So besides just human sinfulness and pride, I wonder if we’re not scared that no one will ever notice us, or that we won’t get enough work, or that we won’t be able to support ourselves and our families.

I love blogging as a community connection. But I’ve also noticed that the design community can be trendy and sometimes exalts things that don’t make sense to the average person.

I thought I was the only one who does that! Hey, have you found that your blog generates business for you? I have only gotten nibbles out of my blogging. Nothing big.

I do wonder about being known for talking rather than doing the work. Does Milton Glaser have a blog? No. Stefan Sagmeister? No. I almost find that the better and more well known a designer’s actual work is, the less they need a blog. Thus I might concluded that design blogs have the primary focus of self promotion.

Interestingly, I’ve found that all my efforts at self promotion have failed miserably. I think your work and the testimony of your clients are enough to generate business.

“Design is all about others, not us.”
Agreed, but you are never going to design anything if you don’t make a good effort to promote yourself.

It is easy to let the popularity of a blog go to your head, though. It is also weird to be known for talking about design instead of the actual design work you do. Overall, though, I think blogging does more good than bad for designers and I wouldn’t discourage anyone from taking advantage of the powerful tool of blogs.

It goes to the centre of who we are and what we do. I guess it can be reassuring if status is confered upon you by those you admire, but you then have to work to maintain that status.