While looking through some free WordPress templates for a niche blog that I am starting, one made me question the designer's choice of ad blocks. I am wanted to eventually sell ads on this blog so I am looking for themes with ad blocks already built in. This particular one is a very nice theme but it has three 100x100 ad blocks. At first that didn't seem like such a big deal, but the more I thought about it I realized that it probably wasn't a very wise move to go down from the de facto 125x125 sized blocks.

Here's why.

Yesterday I wrote a post about great blogs first posts and I would like to show some things I learned while going through all those blogs.

As I am just staring off my blogging career very late in the game I look to the other established and successful blogs for inspiration and help. I thought it would be a good idea to see how some of these famous blogs got their start by looking at their first post. Although most probably aren't their true first post, here are the first post of each from these blogs. They are in no specific order except other than how they appear in my bookmarks.

My desire is to transition from a developer to a designer.

Why?

I love the challenges that design present more than the ones development does. I love the aesthetics of design. Trying to covey important messages simplistically. I enjoy being able to show off my work and have people enjoy it without explaining the intracasies of why the work is an accomplishment for myself. And most importantly, because its what I like.

I've been a voracious reader of all things web design. I know alot about it, but I need to start actually doing it. So look out world.