- LJ's clip art is tacky.
- LJ's colors are bland.
- There are too many distracting ads on LJ's workspace.
- I see no need for the games option on LJ's Blog workspace. However, kids would probably like games on their blog space. In that event,the blog space becomes a play area--taking social software to another degree. Blogger is more of a space for speaking about views.
- But the calendar option on LiveJournal is nice. It is bland; but it is a nice thought. In my opinion, a better plan would be that of creating one's own calendar and uploading it into the space.
Blogger is more user-friendly and it costs nothing.
- Pictures can be added easily.
- The color and appearance can be altered via differences in choice of themes.
- The layout can be maneuvered a bit.
From the standpoint of cost, appearance, and usability (at the free rate), I prefer Blogger over LiveJournal.
4 comments:
Wow Jacki! It doesn't sounds like your artistic ways meshed well with LiveJournal. Your Blogger blog appears to satisfy some of that creativity that burns within you. I love your colors and images. Whereever did you find your paint bunny?
Jennifer
I am reading about LiveJournal now. I may have been too harsh. The main problem is that I don't know what I am doing. It seems that I could have played around with LiveJournal and changed things a bit. I have also read that you can pay and have more control over the appearance.
As for the bunny -- that was made by a child. Isn't it great?
Picasso said something to the effect that adult artists spend their entire lives, trying to be the artist they once were as children. I'll find that exact quote and post it later.
Hi Jacki,
Thanks for the email. My blog link is finally up and running. The mistake was as idiotic as it possibly can be, not the www.
I've played a little with Blogger, LiveJournal and WordPress.com. I would say that WP gives more options than Blogger and is well indexed. LJ is also richer in options than Blogger but its ads are too "noisy."
I personally prefer Blogger as it seems to be more user oriented. I'm afraid too many options and noise in one place could lead to ADD :=)
ADD is ME!
I am totally overwhelmed by Web 2.0. I am holding on to the tail of a zooming jet.
I knew hardly anything about Web 2.0, until 1 week ago. I am suffering from information overload right now.
I am getting glimpses of how all of this helps--but at this point, I am drowning in the vast sea of information about all of this.
We'll figure it out together.
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