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Web Design Bloggers

22 points by jolie 16y ago

jolie 16y ago
As the first commenter on this post noted, it's not a diverse (in the U.S. Census sense) list. But I'm more inclined to write posts that treat tech as a meritocracy. I don't do affirmative action. Two questions: a) Am I wrong? b) Are there any first-rate women web design bloggers? How about people of color?
- mistermann 16y ago
  Don't forget the disabled, or people with different sexual orientations. The absolute top people in almost every every field are male, just as the absolute bottom people are also male, that's just the way the world works. If you wrote an article about the top 10 fastest humans on the planet, you would likely also get complaints that there are no females, white people, etc in the list. Admittedly, this is more easily measurable, but consistent lack of success, by any way you measure it, should be at least somewhat compelling in other, less quantitative fields.
  - jmm 16y ago
    The Larry Summers of HN!
- petercooper 16y ago
  I'm also interested if there are any first-rate deafblind Web design bloggers in Poland who have to use a colostomy bag.
imjustcreative 16y ago
There are many female web designers and graphic designers for sure/ Many of which do tweet and such, but yes, thinking about it, not so many that blog frequently. And that's the distinction here isn't it. If it were titled, 'top web designers' then you would have more to choose from. One who does come to mind however is http://lorelle.wordpress.com/ http://lorelle.wordpress.com/ been following her blog for a few years now. :)
zmmz 16y ago
From HN guidelines: If the original title begins with a number or number + gratuitous adjective, we'd appreciate it if you'd crop it. E.g. translate "10 Ways To Do X" to "How To Do X," and "14 Amazing Ys" to "Ys." Exception: when the number is meaningful, e.g. "The 5 Platonic Solids." Going through some of the work it nicely shows the current trend to grab your attention with obnoxiously in-your-face typography instead of flashy animations or ads. While these people are good, I would much rather be reading the blogs of more progressive designers such as http://www.onebitwonder.com/ http://www.onebitwonder.com/ The article nicely pointed out some of the possible reasons for designers having a blog, oddly enough they didn't mention the simple "to share".
- petercooper 16y ago
  Except "Web Design Bloggers" is next to meaningless compared to the true title of "10 Web Design Bloggers You Should Follow."
cb33 16y ago
I've got tons of respect for everyone on this list, but especially Chris Coyier. He taught me (and I'm assuming many others) everything I know about CSS and Wordpress.
Locke1689 16y ago
Maybe I should just go ask one of these guys, but how much would a basic blog markup cost me? I appreciate good web design but unfortunately I really suck at it. I wouldn't be expecting a huge amount of time to be put in, just something I could not be ashamed about putting up.
genieyclo 16y ago
Smells like the same blogspam typical to sites like mashable and smashingmag. "n top of x" articles are usually junk churned out and a typical way for bloggers to get hits.
- patio11 16y ago
  Top bloggers is usually egobait for links, especially if you cite bloggers who are just below the cusp of notability, since they'll cite you right back to socially demonstrate that they've made it. Sorry, I hang around SEOs too much.
  - jolie 16y ago
    Good point. I tried to include a mix of people with rather large followings and people that might, as you noted, be on the cusp. I only picked people who I personally thought did really interesting work, though.
- jolie 16y ago
  Yeah. I really churned this one out. It took me three days to research and write it. OMG, I'm such a bad spamblogger.

22 points by jolie 16y ago

jolie 16y ago

As the first commenter on this post noted, it's not a diverse (in the U.S. Census sense) list. But I'm more inclined to write posts that treat tech as a meritocracy. I don't do affirmative action. Two questions: a) Am I wrong? b) Are there any first-rate women web design bloggers? How about people of color?

mistermann 16y ago
Don't forget the disabled, or people with different sexual orientations. The absolute top people in almost every every field are male, just as the absolute bottom people are also male, that's just the way the world works. If you wrote an article about the top 10 fastest humans on the planet, you would likely also get complaints that there are no females, white people, etc in the list. Admittedly, this is more easily measurable, but consistent lack of success, by any way you measure it, should be at least somewhat compelling in other, less quantitative fields.
- jmm 16y ago
  The Larry Summers of HN!
petercooper 16y ago
I'm also interested if there are any first-rate deafblind Web design bloggers in Poland who have to use a colostomy bag.

imjustcreative 16y ago

There are many female web designers and graphic designers for sure/ Many of which do tweet and such, but yes, thinking about it, not so many that blog frequently. And that's the distinction here isn't it. If it were titled, 'top web designers' then you would have more to choose from. One who does come to mind however is http://lorelle.wordpress.com/ http://lorelle.wordpress.com/ been following her blog for a few years now. :)

zmmz 16y ago

From HN guidelines: If the original title begins with a number or number + gratuitous adjective, we'd appreciate it if you'd crop it. E.g. translate "10 Ways To Do X" to "How To Do X," and "14 Amazing Ys" to "Ys." Exception: when the number is meaningful, e.g. "The 5 Platonic Solids." Going through some of the work it nicely shows the current trend to grab your attention with obnoxiously in-your-face typography instead of flashy animations or ads. While these people are good, I would much rather be reading the blogs of more progressive designers such as http://www.onebitwonder.com/ http://www.onebitwonder.com/ The article nicely pointed out some of the possible reasons for designers having a blog, oddly enough they didn't mention the simple "to share".

petercooper 16y ago
Except "Web Design Bloggers" is next to meaningless compared to the true title of "10 Web Design Bloggers You Should Follow."

cb33 16y ago

I've got tons of respect for everyone on this list, but especially Chris Coyier. He taught me (and I'm assuming many others) everything I know about CSS and Wordpress.

Locke1689 16y ago

Maybe I should just go ask one of these guys, but how much would a basic blog markup cost me? I appreciate good web design but unfortunately I really suck at it. I wouldn't be expecting a huge amount of time to be put in, just something I could not be ashamed about putting up.

genieyclo 16y ago

Smells like the same blogspam typical to sites like mashable and smashingmag. "n top of x" articles are usually junk churned out and a typical way for bloggers to get hits.

patio11 16y ago
Top bloggers is usually egobait for links, especially if you cite bloggers who are just below the cusp of notability, since they'll cite you right back to socially demonstrate that they've made it. Sorry, I hang around SEOs too much.
- jolie 16y ago
  Good point. I tried to include a mix of people with rather large followings and people that might, as you noted, be on the cusp. I only picked people who I personally thought did really interesting work, though.
jolie 16y ago
Yeah. I really churned this one out. It took me three days to research and write it. OMG, I'm such a bad spamblogger.