Redesign--finally!

After four years of a Typepad template I threw together one Sunday night and never revisited, this blog has a redesign, thanks to the team at wired.com.

Aesthetically, you'll notice that it's part of the Wired Blog Network, which means that there will be one ad at the top. I've now got a proper logo, which actually is inspired by the Thai version of The Long Tail book:

 

Although I'm now migrating to more research and writing on FREE, my forthcoming (Q2) book, I've kept the name and domain of this blog the same, mostly because it's still a theme that pervades everything I do. (It's also hard to throw away that much Googlejuice--the curse of network effects.)

Functionally, the main difference is that the old sidebar, which was based on a Typelist that was hard to maintain and didn't have timestamps and comments, has been replaced with a Tumblr microblogging feed. To comment on any of those microposts, just click on the headline and you'll be taken to my new Tumblog.

[Credit for Thai book cover: Vorrathep Sermthanapatkul]

Comments

[michael]

I think a color fade from the orange to silver on the railing "L" would look better.

[Kyle S]

There doesn't appear to be enough of a border on the left hand side of the page. The text starts only one pixel away from the browser edge (Mac Firefox 3).

[Tim Burden]

I hope they did it for free :)

[Chris Anderson]

@michael: it's supposed to mirror the cannonical Long Tail graph, which has a line between head and tail. A fade might look better, but it wouldn't echo the graph.

@kyle: on my screen (1280 width) there's a good inch of white space in a column on the left. But I'm guessing that your browser isn't maximized, which is common, so that's something we've got to fix. Many thanks...

[Paolo Amoroso]

Is the search box gone?

[Gustavo Fischer]

Hello Chris,
congrats on your new redesigned blog, we´re looking forward for your keynote here in Brazil in october.
We´re keeping a blog about it, it´s all in portuguese, but check it out if you can.

See you soon then,
Gustavo

[Chris Anderson]

@Pablo: Whoops--I knew we forgot something. We'll put that search box back.

[Bryan]

Hi,

I am interested in purchasing one to two simple text links on your website's homepage. How much would you charge for that?

Thanks.

Bryan
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Bryan Wisotsky
Internet Marketing Associate
SportsMemorabilia.com
www.SportsMemorabilia.com

[John Banfill]

A small bit of white space on the very left side of the left column would be great.

[Gerald]

I like the new design. It looks much better over all!

[Erikka Arone]

I really have template envy right now. Great format for me as a reader.

[clef usb]

This looks so much like you! I love that it all looks like code, yet it’s still feminine. And the use of your rocking.. Really a fantastic design..