What makes a blog work

1. Explore a few of the examples below and think about what makes a blog "successful" (e.g.: what makes a blog work?). Post your thoughts & ideas to your blog.

I like the idea of using blogs for departmental or library staff purposes. The organization of the Duck Soup blog is attractive and the categories of users are useful. I think it is sometimes hard for the reader to decipher what is pertinent information when there are daily entries set up much like an online diary. The "categories" feature of many blogs helps this somewhat, as well as the search feature. However, it assumes the reader knows what he or she is searching for. Keeping the site and podcasts simple is also nice. I think there is a point where the information being disseminated is too much or even irrelevant; students may not take the time to sift through it all. And I really like the constant toolbar on the sides in the 3 column model, much like the Madison Jefferson County Public Library. This allows users to keep their senses if they get lost in the sea of blogs.