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I've been wondering why Shirley Kaiser over at Brainstorms and Raves has been so quiet lately. Turns out, she's been hard at work on a complete redesign for WebsiteTips.

I've always felt the site was an excellent compliment to drx, since we have similar approaches. For instance, both provide a nice overview for each category and have carefully designed navigation systems. Her site is geared more towards designers (Color, Fonts, Graphics, Typography, Design and Layout) while mine tends to be programmer centric. When it comes to things like Markup, JavaScript CSS, and Accessibility, there is some overlap.

Before I go looking foolish, I am aware of the tenure gap—did you know WebsiteTips has been on the map since 1996? And no, I didn't copy her style. In fact, I only discovered WST last year during a period of researching sites that focused on design, since this is not one of my strengths. I admire thoroughness and careful planning, which I recognized immediately. As if to drive this point home, Shirley has even set aside an entire page to explain all aspects of the new design. Kind of reminds me of my Help page, which started out as a simple idea and quickly grew into a big project.

What's that old idiom, "Great minds think alike?" Nice work Shirley!

PS. If this post seems a little belated, I apologize. Between recovering from SXSW and having my laptop out of commission (the machine I usually use for reading feeds), I'm still playing catch-up over here.

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