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Doing A Decade: Exploring The Seventies
I must admit that going into this site, I first had some doubts. I'm not much of a person for the 70s, since they were before my time, and the farthest back I can associate with is the early 80s. Then when I arrived, the header was overlapping the layout so that it was slightly more difficult to read. The gray, off-centered title just doesn't exactly strike my liking.
The entries are something else. They're all about reminiscence to a former decade, and they successfully paint a picture of what his life was like back in 1975. If it were something I had any interest in at all, these entries would be bringing me back to my own memories from that time. But, alas, I can't relate, as they are all before my time. I sincerely wish I could be drawn in, but that's simply not the case.
The design, while not flashy or exquisite, it's unique, but in a good way. It looks like a piece of paper placed onto a hardwood table, or a desk. This is a nice touch, and something you don't see as much lately. It definitely plays in with the nostalgia-themed writing being done.
This blog is based on (and refers to a few times) a book written by the same author, which would probably appeal to the people who like the blog itself. Or, if you've read and enjoyed the book, perhaps it's time to look at the site beside it.
All in all, this is far from a bad weblog, but it lacks what it takes to draw in a younger audience (which doesn't really seem to be the goal in the first place). If you are old enough to have been alive in the 70s, it's definitely worth the trip back in time. If you aren't, you aren't going to get too much from it and should probably pass it up.
This site was reviewed on 2005-09-29 by babz.
They felt this site belonged in the Creative Writing category.
babz felt that Doing A Decade: Exploring The Seventies deserved a rating of 3.5.
Initial impression was clean layout, a ripped out notebook page on a wooden background. The text is clear and easy to read and the links work. You see a book on the top right hand sidebar so making an assumption that it's the blogger's book was the right call. The title of the blog itself "Doing a Decade: Exploring the Seventies" makes me think of a blog that has the author reminising about the 1970's, their life, loves and overall view.
Whilst reading through the blog, I found the writing style of the author was easy to follow, although at times I felt myself reading through the entries a bit faster in order to find something that interested me as an individual to the entry. I didn't find much that did interest me, although the entry about the brine wells nearly got a peek out of me. Various entries relate back to things in the author's past, but for someone who was born at the end of the 70's, a link or two to the relevant website might have been helpful (e.g. a link to Loggins & Messina).
The blog itself is fairly new. The template used is one that isn't very commonly used, but suits the blog and content. All up there are 13 entries, so it is hard to tell how this blog might develop.
I believe that this blog is going to be drawing in a somewhat middle aged crowd, only because for someone younger, I found that I didn't know what the author was talking about and with no reference points I think it's a bit hard to follow.
The reason I gave this blog a 3.5 was because of this, as well as there being a lack in the "about" page, or any links on the blog that might have pointed to something a bit more about the writer or relevant entries would have been nice.
This site was reviewed on 2005-09-29 by purpledaisy.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
purpledaisy felt that Doing A Decade: Exploring The Seventies deserved a rating of 3.5.
2 reviewers gave Doing A Decade: Exploring The Seventies an average rating of 3.5000
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