How to be heard

………The article was fairly straightforward on the dos and don’ts of internet blogging. BUT, being heard has a large part to do with having something important or valuable to say I think, which I understand is not the main point of the article, but not to be overlooked by someone who reall wants to increase their audience. Some of the more important notes I took from the paper were the ones about citing other sources and writers in your own blog as a way of being found. This, in hindsight made perfect sense, but honestly had not even entered my mind until I read it. Also, the part about color schemes was a topic of interest to me because my own blog is a black background which was a negative according to Stephen Downes in his article. Not that I have any intention of making this blog site anything more than a way to communicate with our class, but it came into play with my own ideas. A friend of mine has actually been working on an idea to write a book completely dedicated to stoner culture, a “Stoner Bible”, which he wanted to include many different areas of interest to weed smokers everywhere. Useful law information and personal police encounters, music/ movies/ artworks that stoners would love, growing diagrams and tips, and odd, useless, trivia that stoners adore. After reading the article by Stephen Downes, I suggested that i think he’d be best to turn his idea into a blog instead of a book for many obvious reasons: contributions from MANY potheads, updates, and a way to spread info to people for free and without leaving the house ( a MUST for most stoners). hahaha…This may seem completely off topic to what “How to be Heard” was about but actually its just a possible real life application of the article that may be helpful to my buddy so he can “be heard.”