Comments on: Is Your Blog Scannable?

By: reflections » Shut Mouth, Engage Brain?

reflections » Shut Mouth, Engage Brain? — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:52:32 +0000

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By: Daniel Primed

Daniel Primed — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:27:10 +0000

It is one of the plugins on the flickr website. Its one of the best ones there IMO. ^_^

I don’t know much about it as I got my brother to take care of all of the coding etc.

By: LaurenMarie - Creative Curio

LaurenMarie - Creative Curio — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:08:47 +0000

Yay! Another reader! Thanks Charity! Looking forward to seeing you in the comments :D

By: Charity

Charity — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:59:15 +0000

@Lauren - you're most welcome and I agree. Lists are just a small portion, and not always appropriate. Writers who try to mold content into lists just to make it scannable probably aren't really reading their own material.

I see you have blog now. Yay! I picked up your feed. :)

@Daniel - I love the new preview feature of Wordpress for doing just that. I find myself trimming down or rearranging paragraphs a lot, once I see how the content really fits into the space I've designated for it.

Your site is looking good btw. That Flickr thing is really cool. Is that a plugin or did you code that yourself? I've never seen one yet where the pic zooms like that.

By: Daniel Primed

Daniel Primed — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:26:59 +0000

Some good points there. I generally take a bit of time just to mentally plan out my post layout. Once I have posted something, I’ll go back and see if it is presentable enough.

Infact I recently rearranged my gaming blog’s(http://danielprimed.com) side pannel. Because there was just too much text to digest. So the flickr stream and ‘featured post’ icons have made a huge difference. This makes it more ’scannable’. ^_^

By: LaurenMarie - Creative Curio

LaurenMarie - Creative Curio — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:01:52 +0000

Great article, Charity! I’ve been looking for something from a designer’s perspective on the subject of scanability. Everyone always says “make it scannable by creating lists,” but there’s more to it than that and I’ve been trying to figure it out. And you’re definitely practicing what you preach, giving us the perfect example of what you’re talking about!

By: Charity

Charity — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:24:03 +0000

Ah yes, good ‘ol academia. There’s definitely a different writing style expected of say, a thesis. I clicked around through your site – you’ve done a nice job of laying out the modules and keeping it clean. No worries, you’ve got it down! :)

As it happens I’m saving for a digital camera. Now that I know of your site, I’ll have a good source for comparisons when I’m ready to buy. Thanks for posting Sam!

By: sam sanders

sam sanders — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:58:26 +0000

Good post. I’m trying to start a blog now and it’s hard to break everything up and add titles/whitespace after being indoctrinated in the school system so long to write dense text with longer paragraphs.