Rules for growing your blog

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I support blogs getting bigger, fatter, and more seductive in that order. Excellent writeup Matt.

A smart bear is good stuff, I've subscribed, and more importantly I sometimes even read it.

1. No white on black text.

2. Don't use the pattern verbing adjective noun unless you're Bill Clinton and even then don't use it either.

1. Why? I've heard many people complain that it increases eye strain but I've yet to find a definitive study that says so. As a programmer I work on light-on-dark all day, I find dark-on-light to be painful to read, and I'm not the only one. http://www.darkbackground.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-on-dark_color_scheme

2. I can't find any use of verbing adjective noun in my blog post

I may work on an alternative css but switching this is not a simple affair, it requires reworking the entire theme.

1. I was basing this on personal preference and I don't think I'm alone. There seems to be some support:

2. "growing your blog"

1. I'll come up with an alternative theme for accessibility's sake.

2. I don't know any rule of English that bars this construction, how about "Making your mark" "Having your cake" "Picking your fights"

Good article. I like that you are consistent with your postings (unlike me :D).

Keep up the good work. Looking forward to more stuff from you.