It's been a while since we've done a post about blogging itself. So, here are a couple of posts for those bloggers who might be trying to improve their web-worthiness.

Jeffrey Zeldman wrote a great little primer for A List Apart (for people who make websites) called Understanding Web Design. It's not so much a primer for people who want to make websites, more an unpacking of some of the problems that beset those who do. Maybe the best little part of the whole article is his answer to "So what is web design?"

Web design is the creation of digital environments that facilitate and encourage human activity; reflect or adapt to individual voices and content; and change gracefully over time while always retaining their identity.

Armin Vit at Speak Up asked Where are the Canonical Web Designs? And Joshua Porter of bokardo dot com responds with Do Canonical Web Designs Exist? Here's a lil bit:

You can’t appreciate a web site in the same way you appreciate a logo or a poster. When a logo works, it makes you think certain things. Makes you think about the company, their influence, their reach. It’s about branding. The IBM logo suggests a solidity, the rock that is Big Blue. At this point, after you’ve thought these things, you’re done. There is nothing else to do. Maybe you’ll consider their products in the future.

When a web site works, on the other hand, you’re using it to do something. You might be looking for your next favorite book on Amazon, or searching for a critical piece of information on Google. You’re using the web site…interacting with it, having an experience that, contrary to logos, involves you. You are inputting information, asking questions, getting answers.

There's more to read and much to learn. Please check them out.