Joshua Trees - Blogs - Good or Bad?

Continuing the debate about whether Blogs are good or bad, I decided to e-mail Joshua Trees from Fake I.D. with the same questions and see what his response would be.

Questions and Answers;

1. Would you recommend that students produce Blogs? If so why?

I'm not in the habit of recommending things. Blogs or otherwise. I see blogs as another platform in the spectrum of communication.

2. A lot of students aren't safe with putting there designs up on the blogs due to the idea getting stolen. What would your opinion be on this?

If the fear of plagiarism didn't stop you making a website or an online portfolio, then don't let it stop you from making a blog.

3. People see blogs as a way to publicize themselves and there work, but blogs don't get a lot of hits, so what would the purpose of a blog be?

Blogs should be whatever you conceive them to be.

4. Finally, what's one positive and negative about having a blog?

One positive thing about blogs is that it enables people to circumvent the rigid hierarchy of traditional publishing. One negative about blogs is that there's more shit to sort through to get the information you're looking for.