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Kyle Fiedler Blogazine

Blogazines.org — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:20:58 +0000

The next blogazine mention goes to Kyle Fiedler with his Wordpress powered http://kylefiedler.com

Kyle also co-owns Atedrake, a web branding company, with Mike Kivikoski. And if you’re wondering if he could spend MORE time on a computer, he works full time as a web designer at thoughtbot.

Kyle’s blogazine is a cross between web design theory and personal rants. He reveals his struggle with maintaining a blog in between everything else with a few posts that remind his readers to keep reading. There is a six month gap between Dec 2009 and June 2010 with no updates.

But now that he’s back in blog business I am giving his website recognition. It’s a great example for future blogazine designers and his articles are good too. Keep it up Kyle.

Here is his first post called Podcommuting about listening to Podcasts on the way to work.

His second article Good things come to those who wait is in response to the two month break between his first and second blog. Interesting way to do it though. Click below on the image for the full effect.

And this last post I’ll feature because I find myself caught on that same trap of working too fast sometimes and it catching up to you.

I like what you’ve started Kyle Fiedler. Please keep up with your blogazine and show us all what you’re made of.

I Am Steve dot tumblr dot com

Blogazines.org — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:16:53 +0000

Welcome to Team Awesome, Steve. Great job.. you’ve made it into The League of Extraordinary Blogazines with http://iamsteve.tumblr.com

From Steve’s About Me page..

I’m just a regular guy with a beautiful wife and two awesome boys.

I’m into cars, especially Japanese and European imports. When I’m not working or hanging out with my family, I like watching NBA Basketball. I love to draw, and I’ll post random comics or drawings on this blog from time to time. I also consider myself to be somewhat of a geek, in the sense that I’m into pretty much anything tech related.

I plan to use this blog to post about my family life, tech interests, automotive interests, and anything else I might think of.

I liked most of his articles but here are a few of my favorites.

Netflix + Wii - I Am Steve

I do love Netflix and because I’m awesome.. Here’s a free month to Netflix pass courtesy of PAUL. If you aren’t already a member, use that link to get a free month. You’re welcome.

I totally agree with Steve in this next article called Internet Explorer. I prefer using Google Chrome and so do 48% of my visitors.

Internet Explorer - I Am Steve

And because I’m a tech-junky and cell phone nerd–I chose Thoughts On A New Phone as Steve’s last article to share.

Thoughts On A New Phone - I Am Steve

Check out Steve’s new blogazine and leave him some love in the comments down below. I look forward to future blogazines authors submitting their sites.

Marcel Uekermann’s New Blogazine

Blogazines.org — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:34:14 +0000

From the maker of WhatTheMovie.com comes a brand new blogazine.

I think that the creator, Marcel Uekermann, fits into my category of People who can name a Star Trek character other than “the black guy from Reading Rainbow”. There is a very distinct line drawn between those people and the rest of us with little gray area in between.

But quoting myself from an essay contest I entered (and won) in second grade– “Differences are what make a person special.”

Marcel is 25 years young and is studying multimedia art at FH Salzburg. Much of his prior education came from memorizing space trivia and reading the description of a website in Google but not clicking on the page. He was inspired by Paddy Donnelly’s article The Death of the Blog Post.

I like his timeline navigation system pictured below which appears after each post. It let’s his reader evolve with his work–and this is only just the beginning.

Marcel Uekermann Blogazine Timeline Navigation

Marcel’s blogazine definitely falls into my Miscellaneous Ramblings category because so far his articles range from nitpicking a website to space accomplishments. Below are clickable screenshots of two posts.

Listing Trends 2009 - Marcel Uekermann Blogazine

Time & Distance - Marcel Uekermann Blogazine

Marcel Uekermann is better than you because he has a blogazine. Don’t ask me why–just accept it as fact and make your own blogazine. After you’re done, submit your work to Blogazines.org by following these directions.

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I Am Paddy – Blogazine Extraordinary

Blogazines.org — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:22:24 +0000

It’s been 28 days since my last entry here at Blogazines.org–unacceptable.. but am I to blame? The amount of new blogs that coin the term blogazine that have appeared online lately is overwhelming. Where are the real new blogazines at? I found one. And it was worth the wait.

Paddy Donnelly calls himself ”an Irish web designer, blogger, interviewer and illustrator currently living in Belgium.” I like Paddy’s interviews–they are informative, intelligently structured, and it doesn’t hurt that I’m interested in and admire many of the big names he’s interviewed such as Mashable’s Pete Cashmore, Smashing Magazine’s Vitaly Friedman, and Problogger’s Darren Rowse. Click on those names to see his interviews.

Today I profile Paddy’s blogazine which can be found @ www.IamPaddy.com

I especially enjoyed his third article “Life Below 600px” which I consider a fresh perspective on website design. It’s easy to get caught up in the habit of pushing the most important content to the top of the screen but Paddy reminds us that we can free ourselves of those boundaries.

Below 600px - I am Paddy

And a screenshot from his article “Learn to fucking spell”

Learn to fucking spell - I am Paddy

Paddy Donnelly.. you’re the man. Interview me sometime soon–I have a lot to say.

Update: Feb 4, 2010

I e-mailed Paddy Donnelly and he wrote back. I feel like a champion. No–I am a champion! It’s exciting when cool people talk to me. Understandably, “cool” is different to me than other people. Paddy Donnelly e-mailing me back is like Ajay Bhatt walking into an Intel break room. (To explain the joke..)

I asked Paddy three questions and I tried to make them light hearted but investigative– in replica of his interview style. Here they are below:

Me: What inspired you to take your website in a blogazine direction?

Paddy: I think my article on Smashing Magazine answers your first question better than I could now: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/the-death-of-the-blog-post/

(Not included in his answer… but quoted from the famous article he mentioned)

You have endless possibilities to be more creative with your blog. Why stay tied down to one theme and one layout when you can experiment with your skills and push your creativity to its limit with a blogazine? With the Internet suffocating with blogs, people have developed incredibly short attention spans, and they probably won’t stop for your content if you have “just another blog.”

Me: What would you be doing with your life if you were computer illiterate?

Paddy: Hmm, tough one. I don’t know, I suppose designing in some form or
another. Print design is always something I’ve been interested in but
never had any experience with.

Me: What’s one of your biggest webmaster pet peeves other than obvious spelling mistakes?

Paddy: One of my biggest pet peeves might actually be the word ‘webmaster’
if it’s not used in an ironic manner. Other than that, I would say
people not answering emails is my biggest pet peeve.

Thanks to Mr. Donnelly for the correspondence. Don’t forget to check him out at http://iampaddy.com

Cahcepu

Blogazines.org — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:28:10 +0000

I have no idea what this blogazine is about but it looks hot. I don’t speak or read gibberish. Someone please tell me what language that is in the comments. I have figured out though that they were inspired by Dustin Curtis, Smashing Magazine’s article and CNN’s new look and as of Dec 10, 2009 their publication is taking a new blogazine direction.

I’m going to contact the site owner and improve this listing but I did not want to wait to post it because it is beautiful work.

The current homepage of http://cahcepu.com/

Their first blogazine style article…

koin keadilan untuk prita mulyasari - cahcepu.com

And the second blogazine style article…

http://cahcepu.com/tips/mendesign-blog-sesuai-kepentingan

It’s looking beautiful. I wish I could read it. As I said, I’m going to contact the site owner and ask for some clarification. For now I posted it under Miscellaneous Ramblings category.

Phresh Mentality

Blogazines.org — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:56:31 +0000

This music blogazine takes a unique approach and hosts itself on Blogger. None the less they accomplish the goal of creating a blogazine. The site is easily navigable through the home and archive pages while each page holds a unique design that really reflects the artist.

Other than the music that annoyingly plays on each page while I’m trying to watch Megavideo.. this blogazine makes it to Blogazines.org

Phresh Mentality Blogazine

Freestyle Analog

Blogazines.org — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:50:29 +0000

This is Miko Galvez’s new experiment blogazine named after Track 7 of Sandwich’s 1999 Album Grip, Stand, Throw.

Powered by Tumblr, built on a custom-developed Theme (based on justwatchthesky), assisted by DISQUS comments and enhanced with jQuery JS, and with files hosted on Dropbox.

Currently Galvez only has one page on the site and that is the About This Site page. The way he is going about this blogazine is really intelligent and I wanted to add it for two reasons. 1) You can learn from how he is building this site. 2) To pressure Mike Galvez to continue with his “experiment of sorts” because I would like to see what the future holds for Freestyle Analog

Freestyle Analog Blogazine - Miko Galvez

Just Watch The Sky

Blogazines.org — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:33:12 +0000

This isn’t quite a blogazine–it’s more a project. But it’s beautiful and follows the idea of unique layouts on each page.

Although it needs more content to be considered a blogazine, I wanted to include it because it’s beautiful.

Start with #1

Just Watch The Sky #1

This one is number20.

Just Watch The Sky #20

Just Watch The Sky #34

This is the last one.

Just Watch The Sky #36

Gregory Wood

Blogazines.org — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:47:41 +0000

Gregory Wood’s website is so raw it almost gave me a “Gregory Wood.” Whatever that means.

This is the best example I’ve seen so far. His website is so cool–how did I not know about this before I was into blogazines?

The navigation pissed me off for a minute until I figured out that you just use the arrows on the top right to switch between designs.

Gregory Wood is a web designer for Erskine Design, an artist, and a talented ginger.

Let's Drink To The Death of Regret - Gregory Wood

Followed by a completely different feel.

5 Reasons To Learn Diving - Gregory Wood

And for Gregory Wood–a third screenshot.

About Gregory Wood

The coolest blogazine thus far on Blogazines.org

Jason Santa Maria

Blogazines.org — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:35:07 +0000

Jason Santa Maria–you make me wish I was a designer. Jason is founder and principal of Mighty design studio.

Look no further than Jason Santa Maria for an excellent example of a beautifully orchestrated blogazine.

He calls his website http://jasonsantamaria.com an experiment in art direction online.

Rather than allowing the content to flow from a content management system into the same page layout every time, I’ve created a system for fast design direction based on the needs of the content. Because it’s an experiment, sometimes a page might be a total disaster, or might not work in your browser. Please accept my apologies. This experiment isn’t meant to shatter new depths of graphic design, but to find the voice in the visuals so that they can become an equal partner in the story being told.

Below are a few of my favorite posts.

Royal - Jason Santa Maria

Followed by a more traditionally but equally clean design.

The Death Throes of Print - Jason Santa Maria

Dustin Curtis

Blogazines.org — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:48:00 +0000

The first official posting at Blogazines.org is given to Dustin Curtis in San Francisco. Curtis is a pioneer and a wonderful example of how unique each blogazine post can be while still creating an easily navigable website with a consistence familiar appearance on every page.

You can discover his blogazine at DustinCurtis.com

Notice how different each post looks.

Dustin Curtis Blogazine

Thank you Dustin Curtis for being awesome.