Blog redesign

As you may notice, this blog now looks quite a bit different. I had two main goals in this redesign - firstly, to make it a bit more distinctive (e.g. less generic, more memorable). I'm still being lazy and using templates, as after all I'm not a graphic designer, but I'm trying to customize a bit more and hopefully create something that folks remember and don't mind looking at.

My second goal is, well, "monetization" - put more precisely, I wanted to improve the ads while keeping things tasteful and unobtrusive. Basically, you should notice the ads and as time passes they should become increasingly relevant (you may even click one if you want), but the ads shouldn't be so obnoxious as to interfere with your experience (content should be consumable, ads should be ignorable/blockable, etc.).

Hopefully I've succeeded to some degree on both counts - please, give me feedback if you have any. I'm particularly concerned about the latter issue (ads), as, well, ads can easily be obnoxious. But, I do think ads can be tolerable if done right, and if this place actually starts generating any income then I'll be more justified sinking time into it.

So, I hope you like what you see, and if you like the sorts of projects I work on and share please continue to visit and support this site. Thanks for reading!