Calling out to my readers
Okay, so here you are, reading my blog and hoping that whenever a new entry appears in your feed reader of choice it's a good one, that it will be interesting to you and give you some information you find valuable. And here am I, with more things to write about than I'm willing to mention, but not knowing what to write about first. So I'm going to ask you, my silent reader who rarely or never comments: what do you want me to write about, first?
Since my blog is on a variety of subjects, ranging from design to programming to markup to CSS to music and more, my audience tends to be quite varied as well. But other than a variety of other bloggers I don't really know my audience, my readers. However, I'd like to please them with an article that they're looking forward to the most, so here I am, asking you.
I have a selection of topics in mind that I can write about next, but don't let that limit you. You're free to ask me something not on the list below. The topic with the most requests will be treated first, after that I'll just take the second-most requested topic, and so forth. So please: stop "just" reading my blog, communicate to me what it is you'd like to see me write about most.
The topics:
- Design: my interface design choices for KuraFire Network 8
- Design: tutorial on how I created the headers on my site (good for 21 posts, but the 20 follow-ups will be added later)
- Design: how to understand and analyze design in the world
- CSS: how I created my Elastic Faux Columns technique
- CSS: interesting little facts about KuraFire Network 8
- CSS: how Douglas Bowman taught me optimal themeing techniques
- XHTML: the quest for dropping superfluous
div's and ending with lean, clean markup - Accessibility: all the little things I've put into this site to increase accessibility (and usability)
- Typography: the choices in fonts for KuraFire Network 8 explained
- FACE: how I came up with the idea for FACE and what problems we encountered
- FACE: how can we make good use of FACE to truly enhance usability
- W3C: my views on current drafts of CSS, XHTML
- Your topic here?
Remember, if someone comes up with a topic of their own and you really like that idea, make sure to second it so that it gets more votes!
I'll be keeping this open for the rest of this year and work on the articles in the new year. Until then, I will post some updates about FACE and Fontsize, but stay clear from the above topics.
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My vote is for
Specifically, the headertext 'kurafire network', as it is out of line with the rest of the design.
Sounds interesting...
sounds interesting.
I would personally be in favour of
or
I have commented before ;) but here's my vote:
A lot of people have very different methods for this, I'd like to see what your take on it is.
Accessibility: all the little things I've put into this site to increase accessibility (and usability)
FACE: how can we make good use of FACE to truly enhance usability
It's not an easy choice, but I guess my first pick would be
followed by
The Doug Bowman bit...and then the stuff about FACE if possible.
I would say they all sound great. But, being that I am currently contemplating the full impact of FACE, I'd say:
FACE: how can we make good use of FACE to truly enhance usability
Hi Faruk.
Are you in a hurry? The problem is not what not to write. Write about what's on your mind, from design to programming to markup to CSS to music and more.
Don't write what other people want to read, write what you want to write, it is the best (the only?) way to write, the other way is boring. You have a good blog, continue doing what you do. Anyway there is a high chance that in the end, you will run out of what to write (most bloggers do) not of what not to write about (or maybe not? Maybe most bloggers stop writing just because that all that is left to write are things they don't want to write about?).
Raanan,
I'm not in a hurry so much as I'm just in a bind. I've got all subjects on my mind constantly, ever since the redesign, and they're all pretty much the same to me. Because of that, I felt this was a good opportunity to try and get to know my readers a bit better, see what they're more interested in.
They're all subjects that I want to write about, and will write about regardless. I'm just asking which order would be most preferred by my readers.
I second the vote for: XHTML: the quest for dropping superfluous div's and ending with lean, clean markup.
I am with Raanan, write the one you want to write right now. I want to read them all, with the possible exception of Elastic Faux Columns because I could write that one, though it might have one or two superflous divs ;-)
If I had to pick in order of preference:
CSS: how Douglas Bowman taught me optimal themeing techniques
FACE: how can we make good use of FACE to truly enhance usability
Design: my interface design choices for KuraFire Network 8
CSS: Elastic or Accessibility.
"how can we make good use of FACE to truly enhance usability"
Essential.
1st: XHTML
2nd: CSS issues
But thanks for whatever you write!
Another vote for Typography.
As someone who is involved in the W3C process and all that I would like to read your views on existing specifications, drafts, et cetera. Now this is not really on your list, but you might consider it to be viable for some wish list ;-) More community input is certainly something that is desired.
(I like the design by the way, and the shaky rollovers on the destination page.)
Anne,
My views on existing specs is something I'll keep to myself for the time being, for good reasons I can't go into at this time, but I've added the topic of my views on current drafts for what are to be the next recommendations. :-) It's a good topic!
Faruk
So you don't have to spend your time writing an elastic faux columns tutorial, I did one
I did it for selfish reasons, I want to read more about FACE.
Nick,
Appreciated, but your technique is one that I'd seen before (though if you used it 2 years ago, you're definitely earlier with it) and has a limitation that mine doesn't. A rather important one.
Nevertheless, I added your votes for the FACE topics, as that obviously has your preference.
Hard to decide. Not possible to choose only one.
Here are the votes from the jury:
3rd: FACE: how can we make good use of FACE to truly enhance usability
2nd: Accessibility: all the little things I've put into this site to increase accessibility (and usability)
1st: CSS: how Douglas Bowman taught me optimal themeing techniques