Sun, 17 Nov 2002 03:16:26
A blog post about blogs
I don’t mean to insult anyone, but why is every blog in the freakin’ world looking exactly the same? I *know* Movable Type comes with more than one template, and Blogger has hundreds. C’mon people, this stuff isn’t hard! Some of you people are professors, pilots, mathematical geniuses...surely you can figure out a little HTML and a style sheet, no?
This is not to say that style counts more than substance. Obviously, the content FAR outweighs the delivery mechanism. But for the love of Mike, don’t you all get sick of the same layout, same colors, same everything?
I offer a challenge to the blogosphere: REDESIGN YOUR BLOGS! Do something that makes your site look a *little* different from everyone else’s. Please?
I’ll give you a dollar.
Posted by JimK at 03:16 AM on November 17, 2002
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#2 Posted by Neal 
on 11/17 at 07:46 AM -
Ahem. Since I happen to fall into one of the three professions you listed (which I hope is a coincidence, or I’m a little freaked out), I assume you are talking about me. Ok, ok..I’ll hit the books. Plus, I want the dollar…
#3 Posted by JimK on 11/17 at 10:50 AM -
Neal: You think I’m kidding. I will SO send you a dollar. I didn;t have you specifically in mind, I just got this bug up my keister after reading the 11th blog on my blogroll that was an out-of-the-box template. :)\r
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Rachel: I was about 25 words away from making an open offer, and then I realized how much hair I lost doing Lee’s shift from Blogger to pMachine.\r
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I got wise real quick. ;)
#4 Posted by JimK on 11/18 at 12:42 AM -
Mmmm...CSS.\r
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Makes me feel funny and not like when I climb the rope in gym class.
#5 Posted by Armed Liberal on 11/21 at 10:13 PM -
OK, OK, you’re right, I’ve been thinking the same thing. I need to go see if any of the HTML people I’ve given so much work to this year wil pony up...let’s see with the $5.00 in my pocket and your $1.00...’In n Out’ here we come!!\r
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A.L. who obviously needs some lunch
#6 Posted by Harpo on 12/29 at 06:32 AM -
Personally, I’d rather have good content then good layout. If I happen upon a blog with both, then that’s the icing on the cake.
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#1 Posted by Rachel
on 11/17 at 07:20 AM -
Oh my god, I totally agree! I’ve even offered to do it FOR people because I hate the redundancy so much. It’s a mission: Get people off Blogger and with an original design. Heh.