Review: Construction Lawyer

Okay, high time for another Blog Review Blog!

Today I will look at sometime quite special again, a blog about a construction lawyer. About a what? A construction lawyer, that’s right.
The author of this page, Randy Birch, writes about practical tips and conclusions on legal cases that have something to do with construction law in Utah, the United States.
His website offers some very interesting topics for if you have construction related legal problems. Randy shows his visitors that he is an expert on the topic. The page does not look very interesting, but the content is once again King. This page could use some personal touches, and the articles could be written a bit more lively (yes, I know this site is about a juridical topic). I reward it with 57 Bricks, which builds it a virtual memorial Obelisk, which comes with a complementary base-stone for digital stability :-)

Looks and functionality (8 Bricks)
The Construction lawyer blog does not have a very special design, this is clearly not where Mr. Birch’s expertise can be found. On the other hand, this design does work, it is clear and the posts can be found easily through the sidebar. I like the quiet blue design of the page, it gives a professional outlook. Maybe it would be nice to design some sort of logo for the page. I am thinking about a balance with a shovel on the one hand and a house on the other hand, as an on topic theme. But any illustration having to do something with the topic of construction lawyer would be fine.

Content (45 Bricks) As with many specialized blogs, the content is where the whole Construction Lawyer thing comes together. This page is clearly authored by an expert who knows what he is talking about. I never had any construction law related problem, let alone in Utah, but if I would have, this would be one of the sites I would want to visit. The posts are written well and offer useful information.
Something that might be interesting as an improvement might be to add some personal touch to some of the posts. Now the entries are very factual, and only about construction law itself. It might be interesting to read a few more articles about Randy’s views on his business.
The blog is updated with a certain regularity, but not very frequent, about once evry one or two weeks. The entries, however, are quite in-depth, and for people interested in construction law this is a good place to go to.

Extras (3 Bricks)
The Construction Lawyer page by Randy Birch does not offer any extras, except for a nice personal biography about his career and other occupations.

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Review: The Breathe Enterprise

The Breathe Enterprise has nothing to do with something so mundane a company or an enterpirse. This is the place of an artist, full of creativity! Breathe writes texts so beautiful that it doesn’t matter that the blog doesn’t look very interesting. It are the inspirational texts for which visitors will return to this page over and over again.
Regardless of its obvious flaws, this blog receives 69 Brick from me, for which it receives a Triumphal Arch, which are running into short supplies at my end Blog Review Blog :-)
Looks and functionality (6 Bricks)
This is a simple blog, with posts that can be accessed through the sidebar or just by scrolling down, which works clear and simple.
The design of The Breate Enterprise is also rather simple, and a lot less creative than the content. I don’t know what this blogger template is called, but I have seen it millions of times before. I do not want to claim that Blog Review Blog looks any better, far from it. But it is really easy to choose a different template, and I think a more ‘quiet’ design could really help.
The content of this blog doesn’t become clear right away, but that’s okay, because it fits with the topic and the content.

Content (58 Bricks)
Of the websites I have visited, this is one of the better when it comes to creative content. The texts are written by someone who knows how to write. The posts read more like short-stories than like blog-posts and this is really a delight to read. I so agree with the part about dreams, and the way creativity and imagination seems to escape you when you grow older! Reading the entries on this creative blog might even be a good remedy against this effect.
Needless to say, the content of this blog is highly original and very creative. Breathe writes these beautiful texts him self, and they are about original things, not about something that thousands of other bloggers write about (like doing boring and unimaginative reviews, like me).
I can imagine that such spurts of creativity that are needed to write such essays does not come every ten minutes, so it is not surprising that this blog is only updated every other day or so. Still I hope we can expect a lot more creativity from Breathe in the future.

Extras (4 Bricks)
This webpage bursts with creativity and originality, but not with any extras. Maybe it could be nice to offer other people a possibility to send in their creative short stories?

Visit this rich source of creativity at Breathe Enterprise

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Review: Portabellum Gadgets

Portabelum is a blog that writes about new portable gadgets. The nice thing is that not only things like iPods and stuff are covered, but also the more obscure gadgets. The day I write this BlogReviewBlog review, Portabelum writes about a clock in the shape of a bomb. Quite nice stuff.

The Portabelum site doesn’t have a lot of textual content, which is a pitty, but the entries are original and the page looks good. Therefore, I give Portabelum 70 Bricks, which builds it a Triumphal Arch :-)

Looks and functionality (14 Bricks)
Navigation on this portable gadgets page is easily done through the categories in the sidebar, which works quite nicely. The site is build with a lot of space for more gadget reviews, because the category names are all plural, but when I go to, for example, toothbrushes, there is only one toothbrush to be found (probably still a lot more than an other gadget blogs).
The Portabelum website looks okay, it is clean and easy on the eyes, with many large pictures of beautiful gadgets.
The topic of the website is clear from the beginning, with a title that reads Portable Gadgets or Portabelum.

Content (51 Bricks)
The content of this gadgets blog is quite original and well written. All the posts have a link to a website with more product information, and the author gives his opinion about all the gadgets he writes about. Although he is a bit over-enthusiastic about some gadgets, it is an interesting page to read.
The gadgets page covers many different types of gadgets, but there are relatively few off-topic posts, which gives the site a nice focus. No strange entries about this man’s cats or kite-surfing hobby. (I consider that a good point!).
I am a bit confused about the “ signs that are used in many pots, because it makes me unsure if the author wrote this himself or that it’s a copy.
The blog is updated frequently, about once or twice a day.

Extras (4 Bricks)
Except for the possibility to subscribe to RSS feed (which is not highly original :-), portabelum does not offer extras about gadgets.

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