Blog Design Blog

In “The Secret of Great Blog Designs,” I talked about using schemas and the peak-end rule to not only make your blog design more memorable, but to also associate your blog with the concepts, images, and ideas that will help you towards your goals. Before we can go deeper into that, we have to first [...]

I just want to make a quick post about the launch of the blog design gallery. As of right now it only features blog designs, but in the coming weeks I will start adding individual blog design elements. The gallery is not meant to be a complete list of all blog designs or components of [...]

Nothing is more satisfying to a designer than being recognized for their efforts in creating a design. I finished putting together my portfolio about last month and since then I have been included in a few web galleries and top X lists, which makes me all giddy every time it happens.

What is the purpose of a blog design? There are no blog designs that doesn’t have any effect on its blog, its message, and its goals. A blog design is either helping you move forward with your blog or it is not only hindering you from moving forward, but actually pushing you backwards. There exists [...]

I’m just kidding, don’t quit. While a great blog design won’t allow you to quit your job right away, it will set a solid foundation for any plans you have with your blog; whether that plan is to outright quit your job in the future, establish yourself as an authority in your area, or to [...]