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sbpoet
09-13-2007, 08:52 PM
Blog: Blogging Blog (http://www.bloggingblog.org)

Goals: This blog has languished for some time, but as a consequence of receiving reviews on my personal blog (Watermark (http://www.sbpoet.com)) I got to thinking about the differences between business/pro blogs, and personal blogs.

I want to provide resources for personal bloggers -- diarists and webloggers. I think our needs (and wants) are a bit different than those of probloggers.

Design Goals: Fun & useful.

Audience: Personal bloggers, who may or may not use ads on their sites, but who are in it for love, not money.

Other: I've been blogging for about four years, but after an extensive break, seem to have returned more seriously.
ses5909
09-13-2007, 11:14 PM
I think your blog definitely has a personal feel and the pictures of the bears are cute. If I had not known your goal, i would have said to probably not have them, but knowing your goals, I think they are perfect. It is a welcoming feel.

As you scroll down in your content, I get a bit distracted by all of the chiclets and images in your sidebar. My only suggestion would be to clean that up a bit, but otherwise I think it's nice :)
sbpoet
09-15-2007, 05:28 AM
Thank you, Sara. I did go back in and cleaned out some links, moving them to pages.

It's also a lot more colorful now -- maybe too colorful, I'm not sure.

I'm off to explore ilovecode a bit further.
Jelena
09-15-2007, 09:24 AM
I like it now more then it was, with these new colors. However, the only color I don't like is the one in the header, although bears are cool :)
sbpoet
09-15-2007, 12:49 PM
Hmm. It was a bit diaperish, wasn't it?

I'm not sure I'm happy with this, either -- though it's more consistent with the other colors.

I'm being obsessive. It's 5:30 in the morning here.
sbpoet
09-21-2007, 05:34 AM
OK -- there have been some more major changes here. I discovered that I had more flexibility than I thought re: colors --

Anyone up for another look?
rodaniel
09-21-2007, 09:13 AM
Nice clean design and I like the content & tone of your articles too!
ses5909
09-21-2007, 05:33 PM
Still looking good to me :)