Assignment #1

note: it's kind of sad that inorder for me to get around to making a blog it had to be a class assignment...now onto the assignment questions:

3) potential buisness uses of blogs:
-marketing, marketing, marketing (most other things on this list could probably fall under the category of marketing, so fair warning)
-advertising
-PR
-tech support
-consumer feedback
-customer service in general

4) no, i don't think blogs are a fad. Why? because to my way of thinking fads usually only last about 2 years tops. blogs have been around a lot longer than that and are still popular. Pogs were a fad. blogs will probably be around for as long as someone wants an easy way to post/publish their thoughts on the web. well at least as long as the blog is the best format. As long as they are around and popular they will have an impact on businesses, word of mouth is one of the best forms of advertising ,good or bad, and seems to travel the quickest. The other, more personal reason I don't think blogs are a fad? I'm not an early adopter, most fads tend to pass by before I more than vaguely know they exist, but I've been hearing about blogs for a long time now, have been reading and commenting on my friend's blog for awhile and now even have on eof my own.

5)hmmm...yes I think it would be interesting if the art department here had a blog. It could be very entertaining, knowing the convoluted minds of some artists. It could also be very informative. It'd be nice if some of the art proffs would blog about jobs of theirs outside teaching, give us students a chance to get some insight into the "real world". I know everyone has office hours where you can go talk, but sometimes there are a lot of people to see/things to do for a short amount of time and it doesn't always feel comfortable to be able to just go to essentially chat.