I finally finished my new minimalist site style and uploaded it last night. The faux beige background was inspired by Scooter Software’s site along with some of the color. The logo and social network badges were inspired from A List Apart’s site.

I had been wanting to make a minimal styled theme for sometime and my last attempt at it was a black background with grey text and an abstract colored shape in the background. It really never seemed to convey what I wanted. My goal was to have a simple, yet elegant, design that was easy to read. I didn’t want it to stand out and say “Hey look at me!!” I wanted the content to speak for the site as I think most sites should. (more…)