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On Second Thought...
Pulling up On Second Thought I thought to myself, "Ah, something visually different". The main page of the blog isn't your typical blogger, typepad or Livejournl layout at all. The design is simple and easy to navigate. The blogger has his business card right there for everyone to see and everything was what it says it was. I tried the blog out in three different browsers and the only thing I was uncomfortable with was the lack of space between my tool bar and the top of his layout. It just sort of looked out of place. Other than that I was very excited to see what this blogger had to say.
The author of On Second Thought is Dano. He has a very comprehensive "About" section that gives the reader just enough on what brought him to blogging. Dano's posts are all very short, but are also to the point. His posts range from movie reviews to his lack of financial stability. He has a great post entitled The Green Menace that had me laughing for quite some time after I had read it. Dano is clear and to the point. He seems to have a rather original and refreshing view on his world and he works hard not to blend into the blogging masses.
The design of this blog is based upon the author's own tack board at home. The template is CSS based and XHTML coded. Dano admits to having OCD so I am sure there will be many tweaks before we see the final layout. He also made mention of a new layout come Christmas. The design is very original and user friendly. There are no hidden surprises nor are there an unsightly amounts of useless extras. The layout in this case is a perfect image of this blogs author.
On Second Thought is a well put together, utterly original, and an altogether well written blog. This blog is a perfect read for those in their early twenties attempting the struggle of getting out of their own small town. This blog is also great for those with short attention spans that like to get a laugh in a small about of time. There are no epic meaning of life posts here I assure you! Dano even succeeded in not blogging about the US Presidential Election, which was almost impossible for thousands of fellow bloggers. This blog is a great example of working really hard to make things look really simple.
This site was reviewed on 2004-11-22 by namelessblogger.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
namelessblogger felt that On Second Thought... deserved a rating of 4.
Before venturing into any site I like to try to guess what is going to happen at the site I review. On Second Thought had me thinking. What could this be? My main guess was that it was going to be about decisions that were made and the author was going to present both sides.
When I first got to the site I was impressed with the design: totally original. Then I realized some limitations to this design as it has the text in a mini box in the center with its own scroll bars. This would be nice if my up/down arrows, or my spacebar would scroll this box, but it didn't. Still props to the design, as it is very slick.
The most recent post talks about how the author doesn't post much about his personal life, and then goes on to talk about it. More interesting is that almost every post is about his personal life but I don't think he realizes it. Some examples of this are his "Saturday Night Law" post where he talks about staying in, his constant Photography posts, and my favorite which was "Rise and Shine".
The navigation is a bit harsh for this site. When one clicks on the archive link you are given a list of all the titles, not a monthly break down. This makes it harder to read the site, especially with the text being in the little box that it is. The other bit is the lack of scrolling which I talked about earlier.
Overall I thought this site was pretty good. The design is very original and the writing is well done. After some tweaks to make the navigation easier this site will be a lot better. I think you should go check it out, even if it is just for the black and white photo gallery.
This site was reviewed on 2004-11-22 by Brent.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
Brent felt that On Second Thought... deserved a rating of 3.5.
2 reviewers gave On Second Thought... an average rating of 3.7500
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