Sean’s Software Blog has a pretty obvious title from the get go and that’s something I can appreciate. While I consider myself a geek to a certain degree, I had an idea going into this blog that it would be quite a bit over my head and that assumption wasn’t too far off at all.
I was very pleased when the site loaded. It loaded very quickly, and is done in a very clean, crisp design. It’s very simple to navigate and helpful for readers. More bloggers should take this approach when choosing the design and layout of their site. The three-column layout provides multiple ways to navigate around the site, as well as the standard blogger fare – links, a calendar, and various external links the author finds interesting.
As the site grows, it will become more and more cumbersome to click through the archives by subject. For now, it’s convenient when only looking for a particular subject, but I can’t see it working well with more entries.
I was also pleased when I found a brief “About Me†section where the author lets everyone know why he’s putting together this weblog and what he hopes to achieve from it. I’d have to say the author is absolutely on the right track.
As I’d mentioned before, I was afraid most of the information on the site would be above my head and it was. In the few short weeks that this blog has been up and running, Sean’s talked about various databases and different links he’s found on the web that might be of interest to those very invested in the software world. An average reader, however, will be just as lost as I was.
Sean’s Software Blog definitely has potential. It’s very new at this point, and hasn’t attracted many readers/commenters. As long as the author keeps posting on a regular basis, this has the potential to turn into a well-trusted software-related blog.
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