Version 2

You caught me a little off guard. I though I had hit the wrong site! I was here, and I came back 5 minutes later for the blogroll and the design had changed!

I like some parts, dislike others, but jsut a matter of personal preference.
Like you said, you're still working on it, so maybe you'll get those things out. (for instance, the nav is kind of bland and could use some subtle enhancements, not sure what though.)

All in all, looks decent. I'm glad you got rid of all those links up top it was starting to get cluttered.
I also like how you've implemented the recent comments, and added a time to the blogroll.
Have you fixed the script that orders those? DxF and a few others have been at the top with no new posts or comments this last week or two.

Cheers.

I like it.

I have always been one for a clean style and simplicity.

Kinda got a Novell.com thing going on.

Top marks :)

It sort of reminds me of Asterisk and Subtraction but that isn't a bad thing. It's definately more updated and its looking quite nice. The thing I like most about this design so far is that awesome R you have going on. Great work, mate.

Dito what Martin said, as well has nice job Ryan! I like it, lots!

It looks nice, Ryan, good job. The big square navigation appears to be all the rage, does it not? Personally I'd like to have seen just a little bit more imagery, but it's still a nice design.

Holy crap, Ryan! This is amazing! I did not expect this when I came back to look at your Macromedia post!

Nice work!

So simple and yet so perfect...
Congratulations Ryan, it was about time for a redesign!
Amazing.

Sweetness, I like it.

Nice work... I too thought that I had typed in the wrong URL when this site came up. It is definately an improvement. Keep up da good work.

Hey Ry Ry!! What a great job you're doing on your blog; but I think maybe I'd like to see a little bit of frill around the edges; a logo maybe? Something to jazz it up a bit. I love reading thru it; very well written and interesting! Who knew, lol!!

Nice design. I don't know what the design prior to this one looked like, but this one looks really fresh and pleasing.

I always love your designs and this time is no exception. Neczy was thinking what I was thinking, but Chris has a nice point too. For whatever reason, it seems a bit like Novell to me. Not that that any of those three sites looks bad. Not in the least. I like the new design.

I've been trying to make things a little less spartan recently... something in me figures more stuff on the page means greater chance of being unique.

But you've done good job of mastering the more simple. Looks sweet. And allows you to really focus on the finer details that I always skim over.

Don't listen to them, Ryan. The only thing this and the Novell site have in common is the color scheme, and I can name a dozen or three others that use the same. The most obvious inspiration here is that of the (old) ShaunInman.com.

Honestly, I can't say I'm a huge fan of this design, but I never like things at first. It'll most likely start to grow on me. I just usually prefer a little more graphical experience.

Looks really nice. I like the comments styling as well.

This comment was edited by Jason at 06:53 am

Ryan - I was not saying you ripped it or anything... I was just comparing it to something.

anyway... what happened to typespace?

Now THIS I like!

Great redesign Ryan. Like others pointed out, the comments styles are quite well done. It was a style I implemeneted in my faux pas redesign a few weeks back. Are you still working with TypeSpace on this site?

This was a nice surprise. Very, very cool. Your blogroll especially.

Cheers to a job well done!

I go for a long summer vacation offline for three months and all's changed; it's like interesting stuff...

I really like it! Very nice work...