[Sigia-l] seven basic blog posting formats

[Thomas Vander Wal]

Wonderful find.

There seems to be one more to add, photos/images.  

All the best,
Thomas

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:54:19 +1000, Eric Scheid
<eric.scheid at ironclad.net.au> wrote:
> found on a blog ...
> 
> ----------------------------------snip-------------------------------------
> After reading blogs for awhile, I¹ve come to see some patterns in the ways
> postings in text-based blogs are formatted. As I see it, there are seven
> basic formats for blog postings. Each serves a different purpose for
> bloggers and their readers.
> 
> The format of a blog posting, if chosen consciously and carefully, enhance
> communication ­ particularly the delivery of certain types of content.
> Consequently, some formats work best for commentary or explanation, others
> for alerts and references, etc.
> 
> Here are the seven basic blog posting formats:
>     1.      Link-only
>     2.      Link blurb
>     3.      Brief remark
>     4.      List
>     5.      Short article
>     6.      Long article
>     7.      Series
> ----------------------------------snip-------------------------------------
> 
> more at the blog, inlcuding expanded comments for the first two
> 
> http://blog.contentious.com/archives/2004/09/22/blogging-style-the-basic-pos
> ting-formats-series-index