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When I heard the name Inquire Within I wasn't sure what I would
expect. This could be any number of things for a blog from job
searches to random thoughts to well just about anything. The title of
the blog is so non-descriptive that I was forced to go to the site
just to figure out what the name of the site meant.
Once I hit the site I still had no clue why the author chose to name
the blog inquire within. There is a little blurb that says "Like
Bob's discount furniture but without the discount. Or the furniture.
Or Bob." This was funny, but still doesn't help in the matter of
figuring out what is with the name.
The design of the blog is a 3 column layout with a nice banner. The
banner is of a walkway or road lined with trees on either side and is
in black and white. Again, it doesn't give me any idea as to the name
of the blog. The left column has links to all things external (with
the exception of the archives) and the right column has links to
things internal, books, and well more external things.
The blog itself is your standard blog. Near daily updates about what
is going on in the author's life. The author is a law student who
studied in Boston and is currently in a 4 month program in London. I
can assume that he will probably become a good lawyer since his
attention to detail in his posts is pretty precise and I think that
would transfer over.
My only downside with this blog is the earlier posts are more
enjoyable than the later posts. I found myself bored with the more
recent posts. Not to say they aren't good, but something is missing
and I don't know what it is. The earlier posts gave me the light and
energy that someone new to blogging brings and with time they have
dimmed a bit.
I would go read this blog if I were you. And by read, I mean read.
Its not a "skim and know" type blog. It is a read and know type. I
found this site very enjoyable and I think most people will too.
This site was reviewed on 2006-03-13 by Brent.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
Brent felt that inquire within deserved a rating of 4.25.
Inquire Within is a personal blog by Derek Johnson who I am gathering, from fragments within the site, is some kind of lawyer. Maybe he is just some kind of legal fetishist, but I'll take a wager he is an American lawyer living in London, enjoying its cosmopolitan lifestyle and blogging for the folks back home, only Derek writes well and his readership probably extends further than the family and friends missing their free-legal-advice buddy.
The site is real tidy, kind of what I would expect a lawyers house to look like, clean, swish, very high brow. The column structure is laid out nicely with various links one comes to expect, other blogs, favorite posts, a profile etc. The muted color scheme also works nicely and is really visually pleasing. The top header however, which is a nicely composed photo of a two people walking down a long avenue, is fairly low res which gives some pixel artifacts and blurriness which lets the rest of the design down.
Derek is a regular guy, although he comes across as very educated, well read and written every now and then his posts come back to the simple day to day observations typical of personal blogging, which is welcome relief between the heavier law posts and creates and interesting dichotomy. They are all written well and even the legal speak is dumbed down enough for a left wing cyber hippy like me to read and understand.
Inquire Within is a nicely penned, and easy to look at personal blog that is moderately superior to the internet's propensity for worthless navel gazing and Derek's openly legal discussions are relevant and topical. Being familiar with law, you wont see any out and out defamation or read any intimately voyeuristic posts about the author, but you will be sure to read a blog of rare quality. Kudos for using his real name too, this is the sign of a truly earnest blogger. If legal jargon gets you all hot and sweaty under the collar, prepare to bookmark.
This site was reviewed on 2006-03-13 by dylan.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
dylan felt that inquire within deserved a rating of 3.
2 reviewers gave inquire within an average rating of 3.6250
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