had to do with websites that I checked out from time to time that actually included blogs, and I definitely left a link for others to go check it out. It's about celebrity makeovers. I did mention the movie "Matrix" in one of my blogs, but I didn't put a link for others to check out details of the video.
Scan Ability: I believe that some of my blogs are intimidating chunks that are engaging, but I also feel as though that some of my other blogs are skimmable. As far as whether my entries are portioned out into clear defined areas, I think I could certainly make an improvement in that area.
Design: Well in my opinion, I do like the design of my site, but to be honest, I plan on changing it just because I saw another person's site who had the same exact design. My site is light green with polka-dots. The text, font and size are definitely readable, well at least to me they are. I have no type of noise on my site so therefore that's an issue that I dont have to worry about for now. I don't think my entries contain needless words. I try to make my tag lines descriptive and engaging, but I guess there's no shame in making the titles more eye catching. I actually do find my blogs to be clear and reasonable, I've gotten several comments from other students that also agreed on my views about certain things. I think that my site is organized well, I wouldn't necessarily say that I'm a pro because I'm new to all this blogging stuff, but I'm not bad, either. My blogs are absolutely appropriate for everyone to read.
I think i can pretty much agree the critique that you gave yourself. I think the design you picked was a good idea. The light colors don't distract from anything. If you do end up changing the theme, I would suggest sticking with something simple like this one. However, You should definitely add some form of media. It might even improve the look of the site and increase views. People are more likely to skip over something that only has text. Don't overdue it though, because the lack of noise you have is definitely a plus and too much clutter would hurt that. Also, I wasn't able to click the link on one of your posts. Other than those few suggestions I wouldn't change much. I think you're definitely headed in the right direction with your blog.
ReplyDeleteyou're right about large chunks of words and paragraphs, they're intimidating~especially for me ...haha
ReplyDeleteand since we use the blog templates, it's unavoidable that we may encounter some same design, that's also one reason i want to change it.
Anyway, I SUGGEST you to post some pictures, of your boyfriend or other good friend, or singers you like a lot, like Serena!~
looking forward to see the change~!