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> The design of your site is irrelevant.

But it helps if the font is legible in all media.

Good, straightforward advice, better than many similar articles.

Personally, in my blog, I only write what I like.

I also do what he says about editing and linking old articles.

Any blog IMO should have a minimalist design. You want to draw attention to the content and present it as plainly and with as little visual clutter as possible.

Some people want to use their blog as a kind of interactive CV but that should be treated as a separate project, as it will just introduce more clutter.

> Any blog IMO should have a minimalist design. You want to draw attention to the content and present it as plainly and with as little visual clutter as possible.

There is a German blog who hit "minimalist" rather well. http://blog.fefe.de/

Tbh, I prefer this kind of representation not just when it comes to blogs. Hackernews is another great example for "less is more".

yeah i feel like "design is irrelevant" probably still doesn't mean it can be offensive to look at :)

i take it to mean, don't worry about going crazy with hiring a PR firm to give you beautiful look/feel and/or some unique functionality

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