I had been trying things out for a couple weeks.
After using the same custom/hacked theme for close to a millennium, I wanted a little coat of fresh paint.
I didn’t change much! I like my dual-tone design. It’s just better for mobile reading now. And a bit fancier (check out the about, son). Still not sure on the background, I made it a little bit lighter, but it might be better darker, making the contrast stronger.
Anyway.
I encourage you to publish online. It’s easier than ever, you know you don’t want to go viral, and it will make you feel good. Also, you’re humbly making history.
I wish I could read a bus driver in LA narrate her stories all year long. Or a valet parking attendant in Silver Lake. Checking out an IT guy’s challenges in Ghana or a session musician in Japan fighting his parents. All of that without the “check me, check me, check me” of social media. Just purity of experience. Just witnessing consistency and persistence.
On the Open Web, as we should. Thank you, open source developers.