"Erin Not Karen": My [New] Adventures in Blogging

 
The blog I created for this assignment is titled Erin Not Karen, which originates from an unfortunate (and now, somewhat infamously funny) incident in a ski lesson when I was nine years old.  Erin Not Karen is a general lifestyle blog about my areas of interest (professional and personal) and editorializing on interesting links I find on the web.
 
The aim of my blog (and why it should be read) is that I approach all my posted material with brevity and good humor. It’s layout and content is meant to be reader friendly, but also present snippets of entertaining and informative content. One series, or thread, of posts were inspired by a conversation with a friend about growing up in the mid- to late-1990s and is tagged “90’s Problems”. These “problems” are short statements that reference the communal experience of GenY-ers coming of age in the age of Beanie Babies and N’sync.
 
While setting up my blog (with the help of a veteren-blogging friend, John), I learned some basic blog formatting and design principles. One thing I found was that the background (or its relative business or lightness of color) has a great effect on the blog’s readability. Also, I found that rearranging your tools and gadgets is extremely important to make navigation more intuitive and personalized to the format and feel of your blog.
 
After creating my blog, I have been searching for new and unique blogs to follow and help me better understand my personal blogging style in design and content... Imitation is the best form of flattery after all. Though in the early stages (I created it last Saturday), I am very excited to update and experiment with this new (to me) digital media format!

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Below is an "above-the-fold" screenshot of my blog: