What They Are and Why People Blog--Journal/Blog Entry #5

    This Monday we discussed the purpose of blog. People blog for many different purpose. Mainly, they wish to share their idea to other people. Moreover, writing on the blog could help them analyze their idea and think more critically. As each student of this course were assigned to create a blog, we are certainly have our own idea of how blogging relate to what we have learned in class.
 
    Each week, the professor will ask us to write a blog post that's relevant to the topic we had discussed in the class. As we are writing the post, we either have to do some research about the topic or watch a video about the argument.  I have written three blog posts for the class. And I think this is a very effective way of learning purpose. By writing blog, we not only refresh our memory about we have heard in class, also we could analyze our own idea behind the topic.  We had to gather more information on the internet and came up our own conclusion on topic. Regardless of right or wrong, we are able to bring out a thoughtful idea with some solid evident. In addition, we can share our own idea to the classmates. So, we are learning collectively without speaking in the class or being at a same place. It is definitely more convenience and easier. However, I would not choose to blog if i weren't require to do so simply because I don't think some one would read my post. However, after I have more knowledge to my computer science major, I would consider create a blog about how to programming and share my own technic on writing program. I think it will help me to develop my idea in my career.
 
   As it shows, I think blog is also very effective in every aspect of our social life. Like people argue the internet is destroying English language, because too many people use shorten words in online communication. Yet, writing blog it is very formal way to share something in our life. We tend to use formal grammar and correct words to describe even a very small event in our life. Also we don't put random thoughts on the blog. For example, if I would write a blog to share something about my major, I wouldn't write something that I have no knowledge of or something very short, because it will not be convincing and can't help me thinking critically.

   The popular blog that I find more interesting to me is the Slash Gear. it a blog focus on all kinds of tech gadgets we use. From cat exercise wheels to cars and phones, he review all kinds of cool stuffs that consumers might like. His twitter has more than 36K's followers. I think this blog is very effective. The blog owner try out all the products and recommend it to people with very strong knowledge and evidence. So, that we have more knowledge when we buy them. thus, we could avoid going to the trap in the advertisement. I don't think I could write a blog like this, because it requires a lot passion and time to maintain a such blog. Thus, I yet have the knowledge to do a throughfull review that can share out to many people

Some blog posts in SlashGear