Rules for growing your blog

[ihumanable]

http://ihumanable.com/blog/2009/12/state-of-the-blog/

[messel]

I support blogs getting bigger, fatter, and more seductive in that order. Excellent writeup Matt.

A smart bear is good stuff, I've subscribed, and more importantly I sometimes even read it.

[mhb]

1. No white on black text.

2. Don't use the pattern verbing adjective noun unless you're Bill Clinton and even then don't use it either.

[ihumanable → mhb]

1. Why? I've heard many people complain that it increases eye strain but I've yet to find a definitive study that says so. As a programmer I work on light-on-dark all day, I find dark-on-light to be painful to read, and I'm not the only one. http://www.darkbackground.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-on-dark_color_scheme

2. I can't find any use of verbing adjective noun in my blog post

I may work on an alternative css but switching this is not a simple affair, it requires reworking the entire theme.

[mhb → ihumanable]

1. I was basing this on personal preference and I don't think I'm alone. There seems to be some support:

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000340.html

2. "growing your blog"

[ihumanable → mhb]

1. I'll come up with an alternative theme for accessibility's sake.

2. I don't know any rule of English that bars this construction, how about "Making your mark" "Having your cake" "Picking your fights"

[raju]

Good article. I like that you are consistent with your postings (unlike me :D).

Keep up the good work. Looking forward to more stuff from you.