Life in the Blue

While I am not the fashion guru like some of my friends, I like to think that I check out the sexy men in the pages of GQ Magazine enough to be fashionable. (For example I know that Reef sandals need to be out of your wardrobe lineup card by May 1st of this year.)

So I can keep all of my loyal readers up to date on the latest fashion trends on and offline, let me tell you what else is no longer cool. Text over pictures on websites. That’s right, ever since photoshop made its way into the hands of computer nerds, text has been fumbling its way on top of pictures with about the same level of smoothness I had in the back seat of a Ford Taurus on Senior Prom.

Like all things photoshop related, it is dangerous. It’s hard to read, looks trashy, and worst of all, it just isn’t cool like me.

Well those days are behind us now. Get out your css files because words over pictures is Bush. You hear that Audry! Bush League! From now on text is to be put only over a solid color. Get with it, it’s the 21 century my friends. Text over Pictures? What is that? The end result of having your sister-in-law’s 19-year-old friend, Sprinkles, design your website?

I know what you are going to say. “I am so good at pretending to be a graphic designer that I can pull it off.” No you can’t. It’s interesting that you should even go there. If you think text over images is cool, you are not only not good at pretending to be a graphic designer, you probably aren’t cool in any way, shape or form. In fact, you yourself are Bush League. This is where I come in, I help the little guy. Text over images. Please, get real.

So there you have it friends. Now go put on your reefs and go outside and play.

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