I found the design distracting, and was not sure where to look first. I normally look for the main content on the left side of the screen. Since "The next big

I found the design distracting, and was not sure where to look first. I normally look for the main content on the left side of the screen. Since "The next big thing" column is in green, I expected that to be the primary section, but then because it was smaller, moved to the right section. Overall, I prefer blogs to have the more traditional feel.