Blog Analysis

For my blog analysis, I chose a blog called 10001110101 by “Robot Lord of Tokyo.”

The writer of this blog initially caught my attention by using binary in his title. I don’t know how to read binary, but the fact that someone can read it and used it as a title intrigued me. This use of binary makes the writer seem like someone who knows his way around computers. While reading some of his blogs, he says that he is a husband and a father and that he works as a computer programmer. He also seems democratic by the ways that he spoke about Sarah Palin. In his blogs, he demonstrates his sense of humor by posting random things that he has found on the web and from his life. He also seems well educated since he uses complete sentences and proper grammar and punctuation.

I would think that the audience of his blog would be his family and friends and anyone else who posts under the “Slacker” topic of this site. I think that the majority of the readers would be interested in his blog for the comical aspect of it, and also some might be interested in his political views. I also think that his title would draw in more computer programmers and assorted “geeks.” The audience must have a good sense of humor.

When initially entering his blog, you are met with a black background and neon green typing. This immediately draws your eyes to the words. He uses formal grammar to speak about informal topics. He also posts pictures and videos that help support or explain his blog. He does tend to use some jargon that only computer programmers would understand. There is no apparent advertising on the site, but he does talk about some devises in a few of his posts which could be misconstrued as plugs for the companies. After stating his opinion, he with sometimes provide information to back up his findings, but some of the time he just lets his opinions stand alone. It seems that his readers rarely comment on his posts or interact with him through his blog. Many of his posts had no comments and the others had very few.

There didn’t appear a “greater cause” to his blog. He tended to just speak what was on his mind or tell about things that he had encountered in the day. He did talk about politics, but it didn’t seem like he was actually trying to convert people to be democrats. It was more just him telling what he thought. In one or two posts he did bring up questions that could spark a philosophical debate, so you could say that his message was to get people to think. But, for the most part, his posts were random thoughts that he had throughout the day.