Rebecca's Bloogers

You may find this unbelievable, but I was rather disappointed with this blog. At first glance I find Rebecca's Pocket as dry as an autumn leaf. It is mostly a filter for current events rather than a journal or notebook, as I expected. As she is the author of several books, I was expecting a lively discussion on her blog, or maybe some creative self-expression.

Once I poked around, however, I discovered that it is an information laced with reputation building blog, since she does list her online bio as well as a press version of her bio. Her blog reads like a merger of media: People magazine, USA Today, talk radio, and links to e-zines.

Blood states her blog "consists of ...a few essays, and pages and pages of links." I found this to be fairly accurate, and readers of her site are more than likely interested in following hot topics and current events. Her weblog's purpose, in my humble estimation, is mainly to inform. This is evidenced by the multitude of articles linked to her blog, and the absence of conversational threads. She does solicit feedback, however, in the form of email - so if you have something to say you can email her personally, or follow The Queen and link someplace else.

Rebecca links to many different professionals - some host online magazines with podcasts, and pda friendly sites, others discuss creating algae farms to clean power-plant exhaust and create clean-burning fuels, which I must admit would be interesting food for thought. There is the possibility that this informational blog is her self-expression, but she did post her project for 2006 is an Aran sweater, so I'm not so sure.

The Queen is not as sophisticated as others, and wouldn't want to read her blog on a regular basis- unless of course you are interested in media literacy, web culture, or professional bloogers - which the Queen is not. Overall, I still contend this site is autumn leaf dry - faerie folk have little in common with technology/human behavior. To be faer, I followed some of her links and did manage to find a few that were interesting: making your own blackboard paint, and an excellent commentary on the state of the economy. Instapundit.com seemed interesting at first, but we soon lost interest. The Queen is more interested in green things, but you probably already figured that out.