Unit 4 Blog Response– Sarah Lindhe

Source: http://sarahlindhe.blogspot.com/2010/12/unit-4.html

            This is a very interesting blog that you chose, it is set up very well and seems to be updated frequently. It is great to see how other people are living their lives and living abroad. The photos that are on the blog really capture the emotion and scenery that they encounter on the journey. It kind of makes you jealous when you think they are out there traveling and having a good time and we are stuck over here. The stories are short but give the reader a good sense of what they are doing on a daily basis. The places they visit look extremely beautiful and it seems like they are having a great time. Thanks for sharing.

Unit 4 Blog – Tech Crunch

Source: http://techcrunch.com/

            I read the Tech Crunch blog website often because it offers a plethora of technology news and stories. The main focus of this blog is to appeal to those interested in technology and the internet. This blog profiles internet startups and reviews the newest internet products as well as recent technology news. Tech Crunch is owned by AOL (America Online) and receives over 10 million unique visitors to their website techcrunch.com. The Tech Crunch website features a rolling blog style layout full of recently updated content. The content is full of images, links to resources and gives the reader the ability to share the information across social media platforms like Twitter Facebook, Buzz and Digg. The images definitely pop and catch the reader’s attention. The blog allows users to comment on articles and interact with other readers. The articles are usually fairly concise which allows you to read many articles in a short amount of time. Tech Crunch also offers various videos and interviews which give interesting information about the latest internet startups and upcoming technologies. 

            I would definitely recommend this blog to anyone who is interested in technology, gadgets and the rapidly changing internet. If you are looking for the newest products and reviews on upcoming release from big corporations as well as local based startups, this blog will give you that information. The information is always up to date and this blog is usually one of the first technology sites to break the hottest stories in tech.

Unit 3 Blog: Global Warming

While I was reading through the two articles I felt that the article written by Richard Lindzen was more of a disagreement of what Al Gore had reported on the subject of global warming. The other article written by David Biello was more of an ordered approach that highlighted the issues about global warming and the affects that it may bring. Richard Lindzen immediately takes jabs at Al Gore by stating “That statement, which Mr. Gore made in an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC, ought to have been followed by an asterisk” (Lindzen). I got the sense that he wasn’t there to persuade you that global warming is just speculation, but I felt as if he was attacking his opposition. David Biello had very structured approach that was easy to read and it didn’t feel like he was ranting about the subject. He referenced most of the same sources that Lindzen had listed in his article, but Biello wrote like he was stating information we should be aware of and backed it up with clear and concise wording. Biello lays out the potential risks involved with global warming and provides quotes from the IPCC to back up his statements in a more persuasive way than Lindzen. Global warming seems like a topic that many people don’t understand and Lindzen uses statements like “Since about 1970, many of the glaciers have stopped retreating and some are now advancing again. And, frankly, we don’t know why” (Lindzen). These types of remarks do not support him very well and it makes the reader feel even less knowledgeable.

Works Cited

Lindzen, Richard. “No Global Warming”. globalwarminghoax.wordpress.com. Environment News. August 2006. Web. 03 December 2010. http://globalwarminghoax.wordpress.com/2006/10/26/richard-lindzen-no-global-warming/

Biello, David. “State of the Science: Beyond the Worst Case Climate Change Scenario”. www.scientificamerican.com. Scientific American. November 2007. Web. 03 December 2010. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=state-of-the-science-beyond-the-worst-climate-change-case&page=2