Week 2: Seeking a best of: Karen Cheng's Snippets of Life

Karen Cheng’s Snippets of Life
http://www.karencheng.com.au/

This blog is a perfect example of organization. All entries are organized properly and written under subheadings under particular headings. The website has beautiful colors and has a very simple yet attractive layout. The banner is very nice and simple, since the background is white a single picture with looks great. The links on the right go perfectly with the banner layout and sit perfectly on the entire website.

This web-blog is very homely. The author of this blog, Karen Cheng is not solely a publisher or an author, but is also a “designer, writer, artist, web chick, mother”. She writes about all the roles and responsibilities that she holds within her. She doesn’t write just as a mother, author, artist, web chick, or designer. Her blogs are a collaboration of all the jobs she does. This idea is very unique and attractive to the mass population of females who either do or do not work. They can keep up an online diary regardless of their busy schedules as mothers, wives, employees, employers, designers, or whatever it is that they do as an occupation. Karen Cheng invites people to take an insight into her life and what she does. She writes in her first hand experiences in life such as her pregnancies and the upbringing she performs on her son. She talks about her shopping experiences. She even writes about her family and friends and the people she interacts with on a daily basis.

A web blog like this is very insightful and luring towards people who make require inspiration in life. It is also an inspiration for those who can relate to Karen Cheng. Its an experimental devise that women can use, without experiencing those certain things themselves. They can actually learn from Karen Cheng. She has not only her personal emotions and experiences, but also factual information alongside her experiences that can help mothers. It is also an inspiration for those mothers who find themselves to be bored at home taking care of children, and not working. Karen addresses the issues related to those roles of a girl, a mother, a wife, and a partner. Karen talks about pregnancy, sex, and doctors appointments. These are issues that women face on a regular basis whether they are married, in a relationship, or not in a relationship.