Blogging on digital media

Student: Evan Murphy 09004764
Chosen blog: Technabob
Chosen post: FaceiD : Open locked doors with your face.

The blog that I found most appealing would have to be the "technabob" blog.
The main topics discussed by Technabob are Media, Computing, Technology, and Science.

Because the blog covers many different topics, updates are very frequent. On average, the blog is updated 40 times a week.
The technabob blog is way too large to specify a particular target audience. The target audience is whoever has an interest from the topics that are covered.
The language used is very informal. It appeals to the average Joe, it dosn't go into much detail and just sticks with the interesting aspects if the topic.
The blog is highly visually orientated. Each post contains pictures and most contain videos.
The interaction is very user friendly.
You can follow the blog in several ways :
- Subscribe via a Reader
- Subscribe via E-mail
- Follow it on Twiiter
- And there is even a Facebook fanpage
Comments can be made very easily and no subscription is neccesary to either view or make comments on posts.

Picking my favourite post was difficult as I find the majority of the posts interesting. But the one that was particularly appealing to me was a post discussing the future of facial recognition.
link : 3http://technabob.com/blog/2009/10/30/faceid-facial-recognition-security-system/
It discusses that recently, a facial identification system has been developed which will, hopefully in the near future, replace the need for keys, keycards, IDs etc.
The layout of the post, like all the others, is straight-forward and easy to understand. The pictures and video add to your knowledge of the topic.
And of course like the other posts, when it comes to the text there is very little detail, however, the little detail summarises the topic well, skipping any technical jargin.



My comments on blogs:

Technabob
1, 2, 3, 4

Addicted to Digital Media

1, 2, 3



40fakes

1 , 2, 3, 4