Showcase Your Brian Gardner WordPress Theme
Just a little fun experiment I having for those who would like to showoff their blog - but the fine print is that it must be using one of my themes: Blue Zinfandel Downtown Java Dropshadow Silhouette Vertigo Vertigo Blue Vertigo Electrified Vertigo Red If you want to add your blog to my showcase of WordPress themes, please go there and fill out the form! I will approve all of those who submit and... Read more
Things to Do on a Three Day Weekend
A few months ago I made a post about things I did (or lack thereof) on a four day weekend. Well, seeing that we just got done with a three day weekend, I thought I’d write another one. Here in Chicago the weather was appalling on Saturday, so we did a lot of running around. Spoiled my kid rotten by buying him everything he wanted at Toys R Us - a DVD, a slip and slide, a tricycle. Once in... Read more
For Those Who Love Coffee WordPress Themes
Since I had nothing better to do with the two hours of free time I had last night, I decided to take some of you up on your suggestions of designing a coffee WordPress theme. Most know that I am a diehard Starbucks addict, and can’t live without my triple shot Grande Toffee Nut Skim Latte. Admission is the first step to recovery, so I’m making progress! In all honesty, I had planned... Read more
Help Design My Next WordPress Theme
I’m always up for doing fun things, and instigating conversation on my posts - so why should this one be any different? In the next week or so, I’d like to release another free theme to the public, and thought it would be a cool idea to let my readers help me design it. So if you have any ideas, suggestions or want to show me features of a site/theme that you really like, feel free to leave... Read more
The Things We Think, and Do Not Say
One of the best things about being a designer is getting positive feedback, and emails from people who are using your themes that say “Awesome theme, I use it on my site!” It’s really encouraging to hear stuff like that. Now… One of the worst things about being a designer is when someone leaves negative feedback, or worse yet, calls you out for having too many irons in the... Read more
