My Blogging Experience

I have had quite a bit of blogging experience before this class.  Most recently being the other Blogger sites I have that I mentioned in the previous post.  The Beaucoup Pop blog, especially, because we worked on a lot of customization to get the site the way we wanted it to look, since we haven't broken out into a full blown website yet.  It gives it a nice in-between look for our listeners and such.  Going back even before this, I had a random personal blog that I believe was on Blogger as well... My account is no longer attached to that one, though, so no telling where it is.  I used it for pretty much whatever.  It started out as a blog where I would review TV shows, movies, books, etc., but after a while became a general nerd-y blog for me.  Going back EVEN BEFORE that, when I was in high school, LiveJournal was the thing.  I was on LiveJournal all the time.  I would post at least once a day.  It was my personal site, and I treated it sort of like an online diary (but not quite as personal).  I think a lot of people did, really.  I also followed a lot of other LJs too.  My friends, of course, but also groups that wrote stories and created graphics... That kind of thing.

Because of all my previous experience with Blogger, I can't say I learned anything new.  I feel like I know this site like the back of my hand, honestly.  This was the first time I recorded my own video that went right onto my post, though, so that was new.  I've embedded YouTube videos before, but never straight up recorded one of my own.  That was pretty cool.

I've always liked blogging.  I'm a writer at heart, even if it's not something I do seriously, so I love writing about whatever.  I love the ability to get into conversations with strangers that might read your blog, even though that doesn't happen very often with mine.  Blogger is a great site for all of this, and I've always enjoyed the layout and the ease of use for it.  Compared to things like HTML and WYSIWYG, though, Blogger is very...limited, I feel.  Sure, there are templates and a bit of customization, but not very much.  Definitely not to the extent of those other two we've focused on in this course.  That's one thing I do dislike about Blogger, and something I prefer now having experience with in the others.  I have more options now, and I like that.  More options to get it more personalized.  After all, when it's all said and done, changing colors and having to choose from a handful of template layouts... It just isn't enough in the long run.