Creating the blog itself was not a difficult task. However, when it came to naming my personal blog I had a bit of "writer's block". I was most surprised about how creative you could be with your blog. I had to remind myself that the main purpose was the written part of the blog, not about how I could completely change the appearance of the blog page.
Blogging for this class has not changed my opinion of blogs. I was fortunate to have a similar assignment in my senior english class. We used a site called edublogs.org. We would respond to class discussions, articles we read, and general topics we felt the need to give our opinions on.
For me making a blog and having a Facebook or MySpace page have both similarities and differences. I see a site such as Facebook or MySpace to have more of a social aspect where people can interact with friends and family. People using one of these social sites are more apt to limiting the amount of information displayed because the pages are not anonymous. Blogging is more of a means of spreading information. Blogs tend to contain current event type information that pertains more to communities as a whole instead of just a certain small group of individuals. Blogs are synonymous to writing in that they are a means of putting ideas into societybut through a webpage instead of paper.
