1. How would you design and manage content in a blog?
Just as people often choose a book by its cover I'd begin by making sure the content in my blog was presented in a visually appealing manner, eg with lots of colour, font and template choices and easy photo uploading. I'd also build in usability features such as consistent commands and page layouts, use of the user's language, exit and undo mechanisms, and good error messages. Tags and an entry timeline, important access tools, would be available. It would also have the capacity to support pod, video and screen casting. The purpose of a blog determines its design so if it's to be used as a frequent communication tool it has to be a simple and quick process for the author to create content and easy for the reader to follow.
2. Blogger summary
Blogger focuses “on helping people have their own voice on the web and organizing the world's information from the personal perspective.” It is a community in the wider sense which has the capacity to be used by smaller groups when they come together with a single vision. It incorporates features such as team blogging, a followers gadget and feedback capability which make use by a smaller community easy and simple. It has a robust Profile page and, being asynchronous, allows newcomers to learn the ropes at their own pace.
Blogger as an online community is limited. It doesn’t facilitate leadership, ritual development or subgroups. It does support Kim’s underlying principles to a certain extent by having the ability to grow and change in character and complexity, its members stay in touch via feedback loops and have the opportunity to become empowered over time.
Just as people often choose a book by its cover I'd begin by making sure the content in my blog was presented in a visually appealing manner, eg with lots of colour, font and template choices and easy photo uploading. I'd also build in usability features such as consistent commands and page layouts, use of the user's language, exit and undo mechanisms, and good error messages. Tags and an entry timeline, important access tools, would be available. It would also have the capacity to support pod, video and screen casting. The purpose of a blog determines its design so if it's to be used as a frequent communication tool it has to be a simple and quick process for the author to create content and easy for the reader to follow.
2. Blogger summary
Blogger focuses “on helping people have their own voice on the web and organizing the world's information from the personal perspective.” It is a community in the wider sense which has the capacity to be used by smaller groups when they come together with a single vision. It incorporates features such as team blogging, a followers gadget and feedback capability which make use by a smaller community easy and simple. It has a robust Profile page and, being asynchronous, allows newcomers to learn the ropes at their own pace.
Blogger as an online community is limited. It doesn’t facilitate leadership, ritual development or subgroups. It does support Kim’s underlying principles to a certain extent by having the ability to grow and change in character and complexity, its members stay in touch via feedback loops and have the opportunity to become empowered over time.
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