I thank you for the thoughtful response. Good to know that it effectively landed. And like you said, when done right, there is a lot that you can learn when adapting a piece or pieces of it into your own work.

It may not always be the easiest thing to do, but the fact that you are trying is awesome! Thanks again.

what I find interesting is that if I set out to try and “copy” something I learn a lot in terms of the details that make that design effective, I try and push the design further to separate my design from the original, but I have to admit I wished that I was able to put the pieces together myself without the inspiration.

I love the tips offered here and I will push to try and interpret what makes the design good, while adding my own voice to the exercise.

–

Thanks and Regards

Also, especially when sites are just starting out, they tend to use an established theme to get them rolling until they find their way to a design that speaks to them and encompasses their mission. As for the content, Ferman is working with guest posters to come up with some content, but especially in the beginning most sites follow the popular post model that other sites have seemed to push as the direction for design blogging.

So until you can direct us to your all original, groundbreaking content then perhaps you need to back off of Ferman and anyone else who actually takes time to put content together. Even if it is not in your taste.

And if you were really that concerned about original content, you wouldn’t have come to this post (which biasedly I say is not the same old recycled ideas that I have seen over and over again.) In fact, not sure I have seen a post of this vein but would like to see others so if you have any links you could provide, that would be awesome.