I am always kind of tinkering with my website. I wish I could just write up all the code and be happy with it, but there’s always something else to do. Here are a couple of internet links that help me to think about what I want in a website and a blog.
- Ogiue Maniax is a blog about anime. I liked this recent post about the standard format that blogs tend to drift thoughtless towards. It’s a reminder to stick to aesthetic as principle, not surface appeal.
- Marco Arment wrote a post that stuck with me about how his website is his own thing, and he doesn’t want to cave into any weird pressure to make it something else. I think that’s cool. He maintains a very cool and smart perspective towards his place on the internet.
- Dash Shaw’s blog post on Comics Comics about Edward Tufte was a reminder to think critically about my presentation on this website. Tufte advocates making content first and foremost. Here’s a post about the iPhone’s interface that I thought explained his principles very well. Here’s a post about another phone that can provide some more perspective.
Three websites whose designs I have imitated, copied, or stolen from are
- http://kimbost.com,
- http://daringfireball.net, and
- http://whatthingsdo.com (actually I am in the process of imitating this site now, but haven’t finished)
I want to be open about the sources that I “reference” when I am building this site. I want it to be totally original and personal, but frankly that takes a lot of time and I am kind of lazy. But I am always learning more and more as I go along and I am trying to do my best.