All joking aside, there is a reason Jack Layton always wears an orange tie and Stephen Harper would never be caught dead in one. It’s the same reason Kanye West calls himself the Luis Vuitton Don and Lady Gaga works so hard to dress herself in a logical, sensical, and even enviable manner before every s how. S tyle matters -- it’s how you pr esent yours elf to the world and how the world knows you.
Which brings me to the point of this post -- the colours, templates, fonts and general layout of this blog. Believe or not, people actually care. And they care a lot. And they disagree with it. All of it. One person claimed it made them throw up a little in their mouth (in my defence that could have been from the five little cats running around this pers on’s home leaving little reminders of why I’m not a cat person everywhere). Another person said the spacing after the letter ‘s’ when it appears in the fifth line of a paragraph seems odd. Of course, I assured this person I would ‘get on it right away.’
So before I’m forced to make some changes let me explain the rationale behind my choices. First, the black background. I was told any other colour would better. Any. Even puce. Well, there is a reason for the black background -- Most people believe that a black background saves electricity. S ome people claim it’s hard to read but s cience s ays otherwis e (and us granolas love science right?)
Another problem is the font. Well I chose a ‘sans-serif’ font because supposedly that’s the most readable on a ‘screen.’
Someone else commented that the banner at the top was 22 pixels too long. Fair enough, I’ll try to get that fixed....
But enough.... I don’t see Lady Gaga justifying her decisions. Heck I think she’s trying to start her own clothing line! What does everyone else think?
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I must admit I do like the black. Combined with the neon I think it goes well with the new Young Greens wesite.
ReplyDeleteHowever, all good constructive criticism must indeed criticize... can we stop talking about lady gag now?!
Do you mean this young greens website? http://youth.greenparty.ca/
ReplyDeleteYes that site is hot and I’m glad for the comparison.
I’m also stoked to find another black and neon fan. That’s 2-0 for the status quo!
On a different note, I had to be the grammer/spilleing police but you forgot the last ‘a’ in Lady Gaga. The way you wrote it it looks like you don’t like her music stylings.
And don’t worry about the frequency of my Lady Gaga posts -- I have a Britney one planned next!