May 2008
6 posts
Bad: Channel 9
First and foremost, let me say that I fear the hand of Microsoft right now. Channel 9 is a Microsoft promotion tool masquerading as a blog. The design is cluttered and irrelevant and it looks more like an outlet for MS to promote themselves than to actually have genuine content. While I understand that is the point of this “blog”, I just think this is a misplaced attempt on...
Good: The Consumerist
The Consumerist takes on quite a different direction from the other blogs I’ve spoke of in the past. The Consumerist is a blog not so much concerned with its own design or posting random findings. It is, instead, a blog that is highly informative, seeking to help the every day consumer from getting burned. What is really great about this blog is its continual posting, creating the feel of a...
Good: Changethethought
Changethethought is a portfolio/blog for a collection of very talented artists. The blog covers (obviously) art, politics, design, and just other general things that catch their eye. I get a lot of ideas for posts about art as they continually point me towards other artists’ great work. Not to mention that the art they produce is very stunning. All around a great surfing experience...
Good: Kottke
Kottke is one of those blogs that doesn’t have a niche but has enough various topics that it works really well. Jason Kottke, the owner of the blog, posts things he’s come across and they usually remain interesting enough to take a look. The design of his blog is also super-simplistic. He obviously wants his content to be the forefront of his blog and this is probably a good idea....
Bad: Something Seen
As this blog starts to get under way, I really become torn when I consider posting a “bad” blog. The term “bad” is rather loaded, and it’s quite reasonable to assume that whatever blog I post under that category has nothing redeemable about it. This isn’t true; the exercise of Good Blog bad Blog is to highlight issues of blogs that should be avoided. As in the...
Good: Uncrate
Uncrate was one of the first blogs I ever read consistently. One of my good friends pointed me towards it a couple years back and I haven’t gotten tired of it since. Uncrate is a buyer’s guide for men. Each day the blog provides cool products, whether it’s clothing, music, movies, gadgets, home decor or full swing golf simulators. I guarantee there is at least one thing every...
April 2008
4 posts
Good: 'skine.art.
Today’s blog is of the good variety. ‘skine.art. is a blog “dedicated to moleskine lovers and their art.” Very simply, it is a center for different artists to posts illustrations from their ‘skines that they crafted while they sat in the corner coffee shop, on the subway, or where ever. The art is sometimes sad, often impressive, and always interesting. While the...
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Bad: Beta Blogger for Dummies
It’s perhaps ironic to have a blogging how-to site on here. But, it’d be a sin not to show this atrocity of design. Beta Blogger for Dummies is a convoluted mess of in-your face colors, giant fonts, unstructured navigation, and gaudy icons. What it gains in useful Blogger tips, it loses in the stress of navigating this thing. One of the best things you could do for your blog is make...
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Good: Swissmiss
So here goes the first ‘good’ blog, swissmiss. Swissmiss is a blog ran by Tina Roth Eisenberg, “Swiss designer gone NYC.” The blog is mostly a collection of fresh and intelligent design, along with other things that catch Eisenberg’s eye. It currently ranks in the top 2000 on Technorati. The power of swissmiss lies in its simplicity. The use of white space draws the...
Soon enough.
After some time trying to find a suitable host for this blog, I have landed on tumblr. Its stock templates are easy enough to edit, so i chose it in spite of the lack of options. I’m sure there’s a way to code around that. Anyway, this is a blog about blogs. As much as possible I will share both a good and a bad blog and talk about what each blog is doing good or bad, respectively. My...