hello, i’m 王朋. 5
i use design, art, and code 7
to make small wonders. 5
During the day, I am focused on web design and development. During the night, I am interested in exploring the intersection of visual art and software processes.
I have lived in Beijing, Miami, and San Diego. I am currently in Los Angeles.
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This Posterous thing is pretty neat. Although the interface is a bit clunky, with the new theme feature, I'm really sold on this as a decent, low-overhead blogging platform. I'll admit the default html/css doesn't exactly follow best practices at parts, but it sure beats what I've seen in some themes in other blog platforms; ahem WP.
Though I subscribe to them, I've had it with the so-called 'design' blogs and their unending streams of linked lists. Let's forget for now how much of a hassle it is to be able to keep references to all of these individual posts, since designers who blog probably can't be bothered with using a wiki, since they're so gawd-awfully hideous. No, let's just talk about quality of content. It bothers me that gradients and starbursts are presented as exemplary design. From the content on these blogs, you'd think to design a better frontend web interface, all it takes are some grunge textures, drop shadows, and large social networking and syndication icons. Though I'd have to conclude from the standpoint of sensible, human-friendly design, that concoction just makes it a gawdy, user experience nightmare. There's a reason the websites of most agencies and professionals stay clean of such fads. WordPress theme designers take heed.
