New Layout for the Babble On Blog

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Kelvin Lee

With the new year, comes new things. And one new thing in my blogging life would be this theme I picked out from the many custom-made designs by WordPress.

I think this one is cleaner and more pleasant to the eye than the old design that this blog used. Of course, it may not be perfect, and I still have to thresh out some bugs, but overall I’m happy with the new layout.

Why the change? Well, I’ve been thinking about a different layout for the blog for a long time now. I found the gray color scheme of the old one to be professional looking, but very depressing and monochromatic.

And in the words of my friend: it was sorta boring.

Thing is, I never did get around to making the change in layout. Change doesn’t come too easy for me, you see. Call it laziness, call it fear. Call it whatever you want. The result was the same. No change in my blog layout.

Then I saw that Ben Yoskovitz redesigned the layout of his Instigator blog for the new year. The redesign was even guest-posted in the Problogger blog. This was a much-needed kick in the pants to make me change my own layout. If someone else can do it, why can’t I?

And so here we are. A new design for the new year. Let me know what you think.

Oh and to Ben Yoskovitz of the Instigator Blog, thanks for the unintended, yet much-needed inspiration. If I hadn’t seen the change in design of your blog, I would never have gotten the courage, nor the grit, to make changes in my own.

The instigator blog instigated this change. And I believe my own blog is now better off (design-wise) because of it.

Instigate Change.

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4 Responses to “New Layout for the Babble On Blog”

  1. Ben Yoskovitz, on January 9th, 2008 at 2:40 am Said:

    Glad I could help! And you found the stuff I wrote interesting…

    It’s looking good.

  2. Kelvin, on January 9th, 2008 at 7:32 pm Said:

    Hi Ben!

    Thanks for taking the time to email. I enjoyed your tips on startups in particular. I hope to keep learning more form your blog in the future. ^_^

  3. t h rive, on January 10th, 2008 at 12:29 am Said:

    hey yea i like it. I had my blog on typepad for a while, and when I switched over to the more customizable, and FREE blogspot, it gave me that certain kick in the pants i needed as well.

    originally mine was all black and grey too!

  4. Kelvin, on January 10th, 2008 at 11:50 pm Said:

    Th rive- it’s good to know I am not the only one who seems to like black and grey, at least in the beginning! ^_^

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