By Design

“Your people will judge you on what you build, not what you destroy”, said the  US President. But sometimes, to create, one had to destroy – for instance, his blog’s old design. Now came the difficult part. He hoped that in the two most important sections, there’d still be something good enough to write – Home, About.

until next time, whatcha think of the revamp? 🙂

32 thoughts on “By Design

  1. I prefer this one.. have always preferred Whites 🙂

    also any specific reason you kept the text on the header image? what theme are you using can always be mentioned at the footer of the page.

  2. The new design feels a little tighter.. I like the old one better. This looks like a normal wordpress.com blog, the old one had a better feel to it.. +1 to Gaurav’s point black n red are your colours man.. why change?
    PS: Just noticed the header keep changing cool =)

  3. I like the white so much better. Manu times over. For one, ‘Heroes’ stays ‘Heroes’ and doesn’t mutate into anything communicable. 🙂 I second Mr.Swain on the ‘M’ in the masthead, though. Could do away with it, even. Since it already hovers king size over the ‘About’ just below.
    Curious: That you in the yellow t-shirt surveying the landscape?

  4. All change eventually gets accepted even if grudgingly.

    The last template took into account that a vast majority of your readers is used to scan-reading left to right. That assumption is used in most blog templates even the flexible ones. The presence of a third left column stands in the way of that scanning (come on, you are a branding guy; surely you know how ads etc are designed for maximum impact!). The last one was visually more appealing too because the use of colour was clever and bold. But who am I to say? Your blog, your choice. Those who do not like it can always stop reading 🙂

  5. the header picture keeps changing? that’s the only wow factor here…

    i liked the old one better, but never mind me….its your blog :))

  6. I thought the earlier design was sleeker, one of the best I’ve ever seen in fact. But I do like the customization on the ‘M with pointy tail’ logo now with the feed curves on the side. It’s really cool.

  7. sampad: i got bored of it in a bout half a day, so changed the entire theme, you were one of the few who saw it 🙂

    arunima: i reinvented in half a day again.. too fast 😉 and whats keeping you from changing your design, other than laziness? huh? huh? :p

  8. cynic: lets hope it doesnt happen again..er, the wrong page, that is 🙂

    naren: not sure if you mean the default ones.. the current lot are the ones i’ve shot (or have been shot at 😉 )

  9. rads: me? haha, and i thought the blog was more persona than person 🙂

    navneet: mr.swain saw a different template.. have taken the logo off anyway.. and yes, thats me… 🙂

  10. shefaly: er, none of that stuff on the previous template was by (my) design.. and erm, i dont involve my brand understanding in most of my life outside of work.. like you said, if people like, they read, if not, they dont…and yes, that is acropolis..

    suma: now i’m wondering if there was a wow factor in the earlier one? maybe i was seeing it too many times, and just got bored 😐

  11. nikhil: ah, yes, you also have it!! the perils of Reader reading 🙂

    smitheee, i had that 2.0 idea for sometime, couldnt do it myself, so balu helped me out.. like i said, i just got bored with the old design 🙂

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