Perhaps, Finally an Identity
November 16th, 2009
Maybe not an identity exactly, but four years in, I think I’ve come up with a logo idea that doesn’t quite suck. One of my original theme’s header used a subway station of sorts, and that’s always been the general idea I wanted to convey, that WP Station was just a stop along the WordPress network. At the time, there weren’t many sites that focused on WordPress. I can only recall Weblog Tools Collection, and at the time, it wasn’t even WordPress specific. I had only been using WP for a few months when I started the site, heck, I’d only discovered the world of blogging the year before. I was beginning to collect links to themes and plugins, as well as keep up with updates and development – this was long before wordpress.org/extend – and decided it might be useful to the community to share what I was finding.
Over time, more sites started popping up doing the same, concentrating on getting subscribers, gaining in popularity, to the point I felt what I was doing was no longer useful. Eventually, the official plugins section was added to wp.org, as well as the updates directly via the admin plugins page, making my type of posts moot.
Couple all of that with the explosion of development in the WP community, and I simply could not commit the time necessary to continue blogging in the same manner as before. Life also began to get in the way, and the site slowly drifted into stagnation. The reality though was by that point the site was generating enough money via various ads that I couldn’t pull the plug. I was still using WP for work, and would occasionally post something I’d stumble across, thinking that I would start back blogging about WordPress. However, my spare time was moving towards other interests. Still, the revenue was enough to pay for those interests, so I kept the sign on.
Now that I’ve begun working with WPMU, and taking on a roll developing blog networks, I’m beginning to have a clearer vision of where I’m headed professionally, and where I’d like to take this blog. So once again, hopefully, WP Station will be a destination that WordPress travelers will find it to be a useful stop in their travels.
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