Blogs: Time Consumers!

Just like many Americans today, I log onto my computer and have to read a few blogs before I can do anything else. Unfortunately, many of the blogs I follow have no real impact on my life or the lives of people around me. My favorite blog can be found at www.theskinnywebsite.com -- and the blogger posts pictures of celebrities and comments on their bodies. I am aware of how superficial this website appears to be, but I believe it is more than that. It is a good way for me to see what celebrities are doing to maintain, and in some cases let go, of their health; and it is also a great way for me to see what the latest celebrities are wearing and doing. Other than this blog, I follow many others. Some on design, some on culture, some on the lives of people I have never met but still enjoy reading about their daily activities and emotions. I feel that the blogging community is such a vast one that I have not even had a chance to find blogs that would really move me, motivate me, or connect with me; but I continue to search the net for one that inspires me to be the best I can be. Below I have included summaries on two of my favorite design blogs. I hope you get a chance to check them out and I also hope you enjoy them as much as I do! Cheers!

http://veerle.duoh.com/: This blog mixes design advice and views with a great variety of tutorials and interviews. The blogger addresses design in a brilliant way, because she is an engaging writer that is sharing web design with the vast Internet community. She focuses on CSS and web standards, but also includes other blog entries that deal with all sorts of design -- even home design! The blog's philosophy seems to be that sharing tips on design with the world is a good idea because it will lead to many more creations in the world.

http://www.markboulton.co.uk/: This blog, written by Mark Boulton who resides in the United Kingdom, is a must read when it comes to design. Since Boulton is a designer with many years of experience under his belt when it comes to the fields of print, advertising, multimedia, and web design, you would be missing out on tons of great advice if you skipped over his blog. The mission of his blog is to offer the public guidance on many of the elements of good design -- typography, color, CSS, and even information design. The blog's philosophy seems to be that in sharing design advice with others, good karma will come to Mark Boulton.