Curtis Killorn, an artist in Salida, Colo., likes his canvases au naturel. He finds and paints trees. Dead ones. Snags. The kind that a property owner might cut down. Or a woodpecker inhabit. Or a photographer capture on film. Or a hiker admire. I learned about him in a Huffington Post article that includes a … Continue reading Curtis Killorn: Artist or vandal?
In a previous post about things I’d like to see added to WordPress themes, I mentioned liking dynamic features, features that change or move or work in interesting ways. WordPress has introduced a few of them in some themes. Featured posts that change or slide horizontally. Widgets that incorporate several tabs — categories, archives, comments … Continue reading Hey, WordPress, check this out
A few days ago WordPress users got a letter from Matt — Matt Mullenweg, WP’s founding developer — reporting on the growth of his baby. In the course of his presentation (“State of the Word 2011”), he spoke of WP’s reliance on “Desire Paths” to determine the company’s direction. He likened it to paving cow paths, … Continue reading WordPress: Paving cow paths
Most of you probably haven’t noticed and couldn’t care less that I changed my WordPress theme again this week. But I did, and I’ve been busy behind the scenes fine tuning the code to my liking. My previous theme was Under the Influence and I spent a lot of time trying to get it to … Continue reading Formerly Under the Influence, now back to Vigilance
It’s true. Nothing makes a color image “pop” like a black matrix or background. If you don’t believe me, try previewing WordPress’s newest theme, “Piano Black,” on your WP blog. Color images are absolutely scintillating. The problem is, so is the text. And scintillating text is harder to read. Well, it is for me anyway. … Continue reading WordPress releases ‘Piano Black’ theme
Pied Type has a new look — again — and the simple explanation is the lady changed her mind. But there’s more to it than that. The dark Choco theme is warm and cozy. It focuses attention on the posts by treating everything else with brown tones. But its limitations frustrated me. Dark themes can … Continue reading My (page) designing mind
