These are the top 3 so far;
Ivona Carusi
http://carusiaccountingcqu.blogspot.com.au/
Jade Thomas
http://jadethomas1995.blogspot.com.au/
Yuki Kusano
http://yukikusano.blogspot.com.au/
Now, I understand I need to tell you why they're my favourite blogs, but you must understand; I don't pick favourites based purely on facts, to be honest, I usually get into favouritism because of aesthetics. If I enjoy going to a blog repeatedly, and reading the contents (no matter the contents), it's usually because of the way it looks, feels or reads.. Mostly, it's to do with the personality of the writer.
For me, it's not the content that keeps me coming back, it's the way the content is presented.
Although, then again, I do enjoy information and detail, so my favouritism isn't purely based on aesthetics either.
Here we go;
Ivona Carusi is studying Reece, a plumbing kingpin. Every Aussie should know them for their adds to do with baths from way back when.
Ivona has a great amount of detail with minimal imagery, displayed on a simple, yet effective layout and colourised blog. The blog consists of one blog post, meaning; she did all of the work in one document before adding it to her blog. There's nothing wrong with that though, I do that, except I split it up to lessen the brain strain for people whom are reading it.
Ivona is straight to the point, there are no side-notes like my writing, and the information she presents has her own personality mixed in so well that it feels as though she's just talking to you.
Of course, if I try and sit down and read ANYTHING in one go, everything buckles and it feels like I'm being lectured by a speechless robot.
Carusi splits everything up in a logical manner with meaningful headings. No paragraph blocks, everything is nice and evenly spaced. This blog is my favourite because it's a great all-rounder. Plus, I'm envious of her, she can actually do this stuff on time and seemingly without faltering.
Jade Thomas is focused on 'Beyond International' a company that I never knew of until this assignment. It's an Entertainment Distribution company, which is the same sort of business I would like to get into at some point.
It's funny, Jade's introductory post states that she's not very "tech savvy", but once you look through her blog, you'll find that she's being crazy modest; Links, images, tables, beautiful and encouraging design.. She's plenty tech savvy.
The detail that Jade goes into is extraordinary, either she's a fluid copy and paste-r or she's got her head screwed on straight, anybody whose been following her blog surely knows it's the latter.
Downside is, there are way too many posts, which is good thing that Jade's gone to the effort of adding that much content, but when re-reading or reflecting on her work, it's hard to navigate the work flow. As much as I enjoy the design and layout, thin black font on a white background, with a second background being crazy eventful; causes so much pain for my eyes, I can't read it very often or for very long.
Lastly, Yuki. It's not that I disliked Yuki's the most, it's more that I couldn't let Carusi and Thomas' blogs go without proper acknowledgement.
Yuki is from Japan, and has Trinity Limited for her case study, which is a luxury / high-end mens clothing and accessories retailer. To be honest with you, I don't pay attention to retaining much of the information on Yuki's blog, it's just so much fun navigating the posts with my eyes. Sounds strange, I know, but Yuki's blog presents itself like an old-school website, where random colours and stylisations are KEY. I love this stuff, it's like reading a pop-up book, except there's nothing actually popping up, just giving your eyes a challenge as they progress.
Yuki is mostly unsure of what we're supposed to be writing about on these blogs, which is fair, I don't have a clue either, I'm sure most others don't have a clue either.. We're just writing what we think we should put in. Yuki shows her personality through the way her blog is presented; happy and playful, unsure of some things, but giving it a fair crack anyway.
I visit Yuki's blog quite a bit, hoping to see another eventful post.
Also, there's something about the way that Yuki types.. I don't know if it's the somewhat broken English, or the simplism, or perhaps it's written as thoughts, rather than constructed sentences in an essay.. I just like it.
*END NOTE*
I just want to clarify, my reviews on your blogs aren't a reflection of you, it's my opinion on how I perceive your blogs/posts. It's how and why I enjoy them, I do enjoy them, I'm sure others do too. Each and every one of you (including those whom aren't on this list) have done an awesome job working through the course-work and doing your blogs.
Well done. Be proud.
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