WellMedicated - Inspiration Overdose

I’ve launched many a blog in my day.  So many, in fact, that I’ve got the whole procedure down to a science.  With every launch comes the inevitable grab-bag of tweaks, hacks and plugin installations that have been refined and remastered over time.

Every blog is different, they’re like snowflakes – it’s beautiful.  But these are the tweaks that I use on every blog I launch.  I believe these to be universally beneficial, regardless of the site… provided said site is Wordpress powered.

Those of you who know me know that if I were to call myself a ‘podcast enthusiast’ it would be something of an understatement.  I have such an addiction to podcasts it’s way beyond anything healthy.  At the time being, I am subscribed to almost 40 of ‘em… and it’s not nearly enough.

As a freelance web designer I spend a large chunk of time designing to these shows and they have become an integral part of my working routine.  Here are my 10 absolute favorites.

The gig poster scene isn’t exactly the best kept secret among music fiends like myself.  It is a tradition that started in the 60’s and is still going strong.

Nowadays, the majority of indie bands have a growing collection of poster art that is just too incredible to simply throw away once the show has ended.  Not surprisingly, this has led to the gig poster being something of a collectors item for music fanatics everywhere.

The following are 50 hand picked gig posters whose creativity and imagination blew me away.

The newbie blogger is faced with quite the “chicken and egg” conundrum.  It’s tough to write something that you think nobody will ever read, but in order to be read it first must be written.  It’s a catch 22 made in heaven.

I, too, was feeling the newbie blogger blues.  After spending 8 hours researching, writing and assembling a blog post about Polish film posters, I awoke the next day to a whopping two visits.

Now I know these things take time but c’mon!  I decided to take measures into my own hands…

I am very pleased to announce the official release of my latest Wordpress theme; ZinePress.

ZinePress isn’t really an overcomplicated magazine theme, but she’s not exactly a run-of-the-mill blog design either.  My goal with this design was to create a theme that could present oodles of information to the visitor in a straight forward and non-threatening way.  It’s some of my proudest work and I hope you like it.

Now that the summer is officially coming to an end this would be the most inopportune time to mention the importance of taking a vacation… but I’m going do it anyway.

You hear it all the time: how a change of scenery can inspire or how relaxation will recharge you – I never bought into it.  But having just returned from a 12 day excursion to the West Kootenays in British Columbia I have to admit I’ve changed my tune.