Comments on: Site feed and the art of web design http://artandperception.com/2006/09/site-feed-and-the-art-of-web-design.html a multi-disciplinary dialog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:20:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: arthur http://artandperception.com/2006/09/site-feed-and-the-art-of-web-design.html#comment-300 arthur Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:39:00 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/v01/2006/09/site-feed-and-the-art-of-web-design.html#comment-300 Yeah! Yeah!

]]> By: Candy Minx http://artandperception.com/2006/09/site-feed-and-the-art-of-web-design.html#comment-299 Candy Minx Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:30:00 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/v01/2006/09/site-feed-and-the-art-of-web-design.html#comment-299 Oh okay, Arthur and I have almost the same template and design...we're plain Janes eh Arthur, but I like it like that...we'll wow em with our witty banter right? Oh okay, Arthur and I have almost the same template and design…we’re plain Janes eh Arthur, but I like it like that…we’ll wow em with our witty banter right?

]]> By: Candy Minx http://artandperception.com/2006/09/site-feed-and-the-art-of-web-design.html#comment-298 Candy Minx Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:28:00 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/v01/2006/09/site-feed-and-the-art-of-web-design.html#comment-298 Oh, I will be using this for a lot of other blogs...um I forgot to say, aside from the massive amount of scrolling one has to do at my blog...I kind of like the "open spaces" better than format of read RRS. I must go look at Arthurs now... Oh, I will be using this for a lot of other blogs…um I forgot to say, aside from the massive amount of scrolling one has to do at my blog…I kind of like the “open spaces” better than format of read RRS.
I must go look at Arthurs now…

]]> By: Candy Minx http://artandperception.com/2006/09/site-feed-and-the-art-of-web-design.html#comment-297 Candy Minx Fri, 29 Sep 2006 07:24:00 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/v01/2006/09/site-feed-and-the-art-of-web-design.html#comment-297 OH...I really really like this. I see now that I have a RRS button on my url. It's funny, I have only been blogging for a short time, and at first I loved all the glamourous blogs and lots of decoration. But often, I noticed, not much to read. I was also rather embarrassed by my simple page for my blog...except I didn't like any of the other templates offered by blogger...so I just made mine really simple. Because I have no clue how to write html...Before I started with blogger...I tried mac.com for two months and I made a really very pretty web design. I thought my blog was so boring...but I post a lot of photos. And I write a lot...so somehow I figured, it's okay to have a plain blog...if someone perseveres, maybe they will grow to like my photos or my rambling thoughts ha ha ha !!! anyhow, I am actually quite fond of my plain blog now...I didn't feel too surprised at the RRS version EXCEPT the only thing that has always and still bugs me about my layout...is the narrow column for reading. I sometimes wish my paragraphs went across the whole page and the font was smaller. Which is hilarious, because now that you've shown me what RRs looks like, that is what I wish my blog looked like all the time. I see now, that an anthropology blog I follow has his blog set to RRS all the time, because it looks just like that... Thanks for taking the time to show me what this looks like...I enjoyed this post very much! OH…I really really like this. I see now that I have a RRS button on my url.

It’s funny, I have only been blogging for a short time, and at first I loved all the glamourous blogs and lots of decoration. But often, I noticed, not much to read.

I was also rather embarrassed by my simple page for my blog…except I didn’t like any of the other templates offered by blogger…so I just made mine really simple. Because I have no clue how to write html…Before I started with blogger…I tried mac.com for two months and I made a really very pretty web design. I thought my blog was so boring…but I post a lot of photos. And I write a lot…so somehow I figured, it’s okay to have a plain blog…if someone perseveres, maybe they will grow to like my photos or my rambling thoughts ha ha ha !!!

anyhow, I am actually quite fond of my plain blog now…I didn’t feel too surprised at the RRS version EXCEPT the only thing that has always and still bugs me about my layout…is the narrow column for reading. I sometimes wish my paragraphs went across the whole page and the font was smaller.

Which is hilarious, because now that you’ve shown me what RRs looks like, that is what I wish my blog looked like all the time. I see now, that an anthropology blog I follow has his blog set to RRS all the time, because it looks just like that…

Thanks for taking the time to show me what this looks like…I enjoyed this post very much!

]]> By: Candy Minx http://artandperception.com/2006/09/site-feed-and-the-art-of-web-design.html#comment-296 Candy Minx Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:01:00 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/v01/2006/09/site-feed-and-the-art-of-web-design.html#comment-296 Hi Karl, This is very interesting. I don't have a clue how to look at my site with RRs, I shall have to go look into this now! thanks for the heads up. Hey, I am having ana rt opening, and you're invited. Hope you can stop by for a glass of wine and a little visit. Bring some friends! Here is the address: http://gnosticminx.blogspot.com/2006/09/gallery-for-day.html Hi Karl,

This is very interesting. I don’t have a clue how to look at my site with RRs, I shall have to go look into this now! thanks for the heads up.

Hey, I am having ana rt opening, and you’re invited. Hope you can stop by for a glass of wine and a little visit. Bring some friends!

Here is the address:

http://gnosticminx.blogspot.com/2006/09/gallery-for-day.html

]]> By: Karl Zipser http://artandperception.com/2006/09/site-feed-and-the-art-of-web-design.html#comment-295 Karl Zipser Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:09:00 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/v01/2006/09/site-feed-and-the-art-of-web-design.html#comment-295 But why would I want to read my own blog with RSS? When I see my own writing in a different context, in this case separate from my blog page, I see it almost as though it were written by someone else. This gives me a fresh look at the text. But why would I want to read my own blog with RSS? When I see my own writing in a different context, in this case separate from my blog page, I see it almost as though it were written by someone else. This gives me a fresh look at the text.

]]> By: Karl Zipser http://artandperception.com/2006/09/site-feed-and-the-art-of-web-design.html#comment-294 Karl Zipser Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:34:00 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/v01/2006/09/site-feed-and-the-art-of-web-design.html#comment-294 Let's put this into context. When I was following three or four blogs, I had no trouble visiting each of the sites to look for updates. But now I am trying to follow dozens of blogs. Every blog has a different style, and I get a bit dizzy. RSS lets me quickly scan the "pure content", as you say, in a uniform format. The news reader updates the feed automatically, so scanning blogs this way is much faster than loading the blogs manually. When I find something I want to read in depth and comment on, of course I visit the blog site itself. As for "memorable look", there are so many sites striving for this that it gets bland. Consider a novel. Each novel has a different cover, but it is nice that there is relatively little variation in the printing of the text itself (certainly compared to web sites). When I'm reading a novel, I usually tape a piece of white paper over the cover. The cover design is someone's interpretation of the text, and usually I find this distracting. I had a copy of <I>Old man and the sea</I> with a ridiculous painting on the cover. I enjoyed the book much more once I covered this over. Let’s put this into context. When I was following three or four blogs, I had no trouble visiting each of the sites to look for updates. But now I am trying to follow dozens of blogs. Every blog has a different style, and I get a bit dizzy. RSS lets me quickly scan the “pure content”, as you say, in a uniform format. The news reader updates the feed automatically, so scanning blogs this way is much faster than loading the blogs manually.

When I find something I want to read in depth and comment on, of course I visit the blog site itself.

As for “memorable look”, there are so many sites striving for this that it gets bland. Consider a novel. Each novel has a different cover, but it is nice that there is relatively little variation in the printing of the text itself (certainly compared to web sites). When I’m reading a novel, I usually tape a piece of white paper over the cover. The cover design is someone’s interpretation of the text, and usually I find this distracting. I had a copy of Old man and the sea with a ridiculous painting on the cover. I enjoyed the book much more once I covered this over.

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