Student: (daniel bride)
Chosen blog: ( Ubergizmo http://www.ubergizmo.com)
Chosen post: (WXHMD http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/10/wxhmd_is_linux-powered.html)




My comments on blogs:
The blog I have chosen to follow is called UberGizmo. It appears to collect articles from various authors depending on the posts such as John Maushammer.
The main topics are news posts relating to audio, computers, gaming, new digital concepts and new gadgets that are available or coming soon to the consumer markets.
The posts are quite frequent with about 20-30 posts a day.I think that this is due to the fact that it gets its posts from many different users.
I believe the target audience to be anyone who is interested in finding out about new gagets and concepts relating to the digital media sector.
The language used in these posts is somewhat journalistic but also informal enough to some personality. It reminds me of the gaget review pages in mens magazines such as FHM etc.
The page layout is quite easy to view, with a main headline at the head of the page. This is usually followed by an embedded Image/picture relating to the posts subject matter. Then there is the post which is usually less than 200 words, it then usually has a permalink to the original blog.
The main drawback is the amount of space given to advertisments. The ads can sometime take up as much space as the post itself and can become disruptive as they are usually place between the main body and the comments button.
My favourite post on this blog is
http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/10/wxhmd_is_linux-powered.html
It describes a new computer that is so small that it is worn on the face like sun glasses. It runs on Linux and it seems that it is also 3d capable.
COMMENT 1: http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/10/apple_wireless_headset_patent.htm
COMMENT 2:http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/10/vstone810_robot.html?dsq=21345075#comment-21345075
COMMENT 3:http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/10/nokia_storyplay_targets_kids.html?
COMMENT 4:http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2009/10/guitar_hero_played_without_guitars.html?dsq=21347101#comment-21347101