Draft Entries

Entry 1:

So you've made it through breakfast, maybe antiqued a little, and now you're starving. Here is a solution right here: Aneka Rasa. Now if you're going to Allston, you have to have an open mind and expect to experience culture. If it's the crazy Thursday nights with indie bands at bars or the Malaysian food you find at Aneka Rasa, culture IS there. Aneka Rasa is on Harvard Ave. which puts it right in the middle of the Boston suburb. It's an inexpensive way to get great, ethnic food. The hours that they're open are extremely convenient for any agenda you have.

Aneka Rasa
(617) 562-8989
122 Harvard Ave. Allston, MA 02134

Open 7 days a week 11:30am -1am
Reservations are accepted, if you so choose to make them






Entry 2:


So maybe you slept in and skipped breakfast, and antiqued a little, and now you're starving. Here is a solution right here: brunch. You can find a great deal for a great meal at the Breakfast Club. This place can get you brunch for two under $14, which is extremely generous for the quality of the food. Unfortunately, this establishment is only open during the breakfast/brunch hours, but it is a great destination if that is what you're looking for. They take Visa and Mastercard, for the Allston-goers that don't carry around cash.

Breakfast Club
(617) 783-1212
270 Western Ave. Allston, MA 02134

Open 7 days a week 6am - 2pm

Reservations are accepted, if need be

Entry 3:

So you've made it through antiquing your way through Allston and now you're starving. One word: italian. This eatery is the hot spot for great, affordable Italian food. It goes by the name Carlo's Cucina Italiana. This italian delicacy in the heart of Allston features all of the italian comfort food you crave, from Eggplant Parm and baked ziti, to tiramisu and bruschetta. It is definitely a place that you want to try out before leaving Allston. Reasonable prices for delectable italian food? Sign me up.

Carlo's Cucina Italiana 

(617) 254-9759

131 Brighton Ave. Allston, MA 02134

Hours:

Sunday: 12pm - 10pm

Monday - Thursday: 11am - 10pm

Friday & Saturday: 11am - 11pm

Reservations are accepted

New Information Ecology Notes

When I was brainstorming the creation of a new information ecology, I thought of things that would be it’s specific goals and how would it operate. Information ecologies are diverse systems that coevolve and include locality, and has a keystone species. With this I came up with:


Goals/Operations:
- Pick something that will attract many people, thus creating popularity
- Make sure it is not too broad where locality is an issue, but not too small to limit diversity
- Create a system so you can be an organized ecology, and work smoothly as a system
- Always keep up to date with changing methods of communication, so your information ecology can grow and flourish naturally

Thoughts on WikiTravel

Here are my top 10 thoughts on what WikiTravel  writers should REALLY pay attention to when writing on WikiTravel:

1. Be non-biased. You want to make sure you take into consideration the diversity of your audience. Don't say "This is the best place in Rhode Island"due to the fact that at may just be your opinion, and you don't want to force your opinion on others.
2. Know your destination. If you are not as knowledgable about the place you're writing about as you think you are, it will come through.
3. Avoid sarcasm, or clichés because everyone who reads your post may not understand what you're talking about.
4. Take the whole town/city into consideration, not just a certain suburb or borough of the big picture.
5. NEVER use "I", "we, "our", "me" or "my". This leads to bias language and suggesting opinion.
6. Be mindful of how many times you mention the name of a place, or how many links you provide for a certain place, because this could look like space-fillers more than trying to amp up credibility.
7. Avoid words like: "conveniently located", "premium", "recommended", "tourist"or any superlatives whatsoever
8. Don't mention any obvious language or information that is just filler information. Things like, "stay safe".
9. Be concise, and very descriptive.
10. Don't assume the reader is an idiot, but don't expect them to know everything about the place you're writing about. That is why you're writing.

Three ways that my group could potentially make an itinerary could be through:

1. Walking tour of Allston, MA- Outlining places worth going to that are walking distance from one another.
2. Eating your way through Allston- Outlining the highly recommended restaurants of the area and maybe some hole-in-the-wall places.
3. Event calendar - We could tell the readers about times of the year they should visit based on what is going on in Allston at the time.

Credibility

I am vegetarian, hear me roar.

Yes, I believe that I am more than credible to write a frugal vegetarian recipe blog purely out of my love to cook food, mainly of the vegetarian persuasion. Now, being a vegetarian, I always find the need to come up with new different and delicious ways to create dishes with veggies being the main ingredient.

Being an immensely frugal person as it is, I always try to find ways to save money. In going to college, this state of mind carried over, and it fell into my love to cook. Getting the best deals for the ingredients that I need for my meals doesn't always hold true.

My mom is a vegetarian, and growing up eating the things she would make my family made me realize how easy it is to make a simple dish of vegetables and protein substitute something of a delicacy. With that knowledge, I plan to do the same with this blog.

Blog Brainstorm

Topic: What is your topic? Is it specific enough but not too narrow?

Vegetarian recipes on a college budget; specific enough but not too narrow.

Purpose: What is the purpose or aim of your blog?

The purpose of my blog is to allow people to eat tasty, healthy food on a tight budget.

Audience: Describe the audience that you'd like to attract. What types of things do you imagine this audience would like to see and read? What would they not like to see?

My audience would be vegetarian college students, and students curious about vegetarianism, both looking for veggie based recipes on a budget.

Posts: What do you envision your posts being about? How might they be designed or organized?

I can see my posts starting out with a date, title of the recipe, picture of the end result, a description of what drew me to it or what I changed about it and then the recipe itself.

Personality: Describe the style that you'll be aiming for in both the writing and design of your blog. How will it rhetorically support your blog's concept and focus?

I want my personality to come through in my posts so I want the writing to be happy with humor. I envision it as a fun, organized vegetarian food blog.

Keywords: List 5 keywords that potential readers might use to search for a blog like yours.

Vegetarian, cheap, recipes, college, easy

Based on all of your above answers, write a description for your blog that clearly lets readers know what your blog will offer. Try to keep the description as close to 160 characters as possible.

If you're looking for a veggie geared, fun and fast way to dine on a dime, you've come to the right spot. The vegetarian recipes that are featured here allow you to cook healthy and easy meals that cater to the frugal college student budget.

Then, list 3 possible titles for your blog. Remember blog titles should be catchy and memorable, enticing the reader to visit your site, while still making your blog’s topic clear.

1. The Frugal Foodie

2. An Apple a Day...

3. Leafy Green Eating Machine

Blog topics

So I've been brainstorming different interests that I have and how interesting they would be, being topics of clubhouse blogs. I've come to these 5 choices:

1. Daily blog from a dog's perspective: Every day I could write a little entry of each day's happening's, from a dog's (my dog's) point of view. Dog enthusiasts would be the main audience, making it a clubhouse blog. I love just admiring and observing my dog, wondering what she thinks in certain situations.

2. Vegetarian food blog: Every day or at the end of every week I could post three recipes; a snack, dinner and dessert. I am an extreme foodie, and love to cook and bake, so I think this one would be perfect for me. I would have a food enthusiast audience both vegetarian an non vegetarians who are just curious about the diet.

3. Fashion blog: I could write every week about a trend that I, myself, have worn that week or that I have seen on males and females around campus, on TV or driving around. I would mainly have a female audience, however all would be fashion enthusiasts that would be interested. I love the art of fashion, pairing certain pieces of clothing with others and accessorizing, so I feel like I could have fun with this one.

4. Interior design blog: I absolutely love re-arranging my room and deciding how to design rooms so I feel like this blog would be eccentric. Every week I could feature different things that catch my eye, like curtains, paint samples, furniture, and paintings that I feel would go well together in a room. To make it a clubhouse blog, I would have an interior designer based audience, including people like me who don't necessarily have a profession in it, but enjoy it as a hobby.

5. Country music blog: Every week I could feature an up and coming artist or feature a new song that is released, keeping the readers up to date with the newest music tracks available. I would be centered to mainly country music, because I enjoy it and have grown up with it. I know the most about it and know more artists within that genre. Country music enthusiasts would be my main audience, however other music lovers could be interested in what I post or say.

What I've explored...

About design:
I love the design aspect that blogger allows the use to use. Personally, I think that the way you design your bog say a lot about you as a person. It allows your readers to see who you are and what you're all about just by a page view. First impressions are extremely important, especially if you're a blogger who wants a lot of followers, which as a blogger, you should.

About profiles:
I think that the way that the blogger.com profile questions are set up a lot like the way Facebook is set up. It doesn't get too personal, which is good but it allows the reader or follower to get to know you a lot better. If a follower comes upon your page and likes what they see both written and visually, they can check out your profile to learn more about the author. Through the profile, someone can learn why you write about the things you do because you list your interests including hobbies and favorite books. To someone learning about you, every little thing counts.


Blogger.com is a very cool way to express your feelings about topics in a free and interesting way.

Still exploring!