Month: January 1970

Bubbly. This weblog is just so darn bubbly that it’s hard to dislike. This is a teen blog, through and through; yet, there is something quite appealing about the author’s style of writing and her choice of content, even if the reader has no clue as to what’s really going on in TiggyzWorld.



Tiggy, a teen from Canada, posts daily entries about her life in a format which is best defined as slapdash. There is no order to the author’s posts, she makes no attempt to provide a narrative; but, she provides quick and entertaining glimpses into the world of today’s teens. Tales of academic woe are interspersed with commentary about friends and the Internet. The author tends to post comments directly to her friends, but the somewhat constant “cast” of friends can be identified and followed. The subject matter discussed, be it school or the Internet, is fairly universal and even adult readers will recall having had sentiments similar to the author’s. The overall tone of this weblog is, indeed, bubbly. The author tends to come across as friendly and funny and may remind the adult reader of a neighborhood teen or a younger sister.



The author’s grammar is fair and she tends to use quite a bit of slang, but posts are readable and not overburdened with vernacular. Punctuation and spelling are not particularly good but, again, they do not seem to detract from the content within the posts.



TiggyzWorld sports a fuchsia color scheme and the layout features a large, extremely slow-loading title graphic followed by the weblog’s content area. External links and a large amount of clique icons are kept to a side menu area and all links are in working order. The site lacks archives but does feature a bio page and a nice tribute page to the author’s friends. The most dislikable features of TiggyzWorld are the color scheme, which can make for difficulty reading the entries, and the slow-loading title graphic. Archives would also be a welcome addition. Note that the site views equally well in MSIE 5.5 and NS 6.1.



In the world of teen blogs, TiggyzWorld makes for a fun, fast, spirited read. While it is not intellectually deep nor especially astute, it is entertaining and fresh. This weblog is highly recommended to female teens, 12 – 17.



TiggyzWorld

“Sheherazade: one thousand and one nights” is quite a good site. The
layout’s nice with a blurred image of a girl sitting down on the left side
of the site, however I’m not a fan of layout of the navigation area which is
inside a small window where I have to scroll around to find information.

I really liked her writing once I got to reading. I found myself laughing a
bit at some things Sara, the author said like when she was on some car trip
and said she kept throwing up. Then she went on to say, “i think i was food
poisoned or something. or maybe it was nausea from the car trip. either way,
it was NASTY. ugh, i’m still dizzy now. but i just had the yummiest
popsicle.” I love it, here she was going on and on about throwing up and
then she goes and eats. Along with being funny at times, I also was able to
identify with her on occasion like when she was talking about how a
friendship of hers was falling apart to the point where they could no long
talk to each other when they were around each other.

In addition to her blog, she has your standard links and photo pages and a
bio section where she shares her other interests. Another section contains
her opinions and feelings on controversial topics such as faith which make
for an interesting read.

Sara definitely has some good stuff to say and I like how she expresses her
thoughts and feelings through her posts. I like that Sara’s voice was came
through her writing which makes reading her site enjoyable.

*I reviewed this site a while back and didn’t give it the best of reviews
for various reasons and later was notified that the site was
having some problems, so it was only fair that I re-review it.
sheherazade: one thousand and one nights

I can’t say when I fist saw this blog that their was anything particularly striking about it, but neither can I say that I didn’t find the simple design intriguing.



The author writes with a passion and this particular passion is about music. It felt as though the writer truly cared about what he was writing, it felt like the reader was being let into part of his passion. Although not all entries are about music, but even those that aren’t seem interesting anyway.



The design is simple to put it nicely. However this doesn’t take anything away from the blog its self. All the links work to the best of my knowledge.



Apart from the blog itself the only other thing was a lot of links to other sites of the same genre.



I will definitely be back, even though I didn’t fit into the target audience I still enjoyed the blog.

ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?

Firstly I noticed the warm homely sensation that overcame me as soon as I saw the “leafy version”, this made the Weblog feel very inviting, and this was a definite bonus as it made you wish to read what the writer had to say.



The posts although long and frequent, were highly un-amusing and left me bored. They tackle the usual mundane day-to-day life that nobody really wants to spend their free time reading unless they have to. It doesn’t seem as though the author cares about whether the reader likes what they’re writing either, which is always a down point.



The design is warm and homely, perfect for this time of year. The Weblog its self doesn’t do the design justice. The colours work well together. There were no broken links either which is a good thing.



Other than the Weblog there really isn’t that much else to do, except read a little more about the author.



I personally wouldn’t visit this site again; it lacks that special spark that makes you want to read what the author says. Although I fit the target audience, I highly doubt whether 15 year olds would find this interesting in the least.

charming delusions

It would be nice to be able to actually read the weblog being reviewed. At Syphid Corp, this proves nearly impossible.



The tone on tone, silver on white layout at Syphid Corp is striking but tremendously hard on the eyes. The reader must strain to read almost every post and the posts, themselves, may not be of interest to anyone outside of this group weblog’s membership. Anime seems to be the major topic of discussion at Syphid Corp and it appears that the members are creating their own Anime story from the ground up, working on characterizations, plot and the like. This, in and of itself, seems a noble venture; but, it does not necessarily make for an interesting read for the casual weblog reader. Entries which focus on topics such as current events and the state of the Internet are much more enjoyable. However, Syphid Corp is the group weblog of a larger venture (whose homepage is currently under construction) and, as such, it displays and focuses upon the primary interests of the group’s members.



The layout of Syphid Corp’s weblog is attractive and elegant, yet the posts are extremely difficult to read due to the lack of contrast between the font and content area background. Links are kept to a side menu area and all appear to be in working order. The inclusion of the URLs and/or email addresses of the weblog’s members is both a practical and welcome addition to the layout.



Assuredly, there is a niche for the Syphid Corp weblog, perhaps among those interested in creating Anime. But, for the casual reader, there is very little here to explore, understand or greatly enjoy.





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