Creating A Blog

            Before creating a blog of my own my opinion of them was rather ambiguous. I was not too familiar with blogs and what they were used for. Although I was pretty uninformed about blogs I tended to dismiss blogs as people ranting and rambling about their own personal life. But seeing the way in which blogs are utilized in this class it can obviously also serve educational purposes. But then again, if tumblr is considered a blog, then technically I am familiar with this form of media. Tumblr is an instant online portrayal of the bloggers personality, but rarely anyone on tumblr ever writes an analysis of current events or reacts to a government policy. A large majority of tumblr, unfortunately, is tween girls posting pictures and videos of their favorite One Direction band member. So tumblr is not particularly a source for knowledge. Yet there is an extremely dynamic interaction between the bloggers and the “readers” or viewers in this sense.  People send their opinions of people’s blogs to the blogger and often times people have conversations and arguments about various topics.  Creating a blog can be difficult though if you are not tech-savvy. Crafting the format and organizing the page can be confusing until the blogger becomes familiar with how to work their chosen website over time. The most surprising part to me was how simple creating the actual blog page was. I already had a gmail account so all I had to do was sign in, create a title and URL, and I had my own blog. It’s almost a little daunting how anyone in the world can post any information or opinions they want on the Internet for everyone to see. But I am excited to use blogging for this class and see how it can transform the way I write.