Blog Reaction

Rebeca Blood interview with Megan Reardon - Reaction

Megan Reardon is known as 'Not Martha' in the virtual blogging community. In this interview she says that although she has had the weblog for a few years, not a lot of it has changed on it technically in the way that she does not include tags or categories. This means that her blog could be easy to read which is more efficient for somebody who may not like using computers/technology. As it would be pretty straightforward to follow and use. It seems that she prefers older technology as that is what she has grown up with, which could work, however the blogging community has become a lot larger and so maybe including things such as tags, links and using newer technology will improve her posts. 

She also highlights the fact that she didn't like writing in school and that blogs can contain anything you want, which is what I like about a blog is there is not many restrictions on what you write, so you are able to have full control over everything and edit/delete again and again until you get it right. Also Megan states that she may not always post as much as she should, and that her post usually take "about three days to write" since she has to make everything, then take and add the pictures so her blog does not always require a daily post.

Her blog is about different crafts that she made and how she makes them, she says she makes notes as she goes along so she remembers. Also because her blog is about crafts it includes pictures and visuals or her products and so therefore this improves it because we are able to see it physically. Especially because unless your a dedicated blogger I feel pictures are important to accompany words because people will be able to get a better sense of what you are talking about and it breaks up the writing. It is personal to her so therefore she does not have to please or write for anyone, she is not making any money from it.

I feel as though her blog isn't such a dramatic prescence in her life, it is just something that she posts her work on and gets some recognition for her crafts, as she has had some good feedback. However it seems that if people are interested in crafts and arts they will enjoy her blog, which it effectively communicates. Overall I think that her blog clearly expresses her ideas and is the right medium to advertise her crafts.