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October 7, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Stuff White People Like:
I love this blog. I had never visited it before but had heard about it from many other people. I like the simplicity of the layout. It is not too cluttered and the text is large and easy to read. Each entry has a picture at the beginning of the item that “white people like” which creates a good visual before reading the text.
The headlines and pictures, combined with the title of the blog, are enough to make me laugh. The additional text in the entry is a nice touch, but I found myself scrolling through just to get the headlines. I think it is convenient that each post is numbered and that at the top of the page there is a tab to see a “full list of stuff white people like.”
There is a book for sale on the website that has the same title as the blog, which has me wondering if the book is just a hard copy of the blog or if there is a different list of stuff white people like.
Confession: I was scrolling through this blog while watching an episode of Mad Men (#123 on the list of things white people like.)
1000 Awesome Things:
I visited this site immediately after “Stuff White People Like.” The first thing that caught my eye was that it had a similar set up- titling entries as a number in a series. I like this concept, it simplifies things. This site also has a picture at the beginning of every entry that is helpful to get you in the right mindset. The blogger gives credit to every photo by providing a link to the photos at the end of each entry.
Having just gone back to my own blog to add categories to my entries before reviewing these blogs, I was surprised that such a popular blog lists its entries as “uncategorized.” I wonder if it is the blogger not interested in taking time to categorize or if each entry is so different from the others that it would be a pointless thing to do?
I like the variety of the posts and that each one elicits an emotion (usually of “awesomeness”). With each post I found myself going “oh yea, it is great when that happens.” Sometimes it is the little things in life that make it so great and this blog is a pleasant reminder of that. It is definitely being added to my google reader.
October 8, 2009 at 6:19 pm
The first blog that I decided to read was the 1000 Awesome Things. I chose to read this article because even the simple, yet creative title caught my eye. The first thing that caught my eye was the title of each post. I like that the first post began with the #1000 and now it’s down to #661.
I like that the layout of the front page is simple. I like it that it is white. I think that the color white suits this type of blog because of the way that each post varies on some are longer and some shorter. I also liked that the quality of the photographs is great, and that the size of the photographs are huge. I specifically think that the photographs help a lot with the posts.
Since the posts are funny and most of us recognize what the author is talking about, we can better relate to the type of picture being used.
I think that this blog is really creative and the funny thing is that I can identify to several things such as the good feeling you get when you get from a rougher road to a softer road, trying to fit every single thing on the dishwasher, etc.
The other thing that I also enjoyed was the side bars on the right. I liked that there were only sidebars on the right hand side of the blog, and not on the left. I liked this because it doesn’t make the front page look busy. Also, the widgets and things that were on the side are really relevant to the blog. I think that it is really nice to include the stats of the blog and that it has been a winner of the 2009 Webby Awards.
I also think that it is really cool to include the follow us on twitter, subscribe by email or even a Facebook page. This makes the blog look really new and make it interesting to the public.
As a whole, I think that this blog is made for everyone interested. I mean, I think that it is not destined to a specific type of public.
I also liked a lot the blog Stuff White People liked. The title attracted my attention, and once I got in the blog it began to seem interesting. Even by seeing the header, it is definitely true that white people love dogs and sushi.
I also think that many of the things mentioned in this blog can be applied to not only white people, but to different types of audience. I think it is really interesting the way each post is written.
I think that writing well and making your audience feel connected with you helps a lot for your feedback. It is notorious that each post in this blog has many comments. I would definitely love for my blog readers to write comments on the posts I write. I think that this make the author of the blog feel good about herself and motivates her on keeping on.
I love the pictures that are included in each post. I liked the post that says that all American people like hummus. This is funny because I like hummus a lot, but I would never imagine that most Americans like it, because it has a great after taste. I like it because I am Mexican, and Mexican food has really strong flavors.
At last, I like that each blog post is different and the blog does not have a specific design to follow.
October 9, 2009 at 12:23 am
Stuff White People Like:
I have read this whole blog before, but don’t come back to it very often, because there is not a lot of regular new content. I think it’s really funny though, and enjoy reading it. I thought the one about camping was hilarious. The blog has a book deal, and that is how I started reading it after I picked up the book at Urban Outfitters and flipped through it. I think their target audience is young people, but I think older people can appreciate it too, really anyone who’s not easily offended. I think the blog is probably more funny when you have had interactions with the type of white person they are describing (the fairly wealthy, very image conscious ones) but can probably be appreciated by anyone because of the humorous pictures and descriptions.
As far as the layout/format is concerned, I think the simplicity works for the blog. There are advertisements, but they look very professional and are mostly promoting the blog’s t-shirts and books. I think the option to see a list is very useful, because it helps users get to exactly what they want. The site is not widget heavy, and all of the widgets are useful.
1000 Awesome:
This website was fairly similar looking to SWPL, and it looked like something I would enjoy reading. The content was humorous blurbs with funny pictures, and I almost felt compelled to read through a bunch of entries, because I was curious about which content had made the list. The content was appealing because even though I couldn’t relate to everything on the list, there were so many that I found items that I really related too, which made it feel personal. The blog could reach a wide range of readers, because it is user-friendly and universal.
The layout is very simple, and the widgets on the sidebar are not distracting. The links were cool, because some of them I already knew, but some were cool to discover and appeal to the same audience. I thought there could be different info displayed, like the latest comments are not really interesting.
October 9, 2009 at 8:37 pm
1000 Awesome Things
I liked the layout of the site. There weren’t tons of ads or random links to clutter up the screen, which shows that the author of the blog cares more about the content than making money. The posts were long enough to contain a complete thought, but short enough to make me want to read several posts. The pictures were nice. They weren’t the really high quality ones like on Dooce, but they made it feel like a personal project.
The posts were great because they just make you happy to be alive. When you read this blog, you realize all of the incredibly small things that you take for granted, like the crunching sound of fall leaves, or the sound of a good vacuuming. I liked the variety of the topics presented as well. I do wonder what will happen when the author hits 1000 things.
This is Indexed
Once again, a simple site with a white background and not a ton of links cluttering the screen. It puts you at ease when you read it. A blog this simple makes you realize how many ads we’re bombarded with whenever we do anything online, even reading the news, which is crazy.
Handwriting/hand-drawing (if that’s a word) things makes the blog seem really personal, like you’re looking at a diary entry. It is nice seeing something other than “Times New Roman” used by someone to express their thoughts, and it made me want to integrate some handwriting on my site. It is a little thing I overlook, but it integrates a deeper level of personality and humanity in the site. The jokes reminded me of some Demetri Martin drawings and charts. It is funny to try to quantify the abstract.
October 10, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Stuff White People Like
– This blog is definitely focused more on content than it is layout. While it is not the most aesthetically pleasing site to look at it, it definitely will make you laugh out loud. I especially liked the “camping” entry. Specifically when clander wrote, “If you find yourself trapped in the middle of the woods without electricity, running water, or a car you would likely describe that situation as a “nightmare” or “a worse case scenario like after plane crash or something.” White people refer to it as “camping.”. which I am shocked that this site has almost 63 million hits because it is updated so rarely. Usually blogs with that high of a view are updated daily or at least weekly. This site is definitely extremely popular because I know the book is very well-known (at least among college students). I thought that the “about me” section could have been a bit more thorough. It simply said, “this blog is devoted to stuff that white people like.” Not very explanatory. I think this blog is for everyone and anyone. It definitely could make people of all ages LOL.
1000 Awesome Things-
The author of this blog is definitely a smart person. When deciding which blog to evaluate next, I chose this one merely because it had a “Winner: 2009 Webby Awards.” It was a great idea to advertise that award at the top of the site. Additionally, before I read the entries I knew the site would be good because it was positively critiqued by my favorite blogger- Frank Warren in the about section. This site could be a little more aesthetically pleasing but at the same time, it is still laid out pretty nicely (just not compared to other blogs that we have evaluated). I thought this site was just as funny as the Stuff White People Like blog. I laughed at almost every entry I read. It was interesting to see that it had so many fewer hits than SWPL because it I would expect that it would attract a very similar audience.
– chelsey
October 11, 2009 at 2:36 pm
1000 Awesome Things
is AWESOME! For both the blogs I read for my evaluations, I was cracking up the entire time as I read them in the library (awkward). I found myself literally incapable of tearing myself away from this blog and once I finish the rest of my homework, I have every intention of going back to the site and reading the rest of the hundreds of posts. First of all, each topic for 1000 Awesome Things really is awesome, which is why this site is so great. You think that you’re the only person in the world who has an overwhelming love for tips of pizza and cake, or going from driving on a rocky road to a freshly paved one, but oh how wrong you are. They’re all there on this blog, every tiny detail in daily life that is capable of brightening your day. In addition, this is the first time while reading a blog that I felt the pictures really enhanced the site. Some of the pictures were just downright adorable (little flower-girl picking her wedgie) and others, like a close-up of a vanilla soft-serve ice cream cone, just made my mouth water. In addition, the youtube videos added for the post about old school sugar cereals invoked extreme nostalgia in the best way possible. Finally, I loved that you got random links to other “awesome” posts. For example, the mention of a birthday party in a post about the beauty of tips brings you to a post about how unbelievably awesome it is finding out your birthday is on a Friday or Saturday next year (sooo true). It just kept me clicking away and really got me thinking about ways I can revamp my own blog.
Stuff White People Like
I thought this blog was hilarious. While the entire site is somewhat racist and completely inappropriate, every way white people are referenced in this blog is outrageously funny, mostly because it’s true. Example: (on camping) “But as with everything in white culture, the more simple it appears the more expensive it actually is.” I particularly enjoyed the post about the book “Where The Wild Things Are” being turned into a movie and how white people hate when books are turned into a movie. It’s reasons including that white people hate when something they love becomes more accessible to other people, white people feel a “ticking bomb” to reread the book before the movie comes out, and because this is when white people find out how many friends they have based on the number of facebook posts or text messages they receive informing them about the must-see trailer for the upcoming movie. Like I said, all funny and true. Unlike 1000 Awesome Things, I didn’t feel like the pictures on this site enhanced it in anyway, mostly they just took up space. In addition, I thought the posts were all too long. It took away from the topics because I didn’t have interest in reading multiple wordy paragraphs about each post. Overall though, I thought the site was creative and unique and did enjoy this blog.
October 11, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Stuff White People Like really took me by surprise. The title made me think that it was going to be really funny and all in good humor. After reading several of author Christian Lander’s posts I was kind of mad. Yes, some of his posts were funny because they had a kernel of truth in them, but I found many others just plain offensive and rude. Maybe I’m just a sensitive person but he made me mad and embarrassed to be a “white person”. I just assumed the author was someone of a different race but after reading his “about me” interviews and realized hew as white, I was really surprised. I also did not like how long the posts were. They were lengthy and I grew bored by all of his blabering.
One a brighter note, I really liked the layout of the blog. The pictures he used were colorful and caught my attention. I also liked how one of his tabs was a full list of all past posts. It made it very easy to look at the list and read archived posts according to date. To be honest, I wouldn’t go back to read this blog. I find it weird, uninteresting, and offensive.
Sarcastica really caught me off guard. While reading a few of the most recent posts I just assumed that the blogger was an older woman. I really enjoyed the posts about her life, baby Nolan, and all of the things that interest her the most. It had a slight resemblance to Dooce. The only critique I have about this blog is that the font is kind of hard to read and I wish the format was a little more professional. When i was reading the posts I felt as if I was reading an essay. If it was in a more article type format with columns I think I’d enjoy it more. Also, the pictures of her baby are absolutely adorable! I would definitely go back to this blog at times to see how her life is going with her new family. I give this girl a lot of credit and hope her writing makes it big like this wishes.
October 11, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Two years ago a co-worker showed me Stuff White People like; and I thought it was hilarious. I didn’t read it much after that summer, but it’s nice to see that the blog hasn’t really changed one bit – still simple, still hilarious.
I’m not sure what it is about the humor here that I like so much – sure, some things are stated slightly inappropriately (even though the blog isn’t exactly “racist” against white people), and the headlines are funny, but it’s not carefully and sarcastically crafted like Dooce or anything. Perhaps I enjoy it because the people where I’m from are the epitome of “white people” as this blog describes them (i.e. WASPs). Although the writing itself is not as clever (it’s mostly the subject matter), I do think it’s worth reading, and makes the headlines much funnier than they would be without (to add to the first commenter’s post). Man, they deserved that book deal, though.
Sarcastica was not at all what I expected it to be from the name – and then the writer was not at all what I expected her to be after reading a few posts. Lindsey hit it on the head, she really seems like an older woman – which Jessica (the writer) does make note of on her “About Me” page. And I picked this blog because it literally had “sarcastic” in the name – how could I not like it?
Well, despite it’s similarities to Dooce, surprisingly Sarcasm is not at the top of the list. The blog wasn’t very funny at all, in fact most of it was quite touching. She does a very good job (or rather, God did a very good job by slinging all this crap into her life) of making the reader genuinely care about what’s happening to her, which is quite a different approach from fellow “mommy-blog” Dooce. I was really caught off guard by how much I liked it, which is cool. I like predictability in my life, but sometimes it’s nice to be surprised.
October 11, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Stuff White People Like:
This blog I found pretty funny and comical. I think the blog is definitely focused mostly on its content rather than its layout and appearance. Nothing too special too out to me about its layout besides the header which I thought was well done.
A lot of the entries are very lengthy but I didn’t really mind reading through them. Like Whitson said, I am not really too sure what about the post I found humorous, it was just one of the blogs that made me laugh. I thought the almost step by step approach of each topic, like the camping one (first the white person does this, next they do this) was pretty funny. Lander does a good job I thought with his language and sticks pretty closely to his “voice” throughout each blog post. I like how his topics are all over the place and he does a good job explaining each one.
Again, I’d love to know his true inspiration for starting this blog. Its a funny topic and I wonder if any people have found offense to this topic for some reason.
1000 Awesome Things:
The first thing I noticed about this blog was that it has the same layout I do for my blog. I like the layout and it is easy on the eyes. This blog is such an interesting one that was such a great idea for a blog. There are always available topics for posting and they way they are presented is well done. I really liked the use of pictures that is speckled in throughout the blog. The pictures always followed the story well and some were really hilarious – like in the catching a bus post with the runner holding his arms up after he won a race. As I read some of the posts, like picking your wedgie and actually catching a bus, I was like yeah those actually are awesome when they happen. The blog reminds you of funny, little things that really are awesome and make you happy.
October 11, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Stuff White People Life:
I’ve defeniately read this blog before but haven’t visited it in quite a while. I think the content is hilarious and I really like the uniformity of the posts. I find it organized. Every post has a number, a picture and post of the same rant-like sarcastic tone. I am not sure how the author of the blog finds so much to say about each topic, its pretty surprising that he manages to write so much and still keep the posts engaging. I can’t go into detail over the posts that I really liked because I found nearly all of them hilarious. More specifically, however, I like the veneer of authority tone that he writes in like he’s making fun of people who actually take themselves seriously.
Many of the ‘things that white people like’ are things that me and my friends really like. Some of the posts were so true and great that I had to read them allowed to my friend who was sitting nex to me.In response to what Lindsey wrote, im not surprised that the author of the blog is white himself. Its part of that self-deprecating humor thing. If he wasn’t white making fun of ALL aspects of ‘white culture’ (whatever that even means) then I could see how the blog could be perceived as offensive. I would like to ask the author if he likes any of the things that he posts about. Then again, I don’t the posts are about the topic of the post, persay, but rather about how he frames the particular activities. So what, ‘white’ people like to study abroad. That’s true but not funny by itself. What makes it funny is the fact that people go abroad and over-zelously write about their life changing experiences even though nobody really cares. The other day my friend got angry at me for not following her blog on her ‘life-changing’ experience in Spain, oops! Thanks for telling the truth, Christian.
1,000 Awesome Things;
This sight paled in contrast to “Stuff White People Like.” Some of the posts were funny. I liked that he had a link to the complete list of 1000 things so that I could scroll through and just read the ones that sounded promising. But I found it really annoying that the author wrote “AWESOME” at the end of each post. It came off as corny and forced.
I agree with Anthony, the pictures in this blog add a lot. I just clicked on “picking your nose” and a hilarous picture of an Asian lady going at her nose came up and made me laugh. But I still think “stuff white people like” is funnier.
October 11, 2009 at 10:31 pm
more funny*
October 11, 2009 at 10:32 pm
1000 Awesome things:
I absolutely loved this blog. Every time I read something, I thought- “wow. it really is awesome when that happens”. It was all things that I do not think about often, but I really do appreciate it when they happen. I thought that all of the observations were also really smart and thoughtful and that it wasn’t things like- getting 100 percent on a test, but more obscure things that happen more rarely like when you’re running for the bus and you actually make it. I also really liked the layout of the website. It was really simple and easy to read. This was one of my favorite blogs so far because it is creative, funny, and I found myself reading pages and pages of it, which is different from some of the bother blogs where I can’t wait to click out.
Stuff White People Like:
This is hands down my favorite blog I’ve read in this class so far. I literally did not want to stop reading it and it is definitely a blog I will read again. In particular, I loved the part about “Where the WIld Things Are”. Whenever a movie is made out of a book I always feel far superior to those who haven’t read the book when seeing the movie, so much so that the movie actually becomes a stressful event for me. It is absolutely necessary that before, during, and after the movie I make a comment like “the book was so much better,” or, “it was good it just wasn’t anything like the book” just so that people know that I have in fact read the book. It has come to the point where if I haven’t read the book I won’t go to see the movie just so that I don’t have to deal with the shame, embarrassment, and stress that comes along with not having read the book first and not having liked the book better. Although I personally could not be more excited about “Where the Wild Things Are” becoming a movie, I completely get where the writer is coming from. I really thought it was hilarious. I also loved the entries about Bob Marley and humus. I laughed out loud while reading this blog and it’s definitely one I will continue to read.
October 11, 2009 at 10:49 pm
Instead of evaluating these two blogs separately, I’m going to compare and contrast Stuff White People Like and 1000 Awesome Things. It seems like the most logical way to do evaluations because they are such similar blogs. First off, the appearance of the two is strikingly similar. Both blogs have the big banner picture at the top as well as 4 of the same tabs. Both blogs number their posts, with 1000 Awesome Things claiming the exact amount that they intend to post. Each has an informative about page, a page to purchase the book filled with posts, and a page that has all the numbered posts. Each site has more widgets than most of the blogs that we’ve evaluated. In addition they are both filled with multiple ads and I imagine that they make a lot of money because of their posted stats. Another thing that I haven’t seen on other blogs that is present on these two are review quotes and sites or other media organizations that have featured the blog. I could actually see myself reading both of these blogs. They feature a lot of interesting pieces (also, I’m white, so it’s easy to relate to one of them). Quality pictures, witty comments, and content that is relatable to a large audience makes both of these blogs easy to read and follow on a daily basis.
October 11, 2009 at 11:26 pm
1000 awesome things–
As one of those people that love books like 1000 things to do etc, I LOVED this blog. It was entertaining and inspiring. The first thing that drew my attention, was the colorful picture of leaves and the second thing, was the webby award. I think this is great because, personally, it makes me want to pay more attention to the blog since it has added credibility. Also, it is very odd again that there is no share functionality. They do have a Twitter account and Facebook page to post new entries on the blog and the RT is comical i.e. RT @liamiller eating a grilled cheese sandwich late at night #awesome. I don’t know how I feel about the Facebook page. They are just feeding the posts through RSS and there is not a great deal of interactivity or engagement. The layout is simple. I love the bolded important words so I don’t have to read the entire entry and I can think about what is awesome to me. I found it weird that many of featured publications were Canadian, but I’m assuming the writer is not Canadian (spelling colour v. clour). Love the blog overall.
Stuff White People Like-
This blog made me laugh SO HARD. This is my favorite blog thus far. I loved it and I think I may be addicted to it. #120 Taking a year off made me laugh out loud and I especially liked #15 yoga (I am partial, I liked the lululemon picture). The tone was funny instead of critical. I liked the full list so readers could pick and choose what interested them. I would love to see the analytics on this blog as I would presume that the time spent on the site per guest far exceeds the norm– it’s time consuming. Again, I hate when blogs don’t share content via social media.
October 11, 2009 at 11:57 pm
[1000 Awesome Things]
This is an interesting blog. I really like the idea of labeling the most awesome things in life, I can’t agree more with #665, Fitting every last thing in the dishwasher. All of the posts are so true and make me realize all the small things in life that make me really happy. I think that it’s a positive blog that bring enlightenment objects and events that usually aren’t praised. The images are funny and descriptive, but could be larger to emphasize the individual topics. I wish there was more information in the ‘About’ section, it doesn’t say who started the blog, who contributes, where they’re from, or maybe I’m just looking in the wrong place?
I think the book will be a great for a coffee table. I love how blogs keep everything in one place. In the past, newspapers were lost, thrown away or destroyed, but with blogs, they’re forever on the web for people to share. When blogs are published into books, it gives them a more complete and honorable feel.
[Thisisindexed]
Well Jessica has definitely approached math a new way. I can relate to this blog because I’m constantly writing in my journal, making lists and over analyzing random things I need to do with drawings and charts. I think this blog is really unique in the sense that each day is in the same format and sticks to 3 variations of charts. Some of it makes sense, some of the posts don’t, but I’m still interested in Jessica’s new angles on the small things in life.
[Stuff White People Like]
This blog is hysterical. I actually spent 2 hours on this blog and sent to friends. It’s embarrassing, but rather true. I think a lot of individuals would rate this blog as offensive, but it’s so on the dot with white, upper middle class individuals who are in college. He explains how everyone goes through their indie music stage, public radio, sushi, bob marley, vegan, christmas sweater parties, natural medicine, traveling in europe then to africa, study abroad, hating corporations, un-paid internships, pea cots, hating people who wear ed hardy and bicycle riding stages. Through most people think they’re ‘unique’ while crossing these events off of their life lists, they’re infact, following the same upper middle class plan that everyone else in the economic status once did.
I love this blog. I think it could be a great book.
Weird, kinda offensive, but rather true quote that many are afraid to admit:
“For example a Prius says you care about the Earth, a bicycle shows you REALLY care about the earth, and a bus shows that you are probably not white.”
He’s honest.
This is a blog a specific group of people can relate to, and hopefully find the humor of his truths.
[Sarcastica]
Jessica doesn’t hide anything from her blog. Her honestly and truth also attracts me, much like the other blogs from your last post. I think this blog has a ton of admiration, that she does tell everything how it is. I’m impressed with her writing and her commitment to her daily updates, while still taking care of her baby. This blog is all over the place on topics, you never know what you’re going to read next. It’s like a journal, it rambles on. My personal journal is the most disconnected information, I love it though, I like having a place where I can ramble with thoughts, ideas and stories. I feel that she has invited me into her life.
All of these blogs have the potential to be stories, I think it’s a great way to capture the essence of the blog and gives me ideas for future blogs/books!
October 11, 2009 at 11:58 pm
… I know I was supposed to only do 2, but they were all so great!
October 12, 2009 at 2:22 am
On “Stuff White People Like”:
This is a supremely cool blog. I absolutely love the perfectly done tongue-in-cheek style that author Christian Lander has accomplished. It perfectly blends authority with anonymity which left me as a reader wondering if he was black or white, upper or middle or lower class, and even wondering if one person had written every entry or whether a large conference room of people decided sentence by sentence. The stuff is so beautifully appealing and transcendent that I assumed the latter was the only plausible option. Touché, Christian Lander.
On “1000 Awesome Things”:
I can think of no better praise than saying I honestly spent 3 hours on this site amidst doing work, watching ALDS baseball and eating pizza. I enjoyed every post and minute of it. The posts were easy to read, amazing to scroll through, and short enough so I could skim through specific one if I wanted details. The pictures were very well done, not too cluttery, not overly-cute stupid, but very applicable. This is something I truly will be coming back to when I have a lazy day off and I’m flipping through channels anyway. The only minute critique I have is that some of the posts are gender-discriminatory against men (or at least, for example, men who don’t shave their legs) but these were such a low occurrence it can be overlooked.
October 12, 2009 at 2:27 am
Stuff White People Like:
I have looked at this book before but I had never seen the website before tonight. The concept is funny and appeals to people who enjoy satire. While I feel like a lot of the “stuff” that white people like is more appropriately “stuff that upper middle-class people like,” the author still provides interesting social commentary. I find myself agreeing with “#105 Unpaid Internships” and “#38 Arrested Development” especially. In terms of the blog itself, the layout is simple but effectively portrays the information to the reader. I like the “Full List” of stuff white people like so I can pick and choose what to read instead of reading in chronological order.
1000 Awesome Things:
I really enjoyed this blog because of its emphasis on celebrating the little things in life. It is very relatable and I can see why it has such a large audience. I read several posts and said to myself, “wow that is awesome.” I am impressed that the authors were able to come up with so many “awesome” things to include in the blog. As for the layout, I like the mix of pictures and text. The images serve to complement the writing and are rarely the sole focus of the post. I also like that this site has the full list tab (similar to Stuff White People Like) that allows you to get a glimpse at the various topics of the blog. I agree with Shay, I would like to know more about who writes the blog. The “About” section is pretty vague. However, I will definitely continue to check this site as it is a great break from homework!
October 12, 2009 at 7:03 am
Indexed:
Indexed relies on images, but isn’t really image-heavy. Each post is one simple image, and each image is just a variation of the same. As a humor blog, it’s more like a comic strip than a stand-up comedy. Each post is like a single-panel comic strip, creating short jokes whose punchlines are delivered efficiently – in this case, through diagrams and graphs. It’s not a very common form of joke.
The blog is unique in form, but not in topicality. The topic of each post is not necessarily related to the that of any other post, although all the posts may be loosely categorized as observational humor. In this way, Indexed combines the conventional with the unconventional in the realm of humor, and it seems to have established a regular readership with this niche.
Stuff White People Like:
As another humor blog, SWPL is similar to and different from Indexed. It’s similar in that its humor is observational – inherently so. It’s different from Indexed in its form and the scope of its content. Unlike Indexed, SWPL is text-heavy – each post is relatively thorough with its joke. Its list form also builds a different understanding among its readers, giving a sense of order. And its scope is, in a way, constrained – it’s inherently observational humor about Stuff White People Like, a definition that might be more accurately read as Stuff BoBos Like.