Blaise - thanks. I kind of like that he's cropped out a bit, though. Garamond is a good idea. I'll do some tinkering. Though I agree with Tod on the white space.
Thanks, Anne. Nice to have that perspective. Again, I don't think the original name was sexist but I do absolutely think it kept a lot of women away, and makes it particularly unlikely to net any more female authors. Which we do need I believe.
I agree. The mix is good. I'm honestly not sure why people feel that some stuff isn't worthy for the front page? Why is it not worthy? The change in post length and style and subject matter help to create "pacing."
I'm also working on ideas to create "featured" posts that stay at the top longer. This will give them more light. The problem with the Cuff section is it gives certain posts *less* light. Rather than do that, why not focus on promoting the best stuff, but keeping all the quirky stuff in the mix? If we had *tons* of sidebar posts this might be a different question. But we typically have very few.
And for guys like Rufus, who feel like they want to post more frequently - why not write a sub-blog? The purpose of the sub-blogs is to give people more room to write as frequently as they see fit.
The problem with a graphical compromise is that it only works if you look at the page - not if you write about it or see an RSS or anything else. It also clutters to have more than one figure in the banner. I like the simplicity of the bowler hat, or the blurred man.
Ever read The Mary Sue? Trust me, this blog is not that nerdy, and lots of girls like nerdy stuff. The problem here is most certainly not that it is too nerdy for girls. My Forbes blog is much nerdier than this blog, and I know for a fact that lots of very nerdy girls read it.
The cuff is fine, but posts on the cuff get pushed into the void once a fourth post is up. There's really no way for me to revive them at that point. And there's really no reason that *most* of the posts on the sidebar should be there in the first place. Why do you love it?
Thanks for all the feedback everyone. I appreciate it. Think of everything I am doing right now as experiments. The overall redesign is probably here to stay, but the change in title is up in the air. I do want to focus more on the "The League" for a number of reasons, but the bottom line or tagline could easily revert back to "of ordinary gentlemen."
Re: that change, no it's not at all, whatsoever, about feeling like the title is sexist. It's because it is in fact a bit exclusionary, and creates A) a sense that we are a gentlemen's club that might be unwelcome to the fairer sex; and B) a sausage fest. Look at the combox. We have like - what? - five female commenters. And, at long last, *one* female author. If you don't find that problematic - well, I sure do.
I don't like the "Off the cuff" section and have been trying to kill it off for years. It served its purpose once upon a time. Now, yeah, we should just post to the main column.
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Killed auto-truncation. Will have a post up shortly on how to add "more" tags (and where) as well as the new image format.
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If we take out auto-truncation, to make this work we'll need people to put "more" tags earlier in their posts. But I can turn it off.
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Rufus - hence my desire to get featured posts set up. The scheduling function is fine, but requires everyone to participate.
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Kyle - League TV is a great idea.
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The trick with that is coordination. How to coordinate this? The honor system? That's what we do now, essentially, but it's hard to keep track.
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Blaise - thanks. I kind of like that he's cropped out a bit, though. Garamond is a good idea. I'll do some tinkering. Though I agree with Tod on the white space.
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Thanks, Anne. Nice to have that perspective. Again, I don't think the original name was sexist but I do absolutely think it kept a lot of women away, and makes it particularly unlikely to net any more female authors. Which we do need I believe.
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I agree. The mix is good. I'm honestly not sure why people feel that some stuff isn't worthy for the front page? Why is it not worthy? The change in post length and style and subject matter help to create "pacing."
I'm also working on ideas to create "featured" posts that stay at the top longer. This will give them more light. The problem with the Cuff section is it gives certain posts *less* light. Rather than do that, why not focus on promoting the best stuff, but keeping all the quirky stuff in the mix? If we had *tons* of sidebar posts this might be a different question. But we typically have very few.
And for guys like Rufus, who feel like they want to post more frequently - why not write a sub-blog? The purpose of the sub-blogs is to give people more room to write as frequently as they see fit.
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JL - it's a placeholder. I'm mulling over ideas of what can be done here.
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The problem with a graphical compromise is that it only works if you look at the page - not if you write about it or see an RSS or anything else. It also clutters to have more than one figure in the banner. I like the simplicity of the bowler hat, or the blurred man.
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Corporations are people, friend, and we're shooting for the robot market.
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Ever read The Mary Sue? Trust me, this blog is not that nerdy, and lots of girls like nerdy stuff. The problem here is most certainly not that it is too nerdy for girls. My Forbes blog is much nerdier than this blog, and I know for a fact that lots of very nerdy girls read it.
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The cuff is fine, but posts on the cuff get pushed into the void once a fourth post is up. There's really no way for me to revive them at that point. And there's really no reason that *most* of the posts on the sidebar should be there in the first place. Why do you love it?
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Thanks for all the feedback everyone. I appreciate it. Think of everything I am doing right now as experiments. The overall redesign is probably here to stay, but the change in title is up in the air. I do want to focus more on the "The League" for a number of reasons, but the bottom line or tagline could easily revert back to "of ordinary gentlemen."
Re: that change, no it's not at all, whatsoever, about feeling like the title is sexist. It's because it is in fact a bit exclusionary, and creates A) a sense that we are a gentlemen's club that might be unwelcome to the fairer sex; and B) a sausage fest. Look at the combox. We have like - what? - five female commenters. And, at long last, *one* female author. If you don't find that problematic - well, I sure do.
I don't like the "Off the cuff" section and have been trying to kill it off for years. It served its purpose once upon a time. Now, yeah, we should just post to the main column.
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And more cuddly.
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Will:
1 - We could do one column on the right and make it a two-column blog, or we can do it this way. I'm not sure I can swing it any other way.
2.- I can't change this to go by date. I've upped it to 4.
3. - I've fixed the sub blogs.
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Take care of him and feed him and he's yours.
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I have plans for mobile and tablet.
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The trick is asking the right people for free stuff.
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Complaint away!
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I have my ways. And it is Awesome.
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What do you think my personal blog is for? ;)
I will put out some instructions on photo placement in the very near future. It's easy, but requires everyone's involvement.
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Thanks very much, James.
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You are truly history's greatest monster, Tod.
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Fine, don't link to my comment dream post...