The blog in question has only 17 posts at time of writing (20:45 on Thursday 29th October 2009), yet “I know what you wrote last semester” is still one of the more impressive Rhodes JMS 1 blogs I've encoutered. And they have a catchy title too.
The less-than abundant amount of posts may be excused for two reasons. Firstly, a low number of posts of high quality are more desirable than masses of posts spewed out in haste to reach an impressive-looking tally. Secondly, additional posts weren’t a prerequisite, therefore their absence can’t be held against the bloggers.
The plain design of the blog does not detract from the quality of writing. While pretty flowers and animated fish tanks are adorable and mesmerising, rather like a shiny object distracting you from everything else, they soon fade and not even the most creatively designed blog could rescue a reader from posts that tend to leave the eyelids drooping and the intellect in want of something substantial.
While I did detect the stray punctuation error or two in some of the posts (which could have easily been avoided through a simple proof-reading) these didn’t hamper my reading too much. Although, being rather stuck-up about such things as correct grammar and word usage, I did find it annoying. Making allowance for lack of editing, the articles are intelligent, well-written and relevant. Overall, I’d recommend their blog; it’s well worth a visit to anyone with time on their hands.
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