Top Five Blogs Homework

grantland.com 

Grantland is a sports blog that was started by Bill Simmons who is now a commentator on ESPN. They post a wide variety of articles that touch on all levels of athletics. 

barstoolsports.com

Barstool Sports is both a sports blog and a media blog. They post many articles on sports but they also post about a lot of other things like news about celebrities, new music, funny videos, and podcasts. 

Propertyofzack.com

Property of Zack is a music blog started by Zack Zarillo. It covers many bands but focuses on alternative, indie, and punk rock. They write reviews on albums, tour dates, and also update readers on band drama. 

Stereogum.com

Stereogum is another music blog that deals with much more mainstream music than propertyofzack. It has articles about all types of music from indie rock to hip hop. Other than news, it has links to the newest releases of music. 

http://www.musicboxpete.com/

Music Box Pete is another music blog that reviews mainly Boston based bands. It reviews albums of both mainstream artists and small independent artists.He also includes a weekly Artist Spotlight Feature which is a way for emerging artist to gain some listeners. 

Audio Post

This is a song called Sweet Resistance off of Transit’s newest album titled Joyride. I was unable to find a way to post an audio file to my blog so instead I just posted the youtube video of the same song. 

Tumblr vs Blogger vs Tumblr

Of these three blogging websites, Blogger was definitely the most difficult to use. Tumblr and Weebly are both very user friendly and Blogger seems to be the odd man out. For personal blogging and for following blogs, I would say that tumblr is by far the best option. If I was creating a blog for a wide range of readers I believe Weebly is the best option. Weebly seems like the most professional site for a blog. Overall I liked both Weebly and Tumblr but for different reasons. I don’t think I would ever use Blogger for anything else. 

Comparing Tumblr & Blogger

In my opinion Tumblr is much easier to use. The layout of the website is much more user friendly than Blogger. Also, the actual blog pages look much cleaner than Blogger. Though I may be biased because I have used Tumblr before and have little experience with the Blogger website. I liked the pre-made themes that are available on Tumblr over the themes in Blogger. I also like the ability to choose the type of post that the user can create. On Blogger there is only one main type of post but you can do more if you know html coding. 

Quote

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”

-Abraham Lincoln 

Tumblr Blogs I follow

http://propertyofzack.tumblr.com/

This blog keeps me up to date on the music scene. They post articles about tours, new albums, and more. They post mostly about alternative rock bands but also cover a wide variety of music genres. 

http://runforcoverrecords.tumblr.com/

Run For Cover is a record label that has signed many bands that I listen to. They are Boston based and mainly sign indie rock influenced bands, They post videos, tour updates, and news about upcoming albums. 

Video Blog

This is a video I took from the first time I went to a game at Fenway Park. I was lucky enough to get David Ortiz’s home run on camera.