Week 11-Blogs worth monitoring…
This week we look at Buzz Machine, a regular blog written by Jeff Jarvis.
The blog itself is well presented, much the same as this one, with posts running down the pages, after reading some of the blogs posted, generally an informal approach is taken to the style of writing.
However not so formal that the writer has adopted the ‘lol’ and ‘4eva’, text message slang that so many have adopted outside their mobile phones.
He maintains sounding intelligent throughout his blogs keeping obnoxious outbursts of opinion to a minimum, which is somewhat refreshing.
I think some people see blogs as a round about way to slander someone without consequence, but Javis puts his opinion forward in a generally well rounded and supported way.
Apologies for my negativity, but on an entirely personal level I find these posts a little long, that’s not to say that what the writer is posting is uninteresting, but in order to maintain my attention I find a short blog that gets straight to the point is almost always more enjoyable to read.
In once of his more recent posts ‘Once and for all’, Javis takes the time to answer a few ‘yes-buts’, as he refers to them. Stating and responding to, each issue people have in regards to his enthusiasm for the Internet and its positive effects on our media.
An interesting video link to an interview with Jarvis, on CBS news. Eye to Eye with Katie Couric (Jeff Jarvis) CBS News
