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	<title>Comments on: New design for this blog&#8230;</title>
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	<description>Doug Scott's thoughts and opinions</description>
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		<title>By: Diane Forster</title>
		<link>http://www.droug.co.uk/new-design-for-this-blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-1528</link>
		<dc:creator>Diane Forster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like this website design.</description>
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		<title>By: Adam C</title>
		<link>http://www.droug.co.uk/new-design-for-this-blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-405</link>
		<dc:creator>Adam C</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 13:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not too keen on the colour scheme to be honest.  

The blue hurts my eyes!
The RSS button might be better off in traditional orange for usability.
The teeth... as almost everyone says... borrows too much from that search agency.

Nice layout though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not too keen on the colour scheme to be honest.  </p>
<p>The blue hurts my eyes!<br />
The RSS button might be better off in traditional orange for usability.<br />
The teeth&#8230; as almost everyone says&#8230; borrows too much from that search agency.</p>
<p>Nice layout though.</p>
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		<title>By: Jose</title>
		<link>http://www.droug.co.uk/new-design-for-this-blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-404</link>
		<dc:creator>Jose</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 12:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think the new design is better from an structural point of view. However, it kind of wraps you up into this WEB2 follow the crowd design.

I think you need to think about what you stand for and try to communicate this in the design. 

There is a guy here down in Brighton who did just that:

http://www.nigelsecostore.com/acatalog/Nigel_Gallery.html

He started selling ECO stuff online and created his own character that annaunces to users what&#039;s going on in the site, etc

Perhaps you could try and come up with your Alter Ego. Some ideas:

- Doug lifting a webpage and seeing what&#039;s underneath (like seeing the reallity of the internet)
- Doug looking through a Keyhole and seeing Internet related stuff behind it

You frequently come up with wierd and wonderful insights, so find a way to reflect this in a design kind of way.

I would not take yourself too seriously though, so no superheros characters ! ;-)

Hope this helps 
Jose</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the new design is better from an structural point of view. However, it kind of wraps you up into this WEB2 follow the crowd design.</p>
<p>I think you need to think about what you stand for and try to communicate this in the design. </p>
<p>There is a guy here down in Brighton who did just that:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nigelsecostore.com/acatalog/Nigel_Gallery.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nigelsecostore.com/acatalog/Nigel_Gallery.html</a></p>
<p>He started selling ECO stuff online and created his own character that annaunces to users what&#8217;s going on in the site, etc</p>
<p>Perhaps you could try and come up with your Alter Ego. Some ideas:</p>
<p>- Doug lifting a webpage and seeing what&#8217;s underneath (like seeing the reallity of the internet)<br />
- Doug looking through a Keyhole and seeing Internet related stuff behind it</p>
<p>You frequently come up with wierd and wonderful insights, so find a way to reflect this in a design kind of way.</p>
<p>I would not take yourself too seriously though, so no superheros characters ! ;-)</p>
<p>Hope this helps<br />
Jose</p>
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		<title>By: Mark</title>
		<link>http://www.droug.co.uk/new-design-for-this-blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-403</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 10:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Looks like every other blog design. I like this one.</description>
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		<title>By: perkiset</title>
		<link>http://www.droug.co.uk/new-design-for-this-blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-400</link>
		<dc:creator>perkiset</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 03:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Personally I think the white looks cleaner and better, but the teeth are an interesting new approach. The new layout looks just a little more expensive, I think it might give you more options in the future..

I think BMM would have a hard time suing you when clearly they did not invent the clacking teeth. I would not worry too much about that.

I also like the heads better.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Personally I think the white looks cleaner and better, but the teeth are an interesting new approach. The new layout looks just a little more expensive, I think it might give you more options in the future..</p>
<p>I think BMM would have a hard time suing you when clearly they did not invent the clacking teeth. I would not worry too much about that.</p>
<p>I also like the heads better.</p>
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		<title>By: Lee Owen</title>
		<link>http://www.droug.co.uk/new-design-for-this-blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-399</link>
		<dc:creator>Lee Owen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 02:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;SO WHAT ELSE SHOULD I DO WITH THIS???&quot;

Sell it, Doug.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;SO WHAT ELSE SHOULD I DO WITH THIS???&#8221;</p>
<p>Sell it, Doug.</p>
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		<title>By: Doug</title>
		<link>http://www.droug.co.uk/new-design-for-this-blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-398</link>
		<dc:creator>Doug</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 22:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>SO WHAT ELSE SHOULD I DO WITH THIS???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SO WHAT ELSE SHOULD I DO WITH THIS???</p>
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		<title>By: kylah16</title>
		<link>http://www.droug.co.uk/new-design-for-this-blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-397</link>
		<dc:creator>kylah16</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 21:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think the thing with Unique Blog Designs is that their designs are no longer unique. You can generally tell just by looking when a blog has been designed by them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the thing with Unique Blog Designs is that their designs are no longer unique. You can generally tell just by looking when a blog has been designed by them.</p>
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		<title>By: Nick</title>
		<link>http://www.droug.co.uk/new-design-for-this-blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-396</link>
		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 21:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anything is better than a free template from http://www.blogstheme.com/theme/smilies-army-10.html. If you put effort into something more bespoke, you&#039;ll get more out of it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anything is better than a free template from <a href="http://www.blogstheme.com/theme/smilies-army-10.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.blogstheme.com/theme/smilies-army-10.html</a>. If you put effort into something more bespoke, you&#8217;ll get more out of it.</p>
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		<title>By: Kieron</title>
		<link>http://www.droug.co.uk/new-design-for-this-blog.html/comment-page-1#comment-394</link>
		<dc:creator>Kieron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 18:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can&#039;t believe the people who like the current smilies design - it&#039;s awful!! The new design is about a million times better. Just ask Nate at UBD to spruce it up with something that stands out in the header, I like the idea of a megaphone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can&#8217;t believe the people who like the current smilies design &#8211; it&#8217;s awful!! The new design is about a million times better. Just ask Nate at UBD to spruce it up with something that stands out in the header, I like the idea of a megaphone.</p>
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