For regular readers of visitors to this blog you've likely noticed some recent evolution in its design. When I first started the blog my primary concern was on content, and it still is. Before spending a significant amount of time on the design I wanted to get more of a sense of the overall "character" of my posts collectively. While I knew some of the topics I'd certainly write about, I wasn't totally sure how it would all fit together.
I decided it was time to spend some time on the design so I've been experimenting with some things to improve both the look of the site and its usability, effectiveness, etc. The user experience researcher side of me would like to do some "A/B testing" -- in short, compare multiple versions of the site at the same time to see what "works" best. However, I don't think Blogger will let me do that so I'll make do with tinkering with some changes over time.
Feel free to email me, or leave a comment, on any thoughts you may have. You're the ones who will be using it the most (while I get to spend most of my blog-related time in the Blogger interface world).
An additional note... for long time ("long" as in almost 3 months) readers you'll likely recognize the photo used in the new banner. It is from a photo I took in Yulin, Guangxi that I posted when I guest blogged for James Fallows in February. His comments, to which I say "yes!", and the full photo can be found towards the bottom of his post here.
You may also notice that the photo has been mirror-reversed. I did it for placement of the blog title. However, I may later revert it to the original orientation so don't worry if you have a bizarre sense that something is "off" but you can't quite pin your finger on it.
That's all for now. Back to focusing more on posting.
I decided it was time to spend some time on the design so I've been experimenting with some things to improve both the look of the site and its usability, effectiveness, etc. The user experience researcher side of me would like to do some "A/B testing" -- in short, compare multiple versions of the site at the same time to see what "works" best. However, I don't think Blogger will let me do that so I'll make do with tinkering with some changes over time.
Feel free to email me, or leave a comment, on any thoughts you may have. You're the ones who will be using it the most (while I get to spend most of my blog-related time in the Blogger interface world).
An additional note... for long time ("long" as in almost 3 months) readers you'll likely recognize the photo used in the new banner. It is from a photo I took in Yulin, Guangxi that I posted when I guest blogged for James Fallows in February. His comments, to which I say "yes!", and the full photo can be found towards the bottom of his post here.
You may also notice that the photo has been mirror-reversed. I did it for placement of the blog title. However, I may later revert it to the original orientation so don't worry if you have a bizarre sense that something is "off" but you can't quite pin your finger on it.
That's all for now. Back to focusing more on posting.
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