Unsung @ 500: The new design

Unless you’re reading via RSS, welcome to Unsung’s new livery! I dreaded even attempting the redesign, but as I was adding full-text search to the blog, I realized the previous simple frame couldn’t accommodate it – no matter what I did, the search felt bolted on. I suppressed my PM side, decided to scope creep, and the 500th postiversary provided a good arbitrary deadline. (This is post №492, so hopefully I’m not jinxing it.) One trick helped me. I decided to start the redesign coworking from a friend’s startup in a cool Chicago building, for the first time ever, hoping that the new surroundings will inspire me. It worked! Functionality The main impetus for the redesign was to recognize the blog’s growing body of work and make Unsung more evergreen, and something one could revisit in the future as a resource. Here’s what I did: There is now a “Random post” link – I’m hoping it becomes a delightful little way to poke around. There is also a search that can help you find an older post…