Monte Montgomery "When Will I" Live at the Barrymore Madison, WI

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FakeSteve.net

The blog I chose to review was fakesteve.net. It is a fake diary blog for Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple. It is written by Daniel Lyons. He is the sole contributor for the fictional journal entries that are the bulk of the site.

The posts go back to 2006, when the writer began blogging under the pseudonym of Apple's CEO. He now works for Newsweek as a contributing writer

The most recent post is from Thursday, August 12, 2010. Some of the posts are very frequent, with several a day, and then a hold of a few weeks in some cases. The comments on the posts average about 12, some are strictly journal entries, some videos or pictures. It mainly consists of “Steve Jobs” complaining about things ranging from co-workers at Apple to putting down the Android operating system outselling the iPhone. The style of the blog is informal, as it is mostly “Steve Jobs” complaining to no one in particular.

Most of the comments on the posts of the blog are congratulatory from fans reading the blog and their particular favorite parts. He writes in a grammatically correct style, and in the style and tone you would expect from a humorous interpretation of Steve Jobs' woes.

Blogging on Blogs - Enter the Fake Steve

fakesteve.com is truly a brilliant parodic work. taking one of the most narcissistic figures in the history of business and anthropomorphizing his sardonic narcissism to the point of creating a separate persona capable of enticing 1185 people to say "i actually want to hear what this person has to say" is a work of art. daniel lyons has been blogging as fake steve jobs since 2006, originally remaining anonymous. a brief hiatus was taken in response to steve jobs' health, but once he announced his recovery, the blog continued. posts range from hours apart to almost a month apart (save the hiatus), and they are vastly a humorous "attack" on apple's holier than thou nature in their products. the tagline "dude, i invented the friggin iphone. have you heard of it?" rests atop the page as a constant reminder that apple is truly in love with their products. the blogs also focus on attacking its numerous competitors in the various fields of business (apple vs. pc; iphone vs. android vs. windows mobile; etc.) in a humorous manor, often using the "it doesn't matter, we're still better" logic in the face of defeat. all in all, while this blog is a parodic work, i found it to be so much more. to quote al gore, this blog truly is the inconvenient truth. kudos.  

Bloggin' on Blogs: Review of Jasondunn.com

The blog that I chose to review is jasondunn.com. It is kept and maintained by one person named Jason Dunn. His blogroll consists of 10 other blogs. He frequently posts and has been doing so since November of 2006. Sometimes it is updated everyday, but sometimes he skips a few days or even weeks. Even though he updates regularly and usually has interesting things to say, he only gets a couple of comments (if any) on his posts. When comments are left, they are always positive and are left by people who are interested in the kind of things he has to talk about. The topics that he blogs about usually have something to do with his life, tech (geek) stuff, funny things that happen to him, his son, photography, and current news stories. When he writes, he uses a slightly humorous approach and very down to earth approach to getting his ideas across.

He writes in a grammatically correct fashion using dry humor to make his points. Also, uses personal opinions to discuss the topics, which would make sense because it’s a personal blog. Even though he doesn’t have many comments left on his posts, I personally think that it’s a pretty cool blog. He covers topics that I find interesting like: The ground zero mosque and the Charity water organization.  Also, I appreciate how he uses humor in a way that is not over the top.

According to this, jasondunn.com gets a decent amount of visitors, but very few of them come back again.

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fakesteve.net has a following of 1185 fans, the blogs been up for about 4 years and has a popular following. Bloggers comment on a range of issues, the traffic is decent receiving between 3-30 comments per post. The author is consistently updating monthly with sprinkles here and there through out.

A friend of the author adds his 2 cents on manners, I noticed that more in the beginning. Fakesteve is a personal blog, the language is mild, some post breaths with sarcasm. I understand why people would go their for informational jokes. Writers commented on post with sarcasm to make points, others post video links.

The writing style is relaxed, funny with some truth,taking things as they come and using it for content. Over all, this blog was intended to be laid back, giving you the real authors views. He was ingenuous in using reverse psychology in the domain name, the fakesteve.net , only to give you the real him.

He expresses truths about himself in a comedian type of way, and at the same time able to release tension built up from running a successful company.

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/

Cartoon brew (http://www.cartoonbrew.com/) was a very interesting blog site that i looked into, i myself am not a fan or follower of many blogs but this one is very well organized, clean and laid out in a appealing way. As the URL suggests it revolves around cartoons and animation but also goes much deeper then that, Artists and what they have done or are working on is also a big part of this site, add the pages of videos created by amateurs and students as well as spotlight videos that are posted on the page titled CBTV, this is a prefect blog for animation lovers to follow. The site was founded by Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi back in march 2004 which is as far back as the archives go. The site is maintained and content controlled by these same two and they generate an average of 70 posts a month or more as well as strong positive comment feedback on every post. It seems like a very good blog to follow for anyone who likes animation, and the site being controlled by two lovers and artists them self means a lot of heart is put behind the content which in blogging i think is important.

Creative Cow

The Blog that I chose for this assignment was http://blogs.creativecow.net/. This site really has come a long way, and has become the "be-all end-all" for great information on subjects pertaining to creative software applications, or certain techniques in the creative industry.

I feel that the target audience for this blog is definitely people that are learning production techniques, software packages, or even professionals in the field that want to further their knowledge. If you search to find an answer for a problem you are having with a program like After Effects or Final Cut Pro, there is a pretty good chance that you will end up on the creative cow blog with an answer. The posts on this blog seem to be daily, and the responses depend on what the subject is on. There are numerous people posting on this blog, so they get varied responses. One thing I appreciate about this blog is the amount of knowledge it holds, and the professionalism and dedication of the contributing parties. If you are a visual arist working with new media, I would suggest a trip to Creative Cow.