I only recently learned that Dr Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham consists of just 50 words. I bet you knew that already. I could make a facile point (or three) about economy of language, honing your words (and design) and less being more. Instead, I’ll just leave you with this:
If you write anything for business, or you’re interested in writing at all, it’s well worth subscribing to the Good Copy, Bad Copy blog. Recently Clare analysed and rewrote a passage of bad business writing, providing some excellent advice in the process. In my job I often have to extract content from press releases, an [...]
The Scherzo theme is often described as minimalist, as in if you’re looking for a minimalist WordPress theme, try Scherzo. It’s not something I mind — after all, it’s not a bad thing to be equated with a popular shorthand term — but it got me thinking about what people really mean when they describe [...]
I no longer maintain the Gigantic theme for Wordpress.
2008 was a year of minimalist design and a row over a designer’s portrayal of Obama as Lenin.