We Blog Better began as a personal blogging project – a place for me to blog about social media. The site’s design was featured in numerous galleries and showcases. It’s traffic grew rapidly and because of some other commitments, I transferred ownership to a very talented blogger. It was designed with an intentional “blog” look.
I’ve just finished reading an excellent and very comprehensive post at Vandelay Design’s site about at least seventeen ways your web site communicates with your users. I wanted to pass it along – it’s a lot to think about, which is one of the reasons I still stand agains the get-it-done-quick-and-cheap approach to having an online presence. Read it here.
There is a huge debate today over whether design is essential. With the clean-look, minimalist, web 2.0 surge, the web has become far less about your basic css/xhtml look and feel, and far more about programmatic functionality and application development. Personally, I think this is a good thing. Read the rest of this article »
