Athitakis’ Blog resembles something out of the New York Times website, but with a more relaxed feeling to it. By which I mean it carries a certain professional look to it with the straightforward simplicity of black and white. However, it doesn’t come off as something completely serious and boring. While the blog itself lacks some colorful elements to it, the banner makes up for it. The banner, which lies at the very top of the blog, displays a row of books that convey a sense of intellectual competence. Personally I liked the overall simplicity of the layout although I would prefer if there were a few more pictures here and there. Even the New York Times has a few photos to mix things up.
I also enjoyed the links that were provided so that in case I did not know what he was talking about, I could quickly click the link and quickly catch up. For example, in his blog post entitled Links: The Envelope Please, Athitakis references a numerous amount of people unfamiliar to me. Richard Locke, Justin Cornin, Lev Grossman, Colson Whitehead, Andy Borowitz, to name a few.
Although at the same, the laundry list of authors made it difficult for me to stay engaged with the flow of the post. The disconnected stream of different ideas offered a variety of things to read about but ultimately had me lose interest altogether.
Compared to other Blogs, this was one of the more enjoyable ones. In my opinion, the worst one was the Literary Saloon. Stylistically, it was very bland. The colors were dull and the overall layout of the blog seemed like something from 1999. The posts were also very short and seemed to have had little effort put into writing them. Again there was a lack of photos or anything visually appealing. You can even go so far as to say that this blog was visually unappealing.
On the other hand, Thereadingexperience was overwhelming with the amount of text it threw at you. The posts were interesting to a point but I quickly lost interest when I realized there did not seem to be an end in sight. The little previews on the right side of the blog show almost the entire post its supposed to be previewing. I did not have any idea of where I should be looking at, or even when the post was put up. There was no indication of the date or time, which I suppose is only a minor detail.
Personally, I preferred the blogs of our classmates. Maybe it’s because I actually know them, but I find theirs much more enjoyable to visit :D
Though if you asked me, Athitakis' Blog would be my recommendation out of all of them.
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