Blogs are funny creatures. they start out with a specific intention in mind and then, they GROW. they really do seem to have lives of their own. a prime example of which would be the blog, "For Love of Lace", (http://www.forloveoflace.blogspot.com/).
the intrepid students who manage and post this blog, have taken it upon themselves to run a sort of commentary from the eyes of a first year journalism student at Rhodes University. the blog setup is very straightforward if not minimalistic but it serves a definite purpose. the colours used for the background are eyecatching without distacting from the blog posts themselves, which make for the meat of the content.
as for the writing, most of the members of the team are adept wordsmiths. there is however, a tendency for the writning to get too flamboyant and self-absorbed. Often the use of too many images and metaphors can blur, if not block the reader from the crux of what you are trying to say.
over all, i feel this blog serves its purpose in acting as a diary for a team of first-year journalism students in Grahamstown. unfortunately this blog loses valuable points for missing the all-elusive "so what" factor. the only real adjustments i would make if I were a writer on the team would be to constantly check that we are still on the same wavelength as our readership and to write more concisely and less "chocolate-boxy".
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