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# Organizing my blog
- URL: https://werd.io/organizing-my-blog/
- Published: 2023-01-24T20:51:34.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-24T20:51:34.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

I’ve been wondering about adding more organization to my site. As of right now, the homepage is a mix of long-form posts, short thoughts, and links I consider interesting, presented as a stream. It’s a genuine representation of what I’m reading and thinking about, and each post’s permalink page looks fine to me, but it doesn’t quite hold together as a whole. If you [look at my homepage with fresh eyes](https://werd.io/), my stream is a hodgepodge. There’s no *through line*.

One way to get around this might be to split my homepage into columns: one big column for latest long-form pieces, and a smaller column for links. [Andy Baio’s site does this pretty well](https://waxy.org/), for example.

On the other hand, sites like [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/) present notes, links, and articles in one stream. I find it a little confusing to read, but there’s at least precedent for my approach. Of course, my site is more or less monochrome, while they clearly have a visual design team on-staff. One thing I really like is that (as befits a tech publication rather than a single-author blog) they don’t just display the latest long-form post on the homepage; you’ve got to click through. This is similar to the WordPress setup we use [at my day job at The 19th](https://19thnews.org).

I think I’m just sick of my design and need to try something else out. What do you think? Drop me a line if there’s a blog design you particularly like, or if you’d like to see me organize my stuff in a particular way.