Jolly Blog-i-day! (IPL Thing #1: Blogs)

While I have had experience with other blog sites before, this is my first experience with Blogger. I had an account for a long time – most likely to comment on someone else’s posts – but I had never actually written anything. I decided to poke around on the site and explore some of the features that it offers that are different or new to me.

One feature I really like is the ability to schedule blog posts, instead of posting right away. If I were keeping more of an informative blog on a particular topic, I could see how this would be very useful. I’ve read before that a key to a good blog is to keep it constantly updated. However, the idea of scheduling time every single day to make a blog post might seem daunting to some individuals – especially if you are the sole writer for your blog. By scheduling blog posts, you can write them when you feel like it, but space them out as needed. I think I will experiment with this feature by writing my blog post ahead of time and scheduling, just to see how the feature works.

Another thing I noticed Blogger has is the ability to “follow” a blog and see who else follows it. As of right now, by blog only has one follower (thanks Scarlett). If I click on her name, I can also see what blogs she follows. If I go to another blog, I have the option to follow them and keep up to date on what sort of posts they are making.

What’s also interesting is that Blogger allows you to have multiple blogs tied to one account. For instance, I have my account that has one blog – my 23 things blog. However, if I plan to make a separate blog from my library center analysis, I can also tie that to the same account. If I make any other blogs on any other topics, I can register those as well. Just for fun I decided to register a few more names for blogs, so I now have 8 blogs tied to my name! I like how each blog can have its own specific settings, too. 


I can definitely see how a blog could be used in library setting. This can be an easy way for librarians to share information about their library in a timely matter, without having to worry about the hassle of setting up a webpage.

One final note, that as I am typing this entry, Blogger also saves an automatic draft without me having to do anything. This is very handy, especially if the power were to be cut off at any moment (or I accidentally close a window – which I’ve also been known to do).