Comments on: A Coyote a Day http://blogsandwikisdaybook.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-coyote-a-day/ a blog for past, current, and future participants of Weblogs and Wikis Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:10:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: valswritersblock http://blogsandwikisdaybook.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-coyote-a-day/#comment-58 valswritersblock Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:46:24 +0000 http://blogsandwikisdaybook.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-58 Using pictures like the Daily Coyote blog site did, catches a reader's attention, especially because of the quality of the photos. We also liked the basic layout and the nuetral tones were calming to the eye. It was a creative layout, but it was still professional because it didn't go overboard with bright colors and fancy writing. It was also refreshing to see a blog site not littered with ads. This made it feel to us like we weren't on the internet, but reading more of a journal entry. The blog was narrowly focused so it keeps bringing the reader back because they get so involved in this one coyote. Val, Gracie, Wayne Using pictures like the Daily Coyote blog site did, catches a reader’s attention, especially because of the quality of the photos. We also liked the basic layout and the nuetral tones were calming to the eye. It was a creative layout, but it was still professional because it didn’t go overboard with bright colors and fancy writing. It was also refreshing to see a blog site not littered with ads. This made it feel to us like we weren’t on the internet, but reading more of a journal entry. The blog was narrowly focused so it keeps bringing the reader back because they get so involved in this one coyote.

Val, Gracie, Wayne

]]> By: barefootaviary http://blogsandwikisdaybook.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/a-coyote-a-day/#comment-53 barefootaviary Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:36:59 +0000 http://blogsandwikisdaybook.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-53 I can see why this blog has gained so much popularity in such a short time. The fact that a wild animal has become a part of a family in itself is intriguing. Shreve's photography skills are phenomenal and the entries are always breath-taking. I mean, who -wouldn't- want a chance to see a (usually adorable) picture of a coyote every day? The fact that this subject is a taboo one (it is normally illegal to keep a wild animal), so watching the interaction between this wild animal and Shreve's domestic feline is not just amazing, but it gives the reader a sense of being -dangerous-. Her entries are not always prose, most of the time they are pictures...but pictures are worth a thousand words. Something that we found interesting about this blog was that there were a few powerful personalities: Shreve's, conveyed through her text, and her animals', conveyed through vivid pictures. Charlie has a strong personality. In fact, with these photographs keeping a chronicle of his life, this blog also tells a -story- that a reader could easily get hooked on. That's something that Risdahl doesn't really mention; some blogs tell stories compelling enough to get readers invested. Briana and Zach I can see why this blog has gained so much popularity in such a short time. The fact that a wild animal has become a part of a family in itself is intriguing. Shreve’s photography skills are phenomenal and the entries are always breath-taking. I mean, who -wouldn’t- want a chance to see a (usually adorable) picture of a coyote every day?

The fact that this subject is a taboo one (it is normally illegal to keep a wild animal), so watching the interaction between this wild animal and Shreve’s domestic feline is not just amazing, but it gives the reader a sense of being -dangerous-. Her entries are not always prose, most of the time they are pictures…but pictures are worth a thousand words.

Something that we found interesting about this blog was that there were a few powerful personalities: Shreve’s, conveyed through her text, and her animals’, conveyed through vivid pictures. Charlie has a strong personality. In fact, with these photographs keeping a chronicle of his life, this blog also tells a -story- that a reader could easily get hooked on. That’s something that Risdahl doesn’t really mention; some blogs tell stories compelling enough to get readers invested.

Briana and Zach

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