Group Blog
Blog Name
www.(the)enthusiast(s).(com)(ca)(net)
Blog History
We should make up a back story... I was thinking along the lines of the history of Pavement. There was a rumour when Pavement first came out (before I heard of them) that they didn't write their own songs, that there was a secret songwriter behind it all. I was thinking we should make up a site owner/inventor who we occassional reference. Sort of like this blogs very own god/family business owner whose family business is this blog. This story might help with the blog name too. Maybe this is crazy?
Favoured Blog Topics
music
design
fonts
movies
art
books/poetry
equipment research/reviews
scotch/beer
restaurant reviews
cooking/recipes
travel (photos and stories
photography
Group Blog Inspiration
BoingBoing
'skineart
I Love Typography
Contributor Requirements
one blog post a week
Main topic
Design/Layout Options
feature ben's sketches
feature ben's art
use WordPress
convert ben's sketches into line art
high contrast/bold colours
what colours? maybe a max of 3 or something?
low contrast/subtle colours
use Google Web Fonts
Sans-Serif (title?) fonts
Syncopate
Contrail One
Francois One
Electrolize
does the display/title font need small caps?
responsive web design
clean/white background?
tags?
organise site by date and by type of post
named regular sections (ie music reviews, design, writing (including book reviews, miscellania) etc, sort of like how SNL is set up. Formats/style of article may vary based on subject, under overall design. With Catchy names?
International
Travel Stories
Travel Photos
Non-local happenings
Critique
Art
Writing
Music
Products
Restaurants
Design
Made/Make?
Art
Fonts
Design
Music
Food/Recipes
Rebroadcast
links to other webpages/stories
other people's tweets
Purpose
fun
cateloging artistic pursuits
online resume
opportunity to flex graphic design/web design muscles
link to interesting online resources
music podcasts
continue BLM?
Contributors
Ben
Adrian
Marco?
Justin?
Karim
Dave Eby
phil