For years, I had pooh-poohed the bloggers but now I am one of them.
To me though, what’s interesting is the almost infinite variety of engines, plug-ins, themes, consultants, ways to monetize, etc — and the time it takes to get it all working. It’s quite easy to become a blogging geek and the urge must (mostly) be resisted.
This blog is based around the theme Modius Remixed, a fantastic little gem by Brad Maheffey of ArtCulture.com which is a pretty substantial reworking of UpstartBlogger’s Modicus. What I liked was mostly the simplicity, but also the freshness– many themes are overused, or fall into a sort of genre, where they begin to all look the same. I also wanted something that felt professional, but not lending itself to a huge amount advertising widgets, etc. Magazine and News themes obviously didn’t make sense either. ArtCulture.com has since moved on, so I very much discovered this in a narrow window of opportunity, but Brad’s new theme is quite impressive as well and in fact works much better for his site. Check it out.
I made several changes, almost entirely cosmetic (colors, icons, graphics), and pimped it out with all sorts of nifty plug-ins, all of which somehow seem to play together quite well. It is very much a work in progress.
I hope you enjoy it.
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