BlogblogUCO

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Assignment for Aug. 27.

Set up blog
Follow BlogblogUCO
Work on your profile.
First post--Tell your readers what your mission statement is: introduce yourself, what you're going to post about, what you hope to do with your blog.
Post your blog url in the comments section at the end of this pos.

Take 10 minutes to scan this link.
Ideas for your blog
Then view this tutorial

1. Welcome bloggers. Check and read these links by Thursday.
http://trends.e-strategyblog.com/2012/08/01/the-state-of-the-blogosphere-2012-infographic/2383
http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/newswire/2012/buzz-in-the-blogosphere-millions-more-bloggers-and-blog-readers.html
2. Read the Intro and part One of this link by Thursday.
http://technorati.com/social-media/article/state-of-the-blogosphere-2011-introduction/

3. What have you decided for a title for your blog?

4. Do you have a separate gmail account yet?

5. Once that is set up, become a follower of this blog, and Coffee with Clark.

6. Assignment: In the comments section below, post a two sentence comment about what you think the state of blogosphere 2012 means to media today, by 5 p.m. Aug. 21.

7. Assignment: view this blog, before 5 p.m. Aug. 21: Blog tutorial

Final post to your blog due today. No posts to your blog will be accepted about 1 p.m.

Make one recommendation below for improving the class.

You will be responsible to know:
Blog Terms; Typography; Selected link from State of Blogosphere; Dave Rhea comments in class

A. Blog terms:

B. Typography"

Clark’s Guide to

Readable Typography for Blogs

(Or anything, for that matter)

1. Serif—Easiest to read

2. Sans Serif—harder to read the smaller it is or the more of it there is

3. Most body type should be about 12 point in size

4. Script is hard to read

5. Italic is hard to read

6. Only center type

On Invitations,

Or Titles, not

On most material

7. ALL CAPS IS HARD TO READ

8. REVERSE TYPE

should be at a

9. Minimum
And small san serif
is hard to read
As is colored type
on reverse

10. Screens can make type hard to read

Especially over sans serif

Or heavy and colored screens

11. Weak colors disappear

12. Colored type isn’t as effective

As black type, or dark type on a light background