Oh, and AYE like the nib too!

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You may be interested to know that the pen nibs in the sidebar graphics are hand drawn.

Now that’s something you’re going to have to write a blog post on :0

Plus I wouldn’t mind reading your thoughts on typography, maybe a series of tutorials or something.

The writing on this site is truly outstanding and is indeed inspiring but lets hear more about the other stuff in your 125×125 ad such as illustration

Oh and I’m starting a vote. Everyone who thinks Dave should keep the hand drawn pen nib on his next design say aye.

Aye!

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And we’ll get on the grammar wars right away. We’ll be incredibly jingoistic in our war!

charles – Thanks for weighing in, yes, it does help!

Lori – Then you’ll be pleased to see that we slightly reverted (again).

Dan – Thank you!

Janice – Thank you, the gray is gone. And Available Darkness will remain on Fridays.

Vered – Thank you, we appreciate it.

Tumblemoose – Thank you for weighing in. Which side/background lettering do you not like? The background graphic on the page? Or the font in the sidebar? We adjusted the font colors in the sidebar to better pop out against the color.

Emma – Thank you, and we always appreciate your opinions on the site.

Robin – Thank you. If you check the comments again, please let me know if you like the current version (black background and light gray lettering). I played around with the blue and it just wouldn’t work with the sidebar we have now. Short of a complete redesign, which I am considering, I’m thinking we’ll stick with the darker color for now. We hope you’ll continue to stop by or read us in a feedreader or via email.

Paisley – Thank you for your thoughts.

Daisy – No need to feel sheepish! I read almost all my blogs via an RSS reader and visit when I have time, or something worth adding to the conversation – or something funny to add. Thank you for stopping by, we appreciate it.

Alan – You may be correct. I was thinking in terms of color addition and subtraction, to me, when I start with one color and then alter it, I consider the new color an alteration of the original until in my mind it becomes the new color. But yeah, you are correct. Thanks.

Bamboo Forest – Thank you! We try.

Marc – Thank you. As for the header, I am partial to the text look for this site. I played around with several different images, including some incredibly cartoonish ones, but none of them rang true with the vibe of the site. I’m actually getting more and more into typography and am looking forward to using it to even more dramatic effect in future designs.

Thank you for the kind words on my art. You may be interested to know that the pen nibs in the sidebar graphics are hand drawn. I was looking all over for a free or cheap image of a pen nib and was not happy with any of the ones I found. So, I decided to draw them. Not sure if they will make it to the next design, though.

Available Darkness will remain on Fridays, which is the day I prefer, anyway. I hear you on the Twitter thing. I secured an account for this site a while ago, but have simply not found the ideal use for it yet. Thank you for the suggestions.

Trina – Thank you! And yes, AD will stay put. Thanks for the great Twitter ideas, we will consider them.

Michael – Thanks for the nice words and suggestions. I am going to consider the font and colors carefully and may wind up re-designing the entire site rather than put a bad background color in the content area that doesn’t compliment the rest of the design.

Davina – Thank you, I will experiment with the different font types. Feel free to comment at any point.

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Regarding the frequency and length of posts, your posts have been informative and enjoyable regardless of length and/or frequency. Please go at a pace that works for you, one that allows you to meet your goals for this site without undue stress. I’m confident that your readers will support you.

I look forward to getting my Friday dose of Available Darkness, but if another day works better for you I’ll adjust!

Michael

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The way the navigation bar connects or blends with the sidebar is like your signature Dave, I like it.

I’m not so sure about the header though. I mean it’s just text. Header images are something you excel at, in fact it’s one of the services you offer so why is it missing from your own front page?

To be honest (and I honestly don’t mean offence by this) I thought your skills lay solely in cartoon drawings but since seeing the graphic for Available Darkness I’m blown away by your talent. Perhaps you can expand on that and come up with something as the header for CI.

Speaking of Available Darkness I’d vote for Fridays. It seems to be working anyway so why change it now.

Twitter. I don’t know. The biggest problem you’re going to have is deciding which account you should tweet from. Of course some things will be obvious such as a new post on Writer/Blogger Dad but more often than not you’ll be wondering if you should tweet something from your different account.

The logistics of handling multiple Twitter accounts can be most overwhelming. I can attest to it, I’m sure Sean can as well. You can’t do it via the web interface unless you use something like Google Chrome’s incognito mode. Tweetdeck doesn’t support multiple accounts but Twhirl does. Unfortunately Twhirl becomes unmanageable as your follower numbers increase.

Of course there are advantages to having a specific Twitter id associated with your blog, branding and focus for example.

I don’t know guys. I’m having difficulties with it myself so I’m not much help sorry. Keep us informed though. Hopefully we can all learn through sharing our trials and tribulations.

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