July 24, 2005

blog designers wanted

zzzzazzdggg09.jpg
Alis­tair Shrimp­ton of Six Apart and myself are trying to assem­ble a cen­tral data­base of folk who build blogs, wikis, web­si­tes etc on a pro­fes­sio­nal basis. Please go check out the wiki and feel free to add your name (or the name of a recom­men­da­tion) to the list.
Peo­ple are always asking the both of us, “Where can I find a good blog desig­ner?” We thought it was time to come up with an easy-to-use solu­tion that any­body on the pla­net could make good use of.
If you know anyone who qua­li­fies, please spread the word. Thanks.
[BONUS LINK:] A photo of London-based uber­blog­ger Gia Mili­no­vich wea­ring one of my t-shirts yes­ter­day at Open Tech.

"Hugh's Daily Cartoon" Newsletter. A new cartoon sent out every weekday morning to your inbox [RSS version here.]. A wee chuckle to start your day off right etc.

11 Responses to “blog designers wanted”

  1. This is pro­bably the most funny car­toon of yours (of those that I have seen). Hilarious!

  2. IF says:

    Blog Desig­ner Database

    Pro­li­fic blog­ger Hugh Mac­Leod has set up a Wiki data­base of pro­fes­sio­nal blog desig­ners and publishers with Alis­tair Shrimp­ton of SixA­part. Directory…

  3. Lab Kat says:

    I just build blogs for fun. I sup­pose that doesn’t count, right?
    And, the car­toon is hysterical.

  4. gia says:

    Hugh, I just put a note on the pic­ture of me (by Bill Thoms­pon btw) telling peo­ple they can get the tshirt at gapingvoid.com… :) When you’re *really* rich, you can take me out for a pint.
    A data­base of desig­ners is a great idea. So many peo­ple who 6 months ago had never heard of blogs are asking for them now…
    Yes­ter­day at Open­Tech Tom Rey­nolds men­tio­ned that he knows three peo­ple per­so­nally that have got jobs because of their blogs… and he wasn’t coun­ting peo­ple he’d only read… and I don’t think he was coun­ting either you or me… It’s been a long time coming, but I think it’s gonna hit big here in the UK and *ever­yone* is going to want one/need one/have one…
    Time to start pod­cas­ting methinks… ;)

  5. hugh macleod says:

    I agree, Gia. I’m already fully boo­ked with all my blog/Cluetrain/Hughtrain work…

  6. PSFK says:

    Blog Desig­ner Database

    Mar­ke­ting blog­ger Hugh Mac­Leod has set up a Wiki data­base of pro­fes­sio­nal blog desig­ners and publishers with Alis­tair Shrimp­ton of SixA­part. Directory

  7. That car­toon made my day! Thanks!

  8. I’m all for Hugh pod cast. I’d like to hear him inter­view some of the peo­ple he works with. I’d like to hear a brains­tor­ming ses­sion rela­ted to one of his projects.

  9. John Willard says:

    “No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.“
    Samuel Johnson

  10. sMhyla says:

    that car­toon was so cool, i would like to share it on my blog. i know your cc license says you share, but i want to make sure you don’t mind me lin­king your pic­ture.
    i wish i could be paid for blog­ging. i won­der how i can get paid to do something i am pas­sio­nate about. i guess i need to find a genre or topic first, huh? i pro­bably need to gra­duate to something more sophis­ti­ca­ted like MT too.