Blogs

Blogs  The term "**Web 2.0**" (2004–present) is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive [|information sharing] , [|interoperability] , [|user-centered design] , and [|collaboration]  on the [|World Wide Web] . Examples of Web 2.0 include web-based communities, [|hosted services] , [|web applications] , [|social-networking sites] <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">, <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|video-sharing sites] <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">, <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|wikis] <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">, <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|blogs] <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">, <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|mashups] <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">, and <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|folksonomies] <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. A Web 2.0 site allows its users to interact with other users or to change website <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|content] <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">, in contrast to non-interactive websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of information that is provided to them. The term is closely associated with <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|Tim O'Reilly] <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> because of the <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|O'Reilly Media] <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Web 2.0 conference in 2004. Although the term suggests a new version of the <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|World Wide Web] <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">, it does not refer to an update to any technical specifications, but rather to cumulative changes in the ways <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|software developers] <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> and <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|end-users] <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> use the Web. Whether Web 2.0 is qualitatively different from prior web technologies has been challenged by World Wide Web inventor <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|Tim Berners-Lee] <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">, who called the term a "piece of jargon"precisely because he intended the Web to embody these values in the first place. (htt)

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Even the most unique blog designs usually follow, at least in part, some sort of predefined or established style. And there are plenty of design styles to choose from if you’re looking for inspiration. Whatever your personal style, there are design patterns out there that can be adapted to suit your own aesthetic ideal and the needs of your site. And often working within a predefined pattern can enhance your creativity by helping you focus.

Hand drawn blogs are all over the place. Some of these designs are more like fine art. They can lend a more relaxed feeling to a blog’s design, as well as a healthy dose of creativity. One of the best parts of this style is that it’s so customizable. The illustrations used can really reflect the style of the owners or writers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1. Hand Drawn: //A Relaxed Yet Artistic Style// **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">A **blog** (a <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|contraction] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> of the term "**web log**") is a type of <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">[|website] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning //to maintain or add content to a blog//. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

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