Project - Module 4

The personal blog I read is written by a San Francisco woman named Annie Tomlin at www.annie.newdream.net.  It's her personal blog although she is a professional beauty blogger.  I love her beauty blog but this is totally different from that.  Her personal blog give a lot of insight into the kind of person she is: sensitive, sweet, and very very smart.  It also shows how much she loves her kitties and often includes pictures and video of them.

The special interest blog that I chose is www.dlisted.com managed by a gay man named Michael K.  It's a celebrity gossip blog that is often insightful, always hilarious, and updated very often. 

I think these kinds of blogs couldn't exist in print media.  While I enjoy reading them when I'm bored at home I would never purchase them individually.  A good info blog obviously has to have good info but also be entertaining and keep my interest, which dlisted does.  I good personal blog has to have the same elements but also things make make the reader identify with the writer.  I would never keep reading Annie's blog if I didn't relate to her feelings of love for her pets or disdain for dumb weird people she encounters in her everyday life.

I would rate this as a 4 that it somewhat relates to my original thoughts about blogging.  Obviously these aren't important or read by millions of people but I think that these types of blogs are the essence of this type of journalism and media.

I would also like to take this time to say how much I loved this class, these projects, and reading everyone's thoughts.  It's really been interesting and wonderful!