It’s been 28 days since my last entry here at Blogazines.org–unacceptable.. but am I to blame? The amount of new blogs that coin the term blogazine that have appeared online lately is overwhelming. Where are the real new blogazines at? I found one. And it was worth the wait.
Paddy Donnelly calls himself ”an Irish web designer, blogger, interviewer and illustrator currently living in Belgium.” I like Paddy’s interviews–they are informative, intelligently structured, and it doesn’t hurt that I’m interested in and admire many of the big names he’s interviewed such as Mashable’s Pete Cashmore, Smashing Magazine’s Vitaly Friedman, and Problogger’s Darren Rowse. Click on those names to see his interviews.
Today I profile Paddy’s blogazine which can be found @ www.IamPaddy.com
I especially enjoyed his third article “Life Below 600px” which I consider a fresh perspective on website design. It’s easy to get caught up in the habit of pushing the most important content to the top of the screen but Paddy reminds us that we can free ourselves of those boundaries.
Below 600px - I am Paddy
And a screenshot from his article “Learn to fucking spell”
Learn to fucking spell - I am Paddy
Paddy Donnelly.. you’re the man. Interview me sometime soon–I have a lot to say.
Update: Feb 4, 2010
I e-mailed Paddy Donnelly and he wrote back. I feel like a champion. No–I am a champion! It’s exciting when cool people talk to me. Understandably, “cool” is different to me than other people. Paddy Donnelly e-mailing me back is like Ajay Bhatt walking into an Intel break room. (To explain the joke..)
I asked Paddy three questions and I tried to make them light hearted but investigative– in replica of his interview style. Here they are below:
Me: What inspired you to take your website in a blogazine direction?
Paddy: I think my article on Smashing Magazine answers your first question better than I could now: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/the-death-of-the-blog-post/
(Not included in his answer… but quoted from the famous article he mentioned)
You have endless possibilities to be more creative with your blog. Why stay tied down to one theme and one layout when you can experiment with your skills and push your creativity to its limit with a blogazine? With the Internet suffocating with blogs, people have developed incredibly short attention spans, and they probably won’t stop for your content if you have “just another blog.”
Me: What would you be doing with your life if you were computer illiterate?
Paddy: Hmm, tough one. I don’t know, I suppose designing in some form or
another. Print design is always something I’ve been interested in but
never had any experience with.
Me: What’s one of your biggest webmaster pet peeves other than obvious spelling mistakes?
Paddy: One of my biggest pet peeves might actually be the word ‘webmaster’
if it’s not used in an ironic manner. 
Other than that, I would say
people not answering emails is my biggest pet peeve.
Thanks to Mr. Donnelly for the correspondence. Don’t forget to check him out at http://iampaddy.com
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