I’ve been trying to figure out what kind of image I want to use as the header for this blog. While the emphasis should be on content over visuals, the fact is no one’s going to read or buy anything if it looks like crap, no matter how good it might otherwise be.

Of course, as with any website, the focus of the blog itself is what normally should help define the style and look for the site, if not the writer behind the blog. Knowing how I want to approach this blog – as a basic catch-all for my thoughts and comments on a wide range of topics – it made for some challenges on where to start. At first, I thought about taking some neutral visual background and overlaying it with various images from topics I’d most likely bring up or discuss in this blog. But looking at the blog design I used here, I figured a cleaner, simplistic approach would make more sense. Besides, the internet is filling up with lots of sites offering a cornucopia of visual treats, and in some cases it’s the equivalent of a visual overload, making it more confusing to know where exactly the focus of the reader should be. Click here to continue reading »”Finding My New Look”