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
Monday, February 27, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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.
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.
Monday, February 6, 2012
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.
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.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
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
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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.
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!
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!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Key points of "Weblogs: A History and Perspective" and "Blogs as Clubhouses"
A few key ideas that I got from reading the article from Rebecca Blood are:
- Peter Merholz announced in early 1999 that he was going to pronounce "weblog" as "wee-blog" then being shortened to 'blog' with the weblog editor referred to as a 'blogger.'
- Once people started jumping on the weblog bandwagon was when blogging and the concept of blogs really caught on.
- The original weblogs were link-driven, with comments and some personal essays.
- Because blogging is becoming more and more popular, weblog editors group most bloggers together depending on subjects they write about.
- By writing about things that they're passionate about, bloggers find the things that interest them and write more and more about those topics. This creates a theme of the blogger, and people with the same interests will go to the blog to find inspiration on the topic.
A few key points I found in "Blogs as Clubhouses" are:
- Bloggers openly admit their passions and explain why they love certain topics so much
- Through posting regularly and engaging your audience, you will show the people who read your blog how much you really do care that they read and that you're catering to their enjoyment.
- Make your posts honest and true to what you believe or else you are more apt to come off as fake, thus lessening your audience.
In summary, bloggers express their opinions freely, whether people read them or not. The use of blogs is an outlet for people to showcase their passions and hopefully gain some backing with others who have the same interests.
- Peter Merholz announced in early 1999 that he was going to pronounce "weblog" as "wee-blog" then being shortened to 'blog' with the weblog editor referred to as a 'blogger.'
- Once people started jumping on the weblog bandwagon was when blogging and the concept of blogs really caught on.
- The original weblogs were link-driven, with comments and some personal essays.
- Because blogging is becoming more and more popular, weblog editors group most bloggers together depending on subjects they write about.
- By writing about things that they're passionate about, bloggers find the things that interest them and write more and more about those topics. This creates a theme of the blogger, and people with the same interests will go to the blog to find inspiration on the topic.
A few key points I found in "Blogs as Clubhouses" are:
- Bloggers openly admit their passions and explain why they love certain topics so much
- Through posting regularly and engaging your audience, you will show the people who read your blog how much you really do care that they read and that you're catering to their enjoyment.
- Make your posts honest and true to what you believe or else you are more apt to come off as fake, thus lessening your audience.
In summary, bloggers express their opinions freely, whether people read them or not. The use of blogs is an outlet for people to showcase their passions and hopefully gain some backing with others who have the same interests.
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