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September 16, 2008 : Blogging about blogging, it’s like that door from the twilight zone, only someone painted it shut…

I blog. I also read blogs. I also recognize that that first sentence is actually not really a sentence at all. I am full of content today gees! So there is something so very wrong with blogging about blogging. Does it mean I hit rock bottom? Will there be some sort of Blog intervention, most likely not, but I still feel kind of like I am trapped in a blogging limbo here, oh well here it goes…

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June 1, 2008 : Homepage Design Evolution

Version 3

The site was designed to serve the blogs: viewable by license, story type, art type, sculptor, etc., although the early comps don’t show that. The content had to be king. But we also wanted the design to be able to highlight the most important stories and features, look like a toy site, and retain an edge to honor Art Asylum’s heritage. So we built the homepage to work in thirds across the top, 1/3 on the left to accommodate the section features and 2/3 for the biggest stories and best pieces of design.

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