2010 Model (or lipstick on pig)
Jan0
Goodbye Courier, Hello Tahoma.
A couple of tweaks to usher in the new year:
(1) Changed the font to Tahoma 10. Nobody likes the durn typewriter font.
(2) Got rid of the red bar/short-cut links section (moved that information to the far right column)
(3) Moved the search bar to the right column as well.
These changes have added to the text density of the site allowing even more “news stories per pixel.”
Tweaks to RGL’s Layout…
Oct1
(Still wrestling with the whole font issue. Some feedback that Courier is hated, but I’m not crazy about Times New Ro, Arial, or Helvetica either. I’ll figure something out at some point.)
So the columns on RGL have been re-organized. Combining “Crime Stories” (previously, Column 4) under the “Hard News” Section (Column 1). Column 4 will now house all the meta-information and reference links:
- The blog and twitter
- Direct links to the public Google Readers
- Locals Guides (slowly working on some new sections)
- Richmond Media Guide with social media links (RSS, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc).
As for the density of the site, that won’t change. It may be ugly, but my goal has always been to pack as many news stories per pixel as possible. It’s sort of a retro homage to early newspaper design:
Richmond Good Life’s Google Reader
Oct1
So people always ask me “how do you keep up with all the Richmond news stories?” Actually, no one asks me that, but if you wanna know, a good Google Reader is a start. I really like how the GOOG reader has evolved over the years, and one of my favorite new enhancement is the ability to make a reader public. Looking for good RSS? Here are RGL’s public readers:
- Richmond (shortcut: http://bit.ly/rglrichmond) This reader primarily focuses on RSS relating to Richmond news items. Draws from local newspapers, magazines, neighborhood blogs, television, etc.
- Art (shortcut: http://bit.ly/rglart) Art gallery blogs, art news sites, etc.
- Dining (shortcut: http://bit.ly/rgldining) Restaurant reviews from newspapers, blogs, etc.
- Music (shortcut: http://bit.ly/rglmusic) Club feeds, music media, etc.
- Politics (shortcut: http://bit.ly/rglpolitics) Political pages of newspapers, Actual candidates (except Ken Cuccinelli who doesn’t have RSS), political blogs, etc (note: other than the actual candidates, I have omitted overtly partisan blogs from this list)
- Technology (shortcut: http://bit.ly/rgltech) Tech websites, blogs, etc
- Kitchensink (shortcut: http://bit.ly/rglkitchensink) Essentially, draws from all of the above.
- JUST ADDED: Redskins
I’ll also keep links of these readers up on my right navigation blogroll. I still don’t get Google Wave, but I figure these feeds can be weaved into that at some point.
When 140 Characters is not enough!
May0
The bulk of Richmond Good Life’s communication with the world occurs at Twitter (@RichmondGL). But e’ry once in a while, more just needs to be said, when you really need that 141st character. That’s what this space is for. Topics will include local current events, FOOD (Glutton Opines returns), Technology, and Random Stuff. This “blog” will only be maintained sporadically (or, maybe, it’ll die off from neglect like so many before it)…