Iterations

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In what I hope to be something that’ll last for a while, I am working on the next version of Meadow Hill. This will be the most simple version I’ve produced since people started using white as the default background color. But it will also serve to function as I intended the site to be built back in 2001: like a book.

One of the qualities I really admire about Apple.com is the way the pages look like catalogs of days gone by. Wide as the screen, without any wasted motion. It’s the attention to detail, as well as the form that I find so appealing.

What I like most, though, is the fact that it is completely un-blog-like. Other than the recent news page, nothing is put in reverse-chronological order with dates and links. It is a place to show off their wares, not a place begging for links.

So, soon, the most simple site I’ve ever created.

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lastmod: '2009-01-14T00:12:27.000Z'
excerpt: Working on the next version of Meadow Hill
author: meadowhill
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  custom_2: The point of simplicity
  custom_3: The reason I put this up (during a period of inactivity) was to see how little I could get away with. It worked about as well as I hoped it would. Then it went away.
  custom_4: 'While I like the simple things, I’m just not good at really simple. I need my widgets and fluff. DIGG THIS!!!'