The experience gain from creating this weblog has been immeasurable. It has been a learning experience and the research into current publishing trends really opened my eyes. It also manages to change my mindset as in the case of the Wikipedia entry. Never really knew that it was so reliable before and now I can tell that to a lecturer of mine who hates Wikipedia.
Along the process of creating this blog, the lesson that really strikes me was Schriver’s theories on web design and hyperlink usage. This really is convenient to setup links allowing readers to shortcuts all over the place. Convenient alone should triumph the whole print vs online debate, hypertext and interlinking sure beats flipping pages and going after books after books.
Nielsen’s advice for web writing was also taken to heart as web writing should be as concise, scannable, and objective. However I am not used to web writing for an audience on an academic subject which is graded academically so forgive me if my text sounds cryptic. For some weird reasons, cryptic text seems to be able to score a good grade from personal experiences. Writing should always cater to the audience, only for this blog the audience which carries more weight is my lecturer.
Blogging is truly a wonderful tool where anyone can post just about anything at all. No wonder there are so many splogs and garbage blogs floating around the web. Instead of ‘Internet, the new media’ it probably reflects it better if its change into ‘Internet, the new dumping grounds’.
If anything, this experience solidifies my stance that bloggers should always blog for a reason and purpose. As long as it serves a reason however public or personal, then the blog has achieve an objective. Of course if the subject matter is serious or sensitive then bloggers should have their proper sources and citations.
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