Jay Riether (personal blog)
I maintain my own blog and have been doing so for over ten years. As a designer, I've redesigned the site nearly once every six months on average. My current iteration makes extensive use of CSS and transparent PNGs to afford me some flexibility in the underlying design.
I maintain my own blog and have been doing so for over ten years. As a designer, I've redesigned the site nearly once every six months on average. My current iteration makes extensive use of CSS and transparent PNGs to afford me some flexibility in the underlying design.
Role(s):
Owner, Designer, Coder
Owner, Designer, Coder
Skills:
Photoshop, xHTML, CSS, Information architecture, GUI-design, Prototyping
Photoshop, xHTML, CSS, Information architecture, GUI-design, Prototyping
Challenges:
Balancing the desire for an all-encompassing design with the reality of regular updates meant that the blog's architecture had to be reduced over time to make it practical.
Balancing the desire for an all-encompassing design with the reality of regular updates meant that the blog's architecture had to be reduced over time to make it practical.