"Why Don't You Upgrade from the Blogger Template?"
One of my friends asked me this last night on the phone.
Sitting in front of my computer I had called her on a whim, just to talk. Which I don't do much. But she's been helping me with some tricky HTML (wondering about that rotating slideshow on the right?) and it was on my mind.
Not many readers, I said. I'd like to get readership up.
That's when she asked me the question in question.
The short answer is, I don't want to. I liked this template the first time I saw it: Clean lines, clever color combinations, simple, attractive and retro. There are limits to what can be done with this template without making it look ridiculous and these limitations intrigue me.
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My work life is about making everybody else's stuff look better. It is about defying limitations, breaking outside the box, thinking two steps ahead of the competition, selling.
I am tired. My eyes are sore. If my brain could wince, it would.
Let everyone else update, revamp, improve, evolve. It's fun to watch. But I do enough of that professionally. I'll stick with my blogger blog, which not many read.
Of course, when I get that sidebar looking the way I want, look out.
Sitting in front of my computer I had called her on a whim, just to talk. Which I don't do much. But she's been helping me with some tricky HTML (wondering about that rotating slideshow on the right?) and it was on my mind.
Not many readers, I said. I'd like to get readership up.
That's when she asked me the question in question.
The short answer is, I don't want to. I liked this template the first time I saw it: Clean lines, clever color combinations, simple, attractive and retro. There are limits to what can be done with this template without making it look ridiculous and these limitations intrigue me.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GDsIOj03KJ1S9tF9N218RY0Qj9o24wTgEr2oVU3CyJD1qyQY2vK5p4u6NH3MlYFmDULoBLMG8-Rbj20P9kRdWTpkhJa9r-f1uVWWwqkCXAUEhN1yYFXScMLPbwKfzBPKNeIF/s200/GlassesWork.gif)
My work life is about making everybody else's stuff look better. It is about defying limitations, breaking outside the box, thinking two steps ahead of the competition, selling.
I am tired. My eyes are sore. If my brain could wince, it would.
Let everyone else update, revamp, improve, evolve. It's fun to watch. But I do enough of that professionally. I'll stick with my blogger blog, which not many read.
Of course, when I get that sidebar looking the way I want, look out.
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5 Comments:
I don't want to change my plain-jane template either; I like it. And I also like that I get to parktake in some of your "work-life" brilliance!
P.S. I think Julie just smiled at you...
Thursday, September 27, 2007
I tagged you for something (check out my blog today)...
Friday, September 28, 2007
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Sunday, September 30, 2007
I was just thinking the other day "maybe I should change my blog look" though honestly, actually writing on it would be the place to start...and then I thought, well girlfriday and her kin haven't changed theirs, which made me feel all content with my own refusal to change. If you change, I would feel oh so old, I mean hobster has changed his at least 3 times since I started reading it, and yes, they are sometimes nicer than previous, but even that seems to challange my equillibrium. I'm barely in one piece physically right now, can I really justify a blog that is in better shape than I am? Thanks for setting a standard, girl.
Monday, October 01, 2007
I agree; the Blogger template's fine, and I haven't had any problems with their reliability over the last year or so.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
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