This summer was my first experience with blogging. I must say that after I got over my original fright of something I knew nothing about, I rather enjoyed it. I looked at my classmates blogs and that gave me a good reference to start. I liked several of their blogs, especially Lourinda Cantu's. She had a couple of recipes that I have since tried. I have yet not tackled the Indian fry bread but, the recipe looks simple enough and very tasty. Her blog was Splurge with a Native. I still will visit it from time to time. I have also recently run into another former classmate on campus, Kate Borrell. She mentioned that she is trying to create a little revenue with her blog, The title of her blog is Raconteur's View, it has a more political slant to it. The name alone is interesting enough to warrant a look. Blogs are as different as the people who write them. Some, people will find entertaining while others may be maddeningly opposed to their views on matters. Sometimes the blogs that stir passion are the most visited. However, there was one classmate's blog that I found nothing short of an assault. It was full of somber images and equally dark thoughts. I did not preserve that link. Once as enough for me! All in all, it was evident who enjoyed blogging and who put in minimal effort. Additionally, I liked the blog Brain Pickings, with the a massive amount of information in there. I could easily lose myself in reading all the content with out even exploring all the links. Hours could easily disappear as I was pulled into the site. That proved to me that it was a very good blog. Professional blogs usually the most polished, but I find the ones of my classmates the most interesting.
This video was very helpful in defining just exactly what a nice blog could look like plus, how to edit and add posts. I hope my classmates find it informative as well. I usually like to keep the videos to three minutes or less, but this one was so helpful to me, I had to include it. In no time at all, everyone will get into the rhythm of blogging. I hope some, if not most, will find it as easy and fun as I did. I find it similar to Facebook but with an easier way to upload videos and photos.
Speaking of pictures, I have looked for a photo of Glendale Community Collage's library, with no luck! That is a shame because, the East and West faces are architecturally interesting. As I have stated before, I am a compulsive reader, so I find libraries quite alluring. That is where I ran into Kate just last week, and she gave me her blog's title. Thankfully, I was able to reacquaint myself with her and to once again read her blog postings.
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