You might notice I’ve been making some long-needed changes. I’m not done customizing the template, which will probably include adding some color, and so I don’t think it will look so NYTimesy — unless you like that. So please tell me what you think. I’m open to recommendations. Sadly, I don’t think I have permission to use the nice picture of me that’s in the sidebar, but the guy who took it for Forbes lives just up the street and says he’ll give me an Kerry a good deal, and so whatever much more hideous thing I put up in the meantime shouldn’t have to last long. You’ll notice there are now tabs with links to my Marketplace commentaries and Bloggingheads appearances, as well as a Media tab that will have links to other stuff, like podcasts and public events for which there’s audio and or video. O’ vanity!
Will Wilkinson
The Sweet Release of Reason
I like the clean look, but then again I read most of your posts through Google Reader. I think some splashes of color would look nice, though.
The comment integration is really nice. But yeah, another Google Reader user.
As long as you never use that last picture you had on your site. It gave out “creepy Sunday School teacher” vibes.
The new format is nice though.
I like the redesign. And I wouldn't add color for the sake of color, but I'm sure it could work if integrated right.
90% of the time I'll skim in Google as well, but I pop the site open for posts that merit deeper thought.
I dig the Times look, but a bit of color might be good, as long as it's not garish (which the old look was).
My favorite would be theatlantic.com's touch of blue, which you sort of have here already. I'd try making your name and post titles a darkish blue, and perhaps blockquote backgrounds a very light blue, and leave it at that.
Mostly I'm just happy there are no dark backgrounds anymore — hate those things.
Book Antiqua!
The redesign is nice. I'd see how long you can go without adding color – maybe it'll grow on you. I like the use of fonts for differentiation and styling.. maybe they're enough? Be bold with your fonts.
However, I would work on your vertical rhythm – http://alistapart.com/articles/settingtypeontheweb
These are nice b&w sites:
http://subtraction.com/
http://iolanguage.com/
http://www.rikcatindustries.com/
http://www.corporateriskwatch.com/
http://www.modula.fi/
my 2 cents
I like the redesign, but needs some sort of Header or other picture to make it splashy. I didn't like that indistinguishable brown thing from the last design, however.
To be totally anal, I'd prefer that “Comments: $count” were vertically centered in the surrounding curly braces.
To be totally anal, I'd prefer that “Comments: $count” were vertically centered in the surrounding curly braces.