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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Your Blog Tweaking

Hi Ladies, I've been able to assess the improvements you've made to your blog - much better overall, but now you need to ensure that your blog is not too image-heavy. Have a look at the blog itself - try a ratio of 1/4 - 1/3 visuals to 3/4 - 2/3 text MAXIMUM from this point on - the visuals should support the text only. At this point, it seems your visuals make up at least half of your blog, if not more.

3/3. Thank you!

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Farisha - Pocketful of Paper

Julie Batta is a wife, mother of 4 and a designer. In her free time, she makes cards and scrapbooks to preserve her family's memories and to allow her creativeness to be made use of.

Her creative and innovative nature can be seen through her creations, that is, her cards. The designs that she creates, and the materials that she uses lead to a product that is outstanding. My personal favourite is the 'spring is in the air' one, which was posted on March 4, 2010.

Her blog is a direct indication of her artistic nature. The simple background, the pictures and her descriptions for the cards that she creates are elegant. Julie also shares the items used and the directions for making the cards with her readers. Suggestions are given as to where these materials can be found and gadgets further display her creativeness.

Finally, her blog is an interesting one which is full of creative and artistic ideas.
By Farisha Faruk

Link http://pocketfulofpaper.blogspot.com/?expref=next-blog

Monday, March 22, 2010

Farisha - Planet Bobs

Planet Bobs is a personal blog written and organised by Brenda Davis (Bobs), who is a 53 year old Scottish woman who likes photography and art. The blog is a reflection of Brenda's passion since it features unique photographs of nature, art, family and life in general.

The layout of the blog attracts nature and photography lovers like myself. The background colour compliments and brings out the beautiful colours in the photographs. Descriptive words used in the blog helps readers in imagining the situations before they actually see the photographs. Unique photographs, such as those of the clear and white ice and the blob of heart on the shell of the egg, are amazing observations that lead to an appreciation of the environment around us. Each photograph is followed by an explanation that is in awe of nature and life.

The gadgets used show her involvement with family, friends and other activities such as the christmas countdown gadget. It portrays her creativity and shows that she enjoys life, nature, and everything and everyone around her.

Finally, this blog is a reflection of who Brenda Davis is as a person.
Link - http://planet-bobs.blogspot.com/?expref=next-blog

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Amna Zahoor

Hi all,

My name is Amna Zahoor and I am from Pakistan. My family lives in Pakistan. I miss my siblings a lot.



I have a Masters degree in Mathematics from University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan.



I have been living in Canada with my husband for more than one year and just trying to adjust myself in Canada. The thing I enjoy the most here is the cold weather.



Nowadays, I am doing Business Administration diploma. Business Communication is my first course, and it’s helping me to think and approach learning and life in multi-dimensional ways. This is my first blog ever and I am enjoying being able to express myself. It’s an exciting feeling, because I know there are people who will read about my thoughts.

Finally, I expect that everyone will like and enjoy our SOFA group's blogs.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Blog Evaluation 1 of 3

Hello, Everyone:

You've created a unique blog, one that is visually interesting due to your use of related colours. I appreciate the thought that went into your choices.

I also appreciate the work that most of you put into your self-introductions. I was looking for a comprehensive amount of information from each of you. Most of you remembered the "dark-background-light-text" rule; ensure that your font size is consistent as well. Please also ensure that you remember that your posts reflect your professionalism, so you'll need to revise for spelling, grammar, and punctuation as you would any written assignment in this course.

I'd like to see greater use of visuals - it'd be great for each of you to come back and post images of the people and places you mention in your self-intros. I'd also like to see a better use of your negative space, namely by enlarging the posts column and/or adding gadgets/widgets that increase reader interest and retention - ones that reflect who you are as group members.

At this point, I will award each of you 2/3 for this first evaluation. I will revisit this blog on March 21, and if I see changes/additions that improve the quality of the blog, I will change that mark to 3/3.

Your next assignment, due March 28, requires to do some Internet surfing for personal and business blogs. Each of you must choose two of each type and critique each regarding its layout, content, style, and form. Please remember to include links to the blogs so that all group members may view them, too.

I look forward to viewing your future contributions! If you have questions, please email me at lslywka@nait.ca.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

sonia verma

Hi everyone,
My name is Sonia Verma. I am from india and I have been in Canada for about one year.



I live with my husband.I have done a BSc in Arts. Recently, I am doing Business Administration Diploma in aAccounting. One of the courses that I need to complete is this Communications course, which helps me to be a more organized and time conscious person. I am also taking three other courses and those are: Organization Behaviour,Taxation and Marketing.

I hope we will enjoy our sofa blog.

Oxana

Hello everybody,

My name is Oxana. We are in Canada 3,5 years. We came from Russia. I love Edmonton, because the weather here almost the same like in my home city Chelyabinsk. I think my children will get better live in Canada.

Oxana

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Farisha

Hello everyone.
My name is Farisha Faruk and I am currently doing a Certificate program in Accounting at NAIT. I am new to Canada and am certainly enjoying this new learning experience. I am from the beautiful Fiji Islands, which is located in the Pacific Ocean.
I have completed a BSc in Mathematics and Physics and a Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of the South Pacific. This qualification allowed me to teach in high schools in Fiji, an experience I enjoyed very much.

Science is my passion and learning about the world around me fascinates me. My interests also lie in learning about other cultures, shopping and reading.
Our communications class gives us an opportunity to learn new things, such as this blog. I had always wondered how people actually created blogs and now I know. I hope to be a good blogger and write blogs that are relevant and helpful to anyone who reads it.
Hence, I hope you will enjoy our blogs.

Introduction

Hello everyone. The display name consists of four names, Sonia, Oxana, Farisha and Amna. We are all new to Canada and are enjoying the new experiences that Canada has to offer.
The blog is for our communications course and the introduction of the bloggers will follow this. Do read and comment on our blogs. Thank you