unfortunately it seems to be the empty craving to earn some pocket money and the corruptive nature of SEO that fuels most blogs existence. this wouldnt be so bad but the sheer amount of incorrect information out there is astounding. it takes a while to filter out the rubbish to get to the decent content.

i just hope that my blog can continue to provide decent content and i dont let it slip into obscurity.

Except I’m an old guy and all that’s happened is everything has speeded up as well as old stuff hanging around like it’s fresh.

Before the Internet I used to read many many magazine and about every year a so I had to juggle the collection I read. This was because eventually I used to see the same article topics coming round again with nothing fresh to say. Including all these bloody lists.

It’s the same now on the Net but I can’t juggle my selection because it’s (for me) the one magazine.

What I do do before consuming; look for a date; look to see if there’s an original source, and if so, I read it there.

As for these bloody lists and the how to draw a nostril or build yet another bloody brush I don’t even go there.

I despair of there being any critical brains out there. You guys give me hope.

Here is a link to my post (don’t normally do this).
How Can We Improve the Design Community

Liked your post way better than mine. Brilliant stuff mate!

Really puts the issue in perspective! I never thought of it this way me being itself just 2 years old in the profession of design, but I really appreciate original stuff and never have supported making money through someone else’s work.

But, don’t you think the critics would say “Well, a money-maker has got to do what he’s got to do, big deal! If you cannot do it, doesnt mean others dont do it” In that case, apart from arguing for the righteousness’ sake, we do not have anything to offer, right ?

I agree we are all on the same page here, but is there really a solution to it ? Web runs in each and every home and people are looking for an assimilated collection of various things…. for example, people who just enter the profession need to catch up with the rest of the world. We cannot deny the fact that these things help those guys efficiently. A point someone made was that perennially, original content would matter. But, this would be only in case of pros…. Once, designers or anyone looking for content on the web get a hang of how to look for it, they will only go to trusted sites with fresh content… Original posts target a different kind of user-base than those cheap collections do, and I think both have a different purpose to achieve. Nevertheless, ending the long comment with a diplomatic answer, ethically, this might not be the right thing to do.